General Family & Consumer Sciences at South Carolina State University

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

South Carolina State University is located in Orangeburg, South Carolina and approximately 2,339 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 36 students received a bachelor's degree in consumer science from South Carolina State University.

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.

South Carolina State University General Family & Consumer Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Consumer Science

South Carolina State University General Family & Consumer Sciences Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The consumer science major at South Carolina State University 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	1
Most Popular General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools	19

How Much Do Consumer Science Graduates from South Carolina State University Make?

The median salary of consumer science students who receive their bachelor's degree at South Carolina State University is $17,756. This is less than $27,726, which is the national average of all consumer science majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Consumer Science Student Demographics at South Carolina State University

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

South Carolina State University General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 36 consumer science students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from South Carolina State University, about 25% were men and 75% were women. The typical consumer science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 15% men. So male students are more repesented at South Carolina State University since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 52% 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 South Carolina State University with a bachelor's in consumer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	36
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Food, Nutrition & Related Services

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 SC, the home state for South Carolina State University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
High School Teachers	15,310	$54,400

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 Pollinator at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.