General Family & Consumer Sciences at California State University - Northridge

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

CSUN is located in Northridge, California and approximately 40,381 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.

CSUN General Family & Consumer Sciences Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Consumer Science
Master’s Degree in Consumer Science

CSUN General Family & Consumer Sciences Rankings

The consumer science major at CSUN 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 CSUN

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

CSUN General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Program

78% Women

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of consumer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% 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 CSUN since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 - Northridge with a bachelor's in consumer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	62
White	28
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

CSUN General Family & Consumer Sciences Master’s Program

100% Women

80% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of consumer science master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

In the consumer science master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 80% of degree recipients. That is 34% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 - Northridge. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General	192

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 - Northridge.

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
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