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

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

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 (—).