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2023 Most Popular Online Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region

4 Colleges
$32,500 Avg Salary
$24,856 Avg Student Debt

Family, Consumer & Human Sciences is the #27 most popular major in the country with 3,692 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Online Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Plains States Region 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 analysis found Kansas State University to be the most popular school for family, consumer and human sciences students who want to pursue an online degree in the Plains States Region . K -State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Manhattan.

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#2

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

The excellent online programs at Capella University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best family, consumer and human sciences schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent online programs at University of Missouri - Columbia helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best family, consumer and human sciences schools in the Plains States Region . Mizzou is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a very large student population.

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State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 97
Missouri 80
Minnesota 68
Iowa 52
North Dakota 29
Nebraska 75
South Dakota 33

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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 4 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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