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General Family & Consumer Sciences at The University of Alabama

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General Family & Consumer Sciences at The University of Alabama

If you plan to study general family and consumer sciences, take a look at what The University of Alabama has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UA is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and has a total student population of 37,840. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 98 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.

UA General Family & Consumer Sciences Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Consumer Science

UA General Family & Consumer Sciences Rankings

Consumer Science Student Demographics at UA

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

UA General Family & Consumer Sciences Master’s Program

62% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 98 students who earned a master's degree in General Family & Consumer Sciences from UA in 2020-2021, 38% were men and 62% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in consumer science each year. UA does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 18% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a consumer science master's degree from UA, 79% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 77
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

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 AL, the home state for The University of Alabama.

Occupation Jobs in AL Average Salary in AL
High School Teachers 16,270 $51,180
Farm and Home Management Advisors 350 $56,800
Home Economics Professors 90 $73,530

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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