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2023 Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

12 Colleges
$30,128 Avg Salary
$19,331 Avg Student Debt

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

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, family, consumer and human sciences was ranked #27 in the country. In fact 3,692 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.

The Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus the most popular school in the Rocky Mountains Region for family, consumer and human sciences students. CU Anschutz is a very large public school located in the large city of Denver.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a great place for family, consumer and human sciences students. Located in the city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent programs at Montana State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best family, consumer and human sciences schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . MSU Bozeman is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Bozeman.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the midsize city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the small city of Logan, USU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#6

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

University of Wyoming ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. UW is a large public school located in the remote town of Laramie.

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#7

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

University of Utah landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular family, consumer and human sciences programs. U of U is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.

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#8

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

With a ranking of #8, University of Idaho did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for family, consumer and human sciences students. U of I is a large public school located in the distant town of Moscow.

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University of Northern Colorado ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the midsize city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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The University of Montana ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. UM is a large public school located in the small city of Missoula.

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Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best family, consumer and human sciences schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 16
Colorado 94
Montana 12
Idaho 1
Wyoming 3

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 12 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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