General Family & Consumer Sciences at California State University - Sacramento

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

Sac State is located in Sacramento, California and approximately 32,293 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 70 students received a bachelor's degree in consumer science from Sac State.

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.

Sac State General Family & Consumer Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Consumer Science

Sac State General Family & Consumer Sciences Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The consumer science major at Sac State 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 Schools	24

Earnings of Sac State Consumer Science Graduates

The median salary of consumer science students who receive their bachelor's degree at Sac State is $30,763. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 11% higher than the national average of $27,726 for all consumer science bachelor's degree recipients.

Consumer Science Student Demographics at Sac State

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

Sac State General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 70 students earned a bachelor's degree in consumer science from Sac State. About 89% of these graduates were women and the other 11% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 - Sacramento with a bachelor's in consumer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

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

Related Majors

• Textile & Apparel 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 - Sacramento.

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 Stickpen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.