Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at University of Connecticut

What traits are you looking for in a family, consumer & human sciences school? To help you decide if University of Connecticut is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's family, consumer & human sciences program.

UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and approximately 27,215 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.

UCONN Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Degrees Available

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

UCONN Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Rankings

The family, consumer & human sciences major at UCONN 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.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in family, consumer & human sciences, making the school the #32 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Student Demographics at UCONN

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

UCONN Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of family, consumer & human sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 89% went to women. The typical family, consumer & human sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 8% men. So male students are more repesented at UCONN since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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 University of Connecticut with a bachelor's in family, consumer & human sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	60
White	48
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UCONN Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of family, consumer & human sciences 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 University of Connecticut with a master's in family, consumer & human sciences.

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

Concentrations Within Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

The following family, consumer & human sciences concentations are available at University of Connecticut. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Connecticut. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Human Development & Family Studies	177

Related Majors

• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics

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 CT, the home state for University of Connecticut.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
High School Teachers	15,410	$76,980
Retail Sales Supervisors	14,960	$52,610
Childcare Workers	9,490	$27,400
Food Preparation and Serving Worker Supervisors	8,640	$42,050
Social and Human Service Assistants	8,300	$40,800

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.