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

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

UW is located in Laramie, Wyoming and approximately 11,829 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.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in Family Studies
• Master’s Degree in Family Studies

Online Classes Are Available at UW

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? UW offers distance education options for family studies at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UW Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Rankings

The family studies major at UW 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 UW

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

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

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

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in family studies 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 family studies.

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 Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of family studies master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in family studies 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 family studies.

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

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 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.