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General Family & Consumer Sciences at Texas Tech University

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General Family & Consumer Sciences at Texas Tech University

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

Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and has a total student population of 40,322. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 252 students received a bachelor's degree in consumer science from Texas Tech.

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.

Texas Tech General Family & Consumer Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Consumer Science

Texas Tech General Family & Consumer Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the consumer science progam at Texas Tech 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 Texas Tech 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 Popular General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools 2
10
Most Focused General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools 11

How Much Do Consumer Science Graduates from Texas Tech Make?

The median salary of consumer science students who receive their bachelor's degree at Texas Tech is $32,914. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 19% higher than the national average of $27,726 for all consumer science bachelor's degree recipients.

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Consumer Science Student Demographics at Texas Tech

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

Texas Tech General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Program

80% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 252 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Family & Consumer Sciences from Texas Tech in 2020-2021, 20% were men and 80% were women. The typical consumer science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 15% men. So male students are more repesented at Texas Tech since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

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About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in consumer science at Texas Tech 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 Texas Tech University with a bachelor's in consumer science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 8
Black or African American 16
Hispanic or Latino 76
White 139
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

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

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 Tech 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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