Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at California State University - San Marcos

If you plan to study family, consumer and human sciences, take a look at what California State University - San Marcos has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CSUSM is located in San Marcos, California and approximately 16,367 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 223 students received a bachelor's degree in family, consumer and human sciences from CSUSM.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Family, Consumer & Human Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

CSUSM Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

CSUSM Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks family, consumer and human sciences programs across the country. The following shows how CSUSM performed in these rankings.

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 family, consumer and human sciences major at CSUSM is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Family, Consumer & Human 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
Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	23
Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools	126
Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools	142

Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Student Demographics at CSUSM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the family, consumer and human sciences majors at California State University - San Marcos.

CSUSM Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 223 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Family, Consumer & Human Sciences from CSUSM in 2020-2021, 12% were men and 88% were women. The typical family, consumer and human sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 8% men. So male students are more repesented at CSUSM since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% more racial-ethnic minorities in its family, consumer and human sciences 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 - San Marcos with a bachelor's in family, consumer and human sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	124
White	42
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	22

CSUSM also has a doctoral program available in family, consumer and human sciences. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

If you plan to be a family, consumer and human sciences major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California State University - San Marcos. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Human Development & Family Studies	223

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Education
• Communication & Journalism
• Psychology

Careers That Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in family, consumer and human sciences 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 - San Marcos.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Retail Sales Supervisors	118,190	$45,310
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	98,590	$78,090
Food Preparation and Serving Worker Supervisors	93,570	$37,230
Sales Managers	76,950	$134,010

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 Eamuscatuli under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.