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Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General at University of Kentucky

Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General at University of Kentucky

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

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and approximately 29,986 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General section at the bottom of this page.

UK Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Family Studies

Online Classes Are Available at UK

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UK offers distance education options for family studies at the following degree levels:

UK Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Rankings

The family studies major at UK is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General. 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 Studies Student Demographics at UK

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the family studies majors at University of Kentucky.

UK Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Program

94% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 6% of family studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 94% went to women.

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About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in family studies at UK 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 University of Kentucky with a bachelor's in family studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That Family Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in family studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation Jobs in KY Average Salary in KY
High School Teachers 12,250 $56,200
Farm and Home Management Advisors 1,090 $49,570
Home Economics Professors 50 $80,460

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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