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2023 Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in Maine

2 Colleges
$28,757 Avg Salary
$25,624 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in Maine ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Maine to see which programs were the most popular 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 Colleges.

#1

University of New England

Biddeford, ME

Our analysis found University of New England to be the most popular school for family, consumer and human sciences students who want to pursue a degree in Maine. Located in the suburb of Biddeford, UNE is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#2

University of Maine

Orono, ME

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in Maine list. Located in the small suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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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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