2025 Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Schools in the Southwest Region
3Colleges in the Southwest Region
654Family Studies Degrees Awarded
A degree in family & consumer sciences/human sciences, general is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #226 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 654 degrees in family & consumer sciences/human sciences, general annually.
Choosing a Great Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General School
Your choice of family & consumer sciences/human sciences, general school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General in the Southwest Region
The schools below may not offer all types of family studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Texas Tech University is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in family & consumer sciences/human sciences, general. Texas Tech is a fairly large public university located in the city of Lubbock. A Best Colleges rank of #161 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Texas Tech is a great university overall.
There were roughly 363 family & consumer sciences/human sciences, general students who graduated with this degree at Texas Tech in the most recent data year.
Stephen F Austin State University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in family & consumer sciences/human sciences, general. SFASU is a large public university located in the town of Nacogdoches. This university ranks 39th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 129 family & consumer sciences/human sciences, general students who graduated with this degree at SFASU in the most recent data year.
University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a good decision for students interested in a degree in family & consumer sciences/human sciences, general. UNM is a very large public university located in the large city of Albuquerque. This university ranks 1st out of 24 schools for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were about 37 family & consumer sciences/human sciences, general students who graduated with this degree at UNM in the most recent data year.
One of 0 majors within the General Family & Consumer Sciences area of study, Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General has other similar majors worth exploring.
Notes and References
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).
Your choice of family & consumer sciences/human sciences, general school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
