General Family & Consumer Sciences at Southeastern Louisiana University

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

Southeastern is located in Hammond, Louisiana and approximately 14,426 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 46 students received a bachelor's degree in consumer science from Southeastern.

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.

Southeastern General Family & Consumer Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Consumer Science

Southeastern General Family & Consumer Sciences Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The consumer science major at Southeastern 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
	33

How Much Do Consumer Science Graduates from Southeastern Make?

The median salary of consumer science students who receive their bachelor's degree at Southeastern is $27,082. 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 Southeastern

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

Southeastern General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 46 students earned a bachelor's degree in consumer science from Southeastern. About 96% of these graduates were women and the other 4% were men.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in consumer science at Southeastern 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 Southeastern Louisiana University with a bachelor's in consumer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

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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 LA, the home state for Southeastern Louisiana University.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
High School Teachers	13,930	$51,810

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 Richard David Ramsey under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.