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

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

Finding the Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 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.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 18 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular 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.

Check out the family, consumer and human sciences programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Plains States Region .

#1

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Our 2023 rankings named Kansas State University the most popular school in the Plains States Region for family, consumer and human sciences students. K -State is a very large public school located in the small city of Manhattan.

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

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The excellent programs at Iowa 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 Plains States Region . Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ames.

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Out of the 18 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the # 4 spot on the list. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

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The excellent programs at Missouri State University - Springfield helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best family, consumer and human sciences schools in the Plains States Region . Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.

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Out of the 18 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school located in the town of Brookings.

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With a ranking of #7, North Dakota State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for family, consumer and human sciences students. Located in the midsize city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #8, Concordia University, Saint Paul did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for family, consumer and human sciences students. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Concordia University, Saint Paul is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#9

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

With a ranking of #9, Capella University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for family, consumer and human sciences students. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#10

Bellevue University

Bellevue, NE

Bellevue University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for family, consumer and human sciences students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the suburb of Bellevue, Bellevue University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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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 Plains States region.

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

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 18 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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