General Family & Consumer Sciences at Eastern Illinois University

If you plan to study general family & consumer sciences, take a look at what Eastern Illinois University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

EIU is located in Charleston, Illinois and approximately 8,626 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.

EIU General Family & Consumer Sciences Degrees Available

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

EIU General Family & Consumer Sciences Rankings

The consumer science major at EIU 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 EIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the consumer science majors at Eastern Illinois University.

EIU General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Program

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

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% 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 Eastern Illinois University with a bachelor's in consumer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

EIU General Family & Consumer Sciences Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 4% of consumer science master's degrees went to men and 96% went to women.

Of the students who received a consumer science master's degree from EIU, 58% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 Eastern Illinois University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General	71

Related Majors

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 IL, the home state for Eastern Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Farm and Home Management Advisors	190	$37,960
Home Economics Professors	50	$86,780

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 Nyttend under License

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