Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at Southern Virginia University

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

SVU is located in Buena Vista, Virginia and approximately 1,140 students attend the school each year. Of the 213 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southern Virginia University in 2021, 17 of them were family, consumer and human sciences majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Family, Consumer & Human Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

SVU Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

SVU Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks family, consumer and human sciences programs across the country. The following shows how SVU performed in these rankings.

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 family, consumer and human sciences major at SVU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Family, Consumer & Human 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
Most Focused Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	12
Most Focused Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools	66
Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	139
Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	185
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Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	204
Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools	209
Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools	244
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Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools	581

Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Student Demographics at SVU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the family, consumer and human sciences majors at Southern Virginia University.

SVU Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 6% of family, consumer and human sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 94% went to women.

About 94% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in family, consumer and human sciences at SVU 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 Southern Virginia University with a bachelor's in family, consumer and human sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SVU also has a doctoral program available in family, consumer and human sciences. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

If you plan to be a family, consumer and human sciences 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 Virginia University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Human Development & Family Studies	17

Related Majors

• History
• Social Sciences
• Psychology

Careers That Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in family, consumer and human sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for Southern Virginia University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Retail Sales Supervisors	32,140	$47,330
Food Preparation and Serving Worker Supervisors	27,380	$37,070
High School Teachers	26,830	$68,770
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	20,130	$75,050
Childcare Workers	14,410	$24,620

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 Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.