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General Family & Consumer Sciences at Eastern Illinois University

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General Family & Consumer Sciences at Eastern Illinois University

Every general family and consumer sciences school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the consumer science program at Eastern Illinois University stacks up to those at other schools.

EIU is located in Charleston, Illinois and approximately 8,626 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students received their master's degree in consumer science.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Family & Consumer Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

EIU General Family & Consumer Sciences Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Consumer Science

EIU General Family & Consumer Sciences Rankings

Consumer Science Student Demographics at EIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the consumer science majors at Eastern Illinois University.

EIU General Family & Consumer Sciences Master’s Program

96% Women
30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 23 consumer science students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from EIU, about 4% were men and 96% were women.

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Of the students who received a consumer science master's degree from EIU, 61% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a master's in consumer science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 14
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That Consumer Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in consumer science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Eastern Illinois University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers 43,720 $72,370
Farm and Home Management Advisors 190 $37,960
Home Economics Professors 50 $86,780

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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