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2023 Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master's Degree Schools in Maine

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Finding the Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master's Degree School for You

Family, Consumer & Human Sciences is the #13 most popular major in Maine with 34 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master's Degree Schools in Maine ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Maine to see which ones were the most popular master's degree 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 Master's Degree Colleges.

#1

University of New England

Biddeford, ME

Our 2023 rankings named University of New England the most popular school in Maine for family, consumer and human sciences students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize suburb of Biddeford, UNE is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 22 students majoring in family, consumer and human sciences at UNE, 5% are male and 95% are female.

Read full report on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at University of New England

#2

University of Maine

Orono, ME

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Maine is a great place for family, consumer and human sciences students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public school with a large student population.

Women make up 90% of the family, consumer and human sciences majors at the school.

Read full report on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at University of Maine

Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 110
Rhode Island 27
Connecticut 105
New Hampshire 10

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 2 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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