General Family & Consumer Sciences at Montclair State University

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

Montclair State is located in Montclair, New Jersey and approximately 21,005 students attend the school each year. Of the 3,771 student who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Montclair State University in 2,021, 1 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.

Montclair State General Family & Consumer Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Consumer Science

Montclair State General Family & Consumer Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the consumer science progam at Montclair State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The consumer science major at Montclair 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
	7
Most Popular General Family & Consumer Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	22
Most Focused General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	72

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in consumer science from Montclair State. This is the #22 most popular school for consumer science master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Montclair State Consumer Science Graduates

The median salary of consumer science students who receive their bachelor's degree at Montclair State is $33,272. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 20% higher than the national average of $27,726 for all consumer science bachelor's degree recipients.

Consumer Science Student Demographics at Montclair State

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

Montclair State General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 consumer science major earned their bachelor's degree from Montclair State.

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

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

Montclair 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

• Human Development & Family Studies

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 NJ, the home state for Montclair State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
High School Teachers	29,140	$76,390
Farm and Home Management Advisors	80	$79,330

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 Yurinator180 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.