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

If you are interested in studying general family and consumer sciences, you may want to check out the program at California State University - Long Beach. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

CSULB is located in Long Beach, California and has a total student population of 40,069. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 445 students received a bachelor's degree in consumer science from CSULB.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the consumer science progam at CSULB compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
	26

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in consumer science from CSULB. This is the #22 most popular school for consumer science master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of CSULB Consumer Science Graduates

The median salary of consumer science students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSULB is $29,311. This is 6% higher than $27,726, which is the national average for all consumer science bachelor's degree recipients.

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

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 445 students earned a bachelor's degree in consumer science from CSULB. About 84% of these graduates were women and the other 16% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	72
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	234
White	68
International Students	26
Other Races/Ethnicities	29

CSULB also has a doctoral program available in consumer science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Human Development & Family Studies

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Summum under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.