Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General at Southeast Missouri State University

If you plan to study family & consumer sciences/human sciences, general, 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 Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General section at the bottom of this page.

Southeast Missouri State University Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Family Studies

Online Classes Are Available at Southeast Missouri State University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Southeast Missouri State University offers distance education options for family studies at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Southeast Missouri State University Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Rankings

The family studies major at Southeast Missouri State University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General. 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.

Family Studies Student Demographics at Southeast Missouri State University

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

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

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of family studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 84% went to women. The typical family studies 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 family studies 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 family studies.

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

Careers That Family Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in family studies 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.