General Family & Consumer Sciences at Arizona Western College

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

AWC is located in Yuma, Arizona and approximately 6,487 students attend the school each year.

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.

AWC General Family & Consumer Sciences Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Consumer Science

AWC General Family & Consumer Sciences Rankings

Consumer Science Student Demographics at AWC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the consumer science majors at Arizona Western College.

AWC General Family & Consumer Sciences Associate’s Program

95% Women

90% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 5% of consumer science associate's degrees went to men and 95% went to women.

AWC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in consumer science graduates 44% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Arizona Western College with a associate's in consumer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within General Family & Consumer Sciences

General Family & Consumer Sciences majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Arizona Western College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General	22

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 AZ, the home state for Arizona Western College.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
High School Teachers	17,200	$48,610
Home Economics Professors	80	$71,140

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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