General Family & Consumer Sciences at Southeast Missouri State University

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

Southeast Missouri State University is located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and approximately 10,001 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.

Southeast Missouri State University General Family & Consumer Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Consumer Science

Southeast Missouri State University General Family & Consumer Sciences Rankings

The consumer science major at Southeast Missouri 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.

Consumer Science Student Demographics at Southeast Missouri State University

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

Southeast Missouri State University General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of consumer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 84% went to women. The typical consumer science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 14% men. So male students are more repesented at Southeast Missouri State University since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in consumer science at Southeast Missouri State University 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 Southeast Missouri State University with a bachelor's in consumer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	31
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within General Family & Consumer Sciences

If you plan to be a consumer science 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 Southeast Missouri State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General	61

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 MO, the home state for Southeast Missouri State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
High School Teachers	27,930	$54,280
Home Economics Professors	80	$79,730

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 Agathman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.