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2023 Most Popular Online Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools

20 Colleges
$31,354 Avg Salary
$23,570 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, 3,692 people earned a degree or certificate in family, consumer and human sciences, making the major the #27 most popular in the United States.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 20 schools in the United States to see which online programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges.

#1

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Our 2023 rankings named Kansas State University the most popular online school in the United States for family, consumer and human sciences students. Located in the small city of Manhattan, K -State is a public school with a very large student population.

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#2

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

Out of the 20 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#3

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

The excellent online programs at Capella University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best family, consumer and human sciences schools in the United States. Capella University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

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Out of the 20 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools list. Located in the city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best family, consumer and human sciences programs. VCU is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Richmond.

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With a ranking of #7, Eastern Washington University did quite well on this year’s best schools for family, consumer and human sciences students. EWU is a large public school located in the fringe town of Cheney.

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California University of Pennsylvania did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for family, consumer and human sciences students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the suburb of California, Cal U is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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#8

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

With a ranking of #8, University of Memphis did quite well on this year’s best schools for family, consumer and human sciences students. UofM is a very large public school located in the city of Memphis.

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Online Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools list. UNL is a very large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.

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Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Human Development & Family Studies 1,589
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 1,214
General Family & Consumer Sciences 368
Family & Consumer Economics 251
Textile & Apparel Studies 150
Human Sciences Business Services 58
Housing 54
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Other) 8

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Psychology 42,013
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 20 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to National Cancer Institute.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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