When it comes to popularity, a master's degree in general family & consumer sciences sits in the middle of the road, ranking #176 out of 343 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of general family & consumer sciences. Combined, these schools handed out 46 master's degrees in general family & consumer sciences to qualified students.
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Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general family & consumer sciences students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of general family & consumer sciences students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for general family & consumer sciences to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general family & consumer sciences related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general family & consumer sciences students working on their master's degree.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Eastern Illinois University is a great choice for students pursuing a master's degree in general family & consumer sciences. Located in the town of Charleston, EIU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.
Those general family & consumer sciences students who get their master's degree from Eastern Illinois University make $3,036 more than the standard consumer science student.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
by our College Data Analytics Team
