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2023 Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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Finding the Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

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

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Family, Consumer & Human Sciences program at each school on the list.

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

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Texas Tech University the most popular school in the Southwest Region for family, consumer and human sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

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Our analysis found Oklahoma State University - Main Campus to be the most popular school for family, consumer and human sciences students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . OSU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Stillwater.

About 50% of the students majoring in family, consumer and human sciences at the school are women while 50% are male.

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#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#4

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public school with a very large student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - College Station is a great place for family, consumer and human sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a very large student population.

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Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 222
Texas 375
Oklahoma 53
New Mexico 26

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

Majors Similar to Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

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 6 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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