Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at Tennessee State University

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

Tennessee State University is located in Nashville, Tennessee and approximately 7,615 students attend the school each year.

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.

Tennessee State University Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Degrees Available

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

Tennessee State University Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Rankings

The family, consumer & human sciences major at Tennessee State University 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.

Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Student Demographics at Tennessee State University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the family, consumer & human sciences majors at Tennessee State University.

Tennessee State University Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Program

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

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 48% more racial-ethnic minorities in its family, consumer & human sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Tennessee State University with a bachelor's in family, consumer & human sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

If you plan to be a family, consumer & 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 Tennessee State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Family & Consumer Economics	28

Related Majors

• History
• English Language & Literature
• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
• Social Sciences
• Communication & Journalism

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

A degree in family, consumer & 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 TN, the home state for Tennessee State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Retail Sales Supervisors	32,290	$43,520
Food Preparation and Serving Worker Supervisors	20,270	$32,420
High School Teachers	20,190	$53,620
Food Service Managers	10,030	$47,240
Institution and Cafeteria Cooks	9,800	$25,580

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 The Peep Holes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.