General Family & Consumer Sciences at University of Wyoming

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

UW is located in Laramie, Wyoming and has a total student population of 11,829.

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.

UW General Family & Consumer Sciences Degrees Available

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

UW General Family & Consumer Sciences Rankings

The consumer science major at UW 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 UW

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

UW General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 4% of consumer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 96% went to women.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in consumer science at UW 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 Wyoming with a bachelor's in consumer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	20
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UW General Family & Consumer Sciences Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of consumer science master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in consumer science each year. UW does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 53% more men than average.

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

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

Concentrations Within General Family & Consumer Sciences

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General	28

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 WY, the home state for University of Wyoming.

Occupation	Jobs in WY	Average Salary in WY
High School Teachers	1,850	$60,620
Farm and Home Management Advisors	150	$55,960

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 ProgWork1 under License

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