General Family & Consumer Sciences at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

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

Colorado State is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and approximately 32,428 students attend the school each year. Of the 5,528 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Colorado State University - Fort Collins in 2021, 10 of them were general family and consumer sciences majors.

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.

Colorado State General Family & Consumer Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Consumer Science

Colorado State General Family & Consumer Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the consumer science progam at Colorado State 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 Colorado 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
Most Popular General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools	51

Consumer Science Student Demographics at Colorado State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the consumer science majors at Colorado State University - Fort Collins.

Colorado State General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in consumer science from Colorado State. About 20% were men and 80% were women. The typical consumer science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 15% men. So male students are more repesented at Colorado State since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in consumer science at Colorado State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Colorado 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
• Human Sciences Business Services

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 CO, the home state for Colorado State University - Fort Collins.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
High School Teachers	16,950	$55,110
Farm and Home Management Advisors	150	$62,710

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 Spilly816 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.