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General Family & Consumer Sciences at Mississippi University for Women

General Family & Consumer Sciences at Mississippi University for Women

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

MUW is located in Columbus, Mississippi and approximately 2,704 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.

MUW General Family & Consumer Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Consumer Science

MUW General Family & Consumer Sciences Rankings

The consumer science major at MUW 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 MUW

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the consumer science majors at Mississippi University for Women.

MUW General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
71% 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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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 Mississippi University for Women with a bachelor's in consumer science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 2
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within General Family & Consumer Sciences

The following consumer science concentations are available at Mississippi University for Women. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Mississippi University for Women. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General 10

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 MS, the home state for Mississippi University for Women.

Occupation Jobs in MS Average Salary in MS
High School Teachers 8,920 $47,190
Farm and Home Management Advisors 320 $49,350
Home Economics Professors 60 $65,720

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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