Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at Fashion Institute of Technology

If you plan to study family, consumer & human sciences, take a look at what Fashion Institute of Technology has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

FIT SUNY is located in New York, New York and approximately 8,191 students attend the school each year.

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.

FIT SUNY Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Bachelor’s Degree in Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

FIT SUNY Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Rankings

The family, consumer & human sciences major at FIT SUNY 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.

Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Student Demographics at FIT SUNY

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the family, consumer & human sciences majors at Fashion Institute of Technology.

FIT SUNY Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of family, consumer & human sciences associate's degrees went to men and 87% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in family, consumer & human sciences only graduates about 8% men each year. The program at FIT SUNY may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 5% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in family, consumer & human sciences at FIT SUNY are white. Around 51% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Fashion Institute of Technology with a associate's in family, consumer & human sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	20
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

FIT SUNY Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 28% of family, consumer & human sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 72% went to women. The typical family, consumer & human sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 8% men. So male students are more repesented at FIT SUNY since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its family, consumer & human sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Fashion Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in family, consumer & human sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	18
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

If you plan to be a family, consumer & 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 Fashion Institute of Technology. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Textile & Apparel Studies	120

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism

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

A degree in family, consumer & 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 NY, the home state for Fashion Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Retail Sales Supervisors	66,620	$50,640
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	63,520	$77,230
Food Preparation and Serving Worker Supervisors	47,640	$41,510
Childcare Workers	47,260	$28,820

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.