General Family & Consumer Sciences at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

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

UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and approximately 22,311 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students received a bachelor's degree in consumer science from UNM.

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.

UNM General Family & Consumer Sciences Degrees Available

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

UNM General Family & Consumer Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the consumer science progam at UNM 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 UNM 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	6
Most Focused General Family & Consumer Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	18
Most Popular General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	24
Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools	58

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in consumer science from UNM. This makes it the #17 most popular school for consumer science master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in consumer science, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Consumer Science Graduates from UNM Make?

The median salary of consumer science students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNM is $25,598. This is less than $27,726, which is the national average of all consumer science majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Consumer Science Student Demographics at UNM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the consumer science majors at University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

UNM General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 consumer science majors earned their bachelor's degree from UNM. Of these graduates, 9% were men and 91% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 42% 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 University of New Mexico - Main Campus with a bachelor's in consumer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UNM General Family & Consumer Sciences Master’s Program

Of the 4 consumer science students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UNM, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

In the consumer science master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of New Mexico - Main Campus with a master's in consumer science.

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

UNM also has a doctoral program available in consumer science. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Food, Nutrition & Related Services

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 NM, the home state for University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
High School Teachers	7,010	$55,380

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 PerryPlanet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.