General Family & Consumer Sciences at Texas Southern University

What traits are you looking for in a consumer science school? To help you decide if Texas Southern University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's consumer science program.

TSU is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 7,015 students attend the school each year.

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.

TSU General Family & Consumer Sciences Degrees Available

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

TSU General Family & Consumer Sciences Rankings

The consumer science major at TSU 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 TSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the consumer science majors at Texas Southern University.

TSU General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 7% of consumer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

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 Texas Southern University with a bachelor's in consumer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

TSU General Family & Consumer Sciences Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of consumer science master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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

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

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 Texas Southern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General	15

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 TX, the home state for Texas Southern 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 WhisperToMe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.