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General Family & Consumer Sciences at Meredith College

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General Family & Consumer Sciences at Meredith College

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

Meredith is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and has a total student population of 1,802. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received a bachelor's degree in consumer science from Meredith.

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.

Meredith General Family & Consumer Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Consumer Science

Meredith General Family & Consumer Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks consumer science programs across the country. The following shows how Meredith performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The consumer science major at Meredith 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 Focused General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools 42
Most Popular General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools 65

Consumer Science Student Demographics at Meredith

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the consumer science majors at Meredith College.

Meredith General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of consumer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in consumer science at Meredith 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 Meredith College with a bachelor's in consumer science.

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

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

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 NC, the home state for Meredith College.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
High School Teachers 25,240 $47,580
Farm and Home Management Advisors 130 $34,180
Home Economics Professors 60 $61,080

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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