Family, Consumer & Human Sciences is about average in terms of popularity for bachelor's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #20 out of the 38 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual looked at 12 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in Texas ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,855 bachelor's degrees in family, consumer & human sciences during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Choosing a Great Family, Consumer & Human Sciences School for Your Bachelor's Degree
The family, consumer & human sciences bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality family, consumer & human sciences program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on family, consumer & human sciences students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of family, consumer & human sciences students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for family, consumer & human sciences to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized family, consumer & human sciences related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for family, consumer & human sciences students working on their bachelor's degree.
The family, consumer & human sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in Texas.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
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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).