General Family & Consumer Sciences at Southern University and A & M College

Every general family & consumer sciences school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the consumer science program at Southern University and A & M College stacks up to those at other schools.

Southern University and A & M College is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and has a total student population of 6,917.

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.

Southern University and A & M College General Family & Consumer Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Consumer Science

Southern University and A & M College General Family & Consumer Sciences Rankings

The consumer science major at Southern University and A & M College 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 Southern University and A & M College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the consumer science majors at Southern University and A & M College.

Southern University and A & M College General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of consumer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% 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 Southern University and A & M College since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 47% 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 Southern University and A & M College with a bachelor's in consumer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
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 Southern University and A & M College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General	16

Related Majors

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 Southern University and A & M College.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.