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General Family & Consumer Sciences at California State University - Long Beach

General Family & Consumer Sciences at California State University - Long Beach

What traits are you looking for in a consumer science school? To help you decide if California State University - Long Beach is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's consumer science program.

CSULB is located in Long Beach, California and has a total student population of 40,069.

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.

CSULB General Family & Consumer Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Consumer Science

CSULB General Family & Consumer Sciences Rankings

The consumer science major at CSULB is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Family & Consumer Sciences. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Consumer Science Student Demographics at CSULB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the consumer science majors at California State University - Long Beach.

CSULB General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Program

84% Women
83% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 16% of consumer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 84% went to women. The typical consumer science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 14% men. So male students are more repesented at CSULB since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% more racial-ethnic minorities in its consumer science bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Long Beach with a bachelor's in consumer science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 53
Black or African American 11
Hispanic or Latino 175
White 40
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 18

Concentrations Within General Family & Consumer Sciences

If you plan to be a consumer science major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at California State University - Long Beach. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General 445

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 CA, the home state for California State University - Long Beach.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers 112,960 $80,510
Home Economics Professors 170 $93,960

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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