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

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

Southern University and A & M College is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and has a total student population of 6,917. In 2021, 16 consumer science majors received their bachelor's degree from Southern University and A & M College.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the consumer science progam at Southern University and A & M College compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	41
	45

Earnings of Southern University and A & M College Consumer Science Graduates

The median salary of consumer science students who receive their bachelor's degree at Southern University and A & M College is $25,752. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $27,726 for all consumer science students.

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

The consumer science program at Southern University and A & M College awarded 16 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 25% of these degrees went to men with the other 75% going to women. The typical consumer science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 15% men. So male students are more repesented at Southern University and A & M College since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 45% 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	15
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Southern University and A & M College also has a doctoral program available in consumer science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.