General Family & Consumer Sciences at Stephen F Austin State University

If you are interested in studying general family and consumer sciences, you may want to check out the program at Stephen F Austin State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SFASU is located in Nacogdoches, Texas and has a total student population of 12,620. Of the 2,435 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Stephen F Austin State University in 2021, 125 of them were general family and consumer sciences majors.

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.

SFASU General Family & Consumer Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Consumer Science
• Master’s Degree in Consumer Science

Online Classes Are Available at SFASU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SFASU offers distance education options for consumer science at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

SFASU General Family & Consumer Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the consumer science progam at SFASU 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 SFASU 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
Most Focused General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	10
	30

In 2021, 17 students received their master’s degree in consumer science from SFASU. This makes it the #6 most popular school for consumer science master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of SFASU Consumer Science Graduates

The median salary of consumer science students who receive their bachelor's degree at SFASU is $27,550. 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 SFASU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the consumer science majors at Stephen F Austin State University.

SFASU General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 125 consumer science majors earned their bachelor's degree from SFASU. Of these graduates, 7% were men and 93% were women.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in consumer science at SFASU 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 Stephen F Austin State University with a bachelor's in consumer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	67
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

SFASU General Family & Consumer Sciences Master’s Program

Of the 17 students who graduated with a master’s in consumer science from SFASU in 2021, 6% were men and 94% were women.

Of the students who received a consumer science master's degree from SFASU, 59% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Stephen F Austin State University with a master's in consumer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Human Sciences Business Services
• Food, Nutrition & Related Services

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 TX, the home state for Stephen F Austin State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Farm and Home Management Advisors	180	$28,570
Home Economics Professors	140	$63,860

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.