Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at Utah Valley University

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

UVU is located in Orem, Utah and approximately 40,936 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 143 family, consumer and human sciences majors received their bachelor's degree from UVU.

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.

UVU Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UVU

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? UVU offers distance education options for family, consumer and human sciences at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UVU Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks family, consumer and human sciences programs across the country. The following shows how UVU performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The family, consumer and human sciences major at UVU 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Online Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Most Popular Online Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools	14

Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Student Demographics at UVU

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

UVU Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 143 family, consumer and human sciences majors earned their bachelor's degree from UVU. Of these graduates, 8% were men and 92% were women.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in family, consumer and human sciences at UVU 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 Utah Valley University with a bachelor's in family, consumer and human sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	123
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UVU also has a doctoral program available in family, consumer and human sciences. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Human Development & Family Studies	143

Related Majors

• History
• Social Sciences
• Communication & Journalism
• Psychology
• Education

Careers That Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in family, consumer and 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 UT, the home state for Utah Valley University.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
High School Teachers	10,170	$59,070
Retail Sales Supervisors	9,590	$38,940
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	7,860	$57,660
Food Preparation and Serving Worker Supervisors	7,790	$32,230
Social and Human Service Assistants	6,220	$28,840

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 uvuphotos under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.