Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General

2,158 students earn a family and consumer sciences/human sciences, general credential each year across 87 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $31,910
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $43,149

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Bachelor's programs — 76 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, Texas380$35,5011 year out$49,657$26,690 2California State University-Long BeachLong Beach, California300$32,0081 year out$47,210$12,906 3Montana State UniversityBozeman, Montana145$31,9101 year out$46,144$25,000 4California State University-NorthridgeNorthridge, California125$33,7211 year out$52,308$17,000 5The University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, Alabama117$35,0591 year out$48,766$25,125 6Stephen F Austin State UniversityNacogdoches, Texas69$34,4521 year out$41,393$27,500 7North Carolina Central UniversityDurham, North Carolina59$31,5861 year out$41,014$31,976 8Tennessee Technological UniversityCookeville, Tennessee52$29,1141 year out$43,272$20,975 9University of Central ArkansasConway, Arkansas45$31,0501 year out$43,076$31,000 10Southeastern Louisiana UniversityHammond, Louisiana41$27,3991 year out$39,129$25,401 11Minnesota State University-MankatoMankato, Minnesota40$33,0931 year out$45,139$25,125 12Southeast Missouri State UniversityCape Girardeau, Missouri37$31,2501 year out$40,640$25,000 13California State University-SacramentoSacramento, California35$33,8691 year out$58,232$14,108 14CUNY Queens CollegeQueens, New York33$32,4571 year out—$13,375 15Jacksonville State UniversityJacksonville, Alabama29$29,1381 year out$34,059$28,327 16South Carolina State UniversityOrangeburg, South Carolina28$29,6181 year out$35,649$34,625 17University of WyomingLaramie, Wyoming26$37,8871 year out$43,024$26,000 18Delta State UniversityCleveland, Mississippi25$28,9181 year out—$26,979 19University of New Mexico-Main CampusAlbuquerque, New Mexico24$35,3691 year out$39,308$20,000 20The University of Tennessee-MartinMartin, Tennessee24$29,2881 year out$36,129$27,000 21Illinois State UniversityNormal, Illinois23$48,9741 year out$52,374$20,322 22Eastern Illinois UniversityCharleston, Illinois21$33,1131 year out$43,149$26,000 23Liberty UniversityLynchburg, Virginia18—1 year out——24University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky16$31,4641 year out$42,992$27,250 25SUNY OneontaOneonta, New York15$34,2881 year out$64,221—26North Carolina A & T State UniversityGreensboro, North Carolina15$26,8881 year out$34,765$27,791 27Southern University and A & M CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana14$25,6751 year out$42,923$39,100 28Texas Southern UniversityHouston, Texas14—1 year out$47,357—29Henderson State UniversityArkadelphia, Arkansas13—1 year out——30Morgan State UniversityBaltimore, Maryland13$31,3311 year out$46,585$31,000 31Miami University-OxfordOxford, Ohio13—1 year out——32University of Arkansas at Pine BluffPine Bluff, Arkansas11$28,2061 year out$35,540$27,845 33Colorado State University-Fort CollinsFort Collins, Colorado11—1 year out$49,752—34University of Maryland Eastern ShorePrincess Anne, Maryland11$37,3011 year out$40,734$28,000 35Alabama A & M UniversityNormal, Alabama10—1 year out—$41,531 36Pittsburg State UniversityPittsburg, Kansas10$28,7821 year out$44,284$25,000 37University of MontevalloMontevallo, Alabama9—1 year out$35,390—38The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas9—1 year out——39Kansas State UniversityManhattan, Kansas8—1 year out——40Chadron State CollegeChadron, Nebraska8—1 year out——41Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa7$43,7831 year out$47,252$23,250 42Mississippi University for WomenColumbus, Mississippi7—1 year out——43Fort Valley State UniversityFort Valley, Georgia6$28,7941 year out—$44,653 44Sam Houston State UniversityHuntsville, Texas6$37,5401 year out$50,684$26,000 45Bridgewater CollegeBridgewater, Virginia6$34,4661 year out$36,347$26,500 46East Central UniversityAda, Oklahoma5—1 year out——47Oklahoma Baptist UniversityShawnee, Oklahoma5—1 year out——48Freed-Hardeman UniversityHenderson, Tennessee5—1 year out——49San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, California4$35,9771 year out$54,183$17,212 50Ohio University-Main CampusAthens, Ohio4—1 year out——51Indiana University of PennsylvaniaIndiana, Pennsylvania4—1 year out——52Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana4—1 year out——53Brigham Young University-IdahoRexburg, Idaho3—1 year out——54Texas Woman's UniversityDenton, Texas3—1 year out——55Olivet Nazarene UniversityBourbonnais, Illinois2—1 year out——56Baylor UniversityWaco, Texas2—1 year out——57Central Washington UniversityEllensburg, Washington2—1 year out——58California State University-FresnoFresno, California1$32,6341 year out$44,299—59Western Illinois UniversityMacomb, Illinois1—1 year out$52,097—60Eastern New Mexico University-Main CampusPortales, New Mexico1—1 year out——61Carson-Newman UniversityJefferson City, Tennessee1—1 year out——62Union UniversityJackson, Tennessee1—1 year out——63Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah1—1 year out——64Seattle Pacific UniversitySeattle, Washington1—1 year out——65Southern University Law CenterBaton Rouge, Louisiana1$25,6751 year out$42,923$39,100 66University of North AlabamaFlorence, Alabama0$30,5681 year out$48,108$27,143 67Ball State UniversityMuncie, Indiana——1 year out$47,288—68Berea CollegeBerea, Kentucky—$28,4951 year out$38,941—69Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana——1 year out$49,497—70Nicholls State UniversityThibodaux, Louisiana0$29,1631 year out$42,620$31,125 71Northwestern State University of LouisianaNatchitoches, Louisiana—$38,0101 year out$36,268$43,158 72Mississippi State UniversityMississippi State, Mississippi0—1 year out$40,018—73Montclair State UniversityMontclair, New Jersey0—1 year out$53,163—74Northeastern State UniversityTahlequah, Oklahoma0—1 year out$40,337—75Tarleton State UniversityStephenville, Texas——1 year out$46,569—76Southern Utah UniversityCedar City, Utah—$27,3461 year out$39,450$14,292

Associate programs — 9 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi24—1 year out——2Arizona Western CollegeYuma, Arizona21—1 year out——3Shasta CollegeRedding, California20—1 year out——4Lone Star College SystemThe Woodlands, Texas18—1 year out——5Snow CollegeEphraim, Utah17—1 year out——6San Joaquin Delta CollegeStockton, California9—1 year out——7Vincennes UniversityVincennes, Indiana5—1 year out——8South Plains CollegeLevelland, Texas1—1 year out——9Central Community CollegeGrand Island, Nebraska——1 year out$24,693—

Certificate programs — 5 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin53—1 year out——2University of Wisconsin-Stevens PointStevens Point, Wisconsin6—1 year out——3Shasta CollegeRedding, California3—1 year out——4Minnesota State University-MankatoMankato, Minnesota1—1 year out——5Snow CollegeEphraim, Utah1—1 year out——

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).