Bachelor's · earnings grade

Is a Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General degree worth it?

Graduates earn a median $30,554 two years after finishing, more than 14% of bachelor's majors. Measured across 108 US programmes by the Department of Education — real graduate pay, not survey answers.

D

The verdict on the money

Financially it is a slower start than most majors at this level — worth planning your borrowing around.

Median earnings $30,554 2 years after finishing · per graduate
Typical range $26,715–$31,529 middle half of US programmes
Over no degree — vs $39,520 high-school median
Graduates a year 1,979 108 programmes

Where a Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General degree pays best US programmes ranked on their own graduates' median earnings two years out.

#University1 yr out2 yrs out3 yrs outGraduates/yr
1 Indiana University of Pennsylvania cost & debt at this university → not published $42,682 not published 4
2 SUNY Oneonta $36,547 $40,017 $47,962 15
3 Iowa State University cost & debt at this university → $38,447 $38,289 $38,391 7
4 Colorado State University-Fort Collins not published $37,671 not published 11
5 San Francisco State University cost & debt at this university → $36,459 $36,488 $42,175 4
6 California State University-Sacramento cost & debt at this university → $30,763 $35,318 $43,385 35
7 Illinois State University cost & debt at this university → $38,389 $34,381 $41,715 23
8 Ball State University cost & debt at this university → $33,247 $34,217 $38,315 —
9 Sam Houston State University cost & debt at this university → $29,839 $33,993 $35,725 6
10 Minnesota State University-Mankato cost & debt at this university → $30,773 $33,192 $37,454 40
11 Montclair State University cost & debt at this university → $33,272 $32,620 $42,822 —
12 Western Illinois University cost & debt at this university → $28,747 $31,914 $44,705 1

What this figure does and does not tell you

Two medians are worth separating. $30,554 is what the typical graduate earns — each programme counted in proportion to how many students it graduates. $28,682 is what the typical programme reports, counting a class of twenty the same as a class of two thousand. The weighted figure is higher here, which means the larger programmes in this field are the better-paying ones.

It is the median of what real graduates of this exact major earned, taken from tax records two years after they completed. It is not a starting salary, not an average of job adverts, and not a projection. The median bachelor's major in this dataset reports $36,497, so Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General sits below the middle by $5,943.

Two years is early in a career. Fields with long training pipelines — medicine, law, research — look weaker at this point than they will at ten, while trades and applied technical fields peak sooner. Read a low figure in a long-pipeline subject as "slow start", not "bad degree".

There is no debt figure here on purpose. The Department of Education publishes earnings by field of study but not borrowing, so nobody can honestly tell you the debt of a specific major. Debt is published per institution — that is where our university cost pages carry it.

Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General at other levels

Master's — $40,506 (D)

Majors that pay more at this level Closest first — useful if you are still choosing.

Psychology — $29,141 Bible & Biblical Studies — $29,277 Broadcasting — $29,350 Animal Sciences — $29,374 History — $29,685 Exercise Science — $29,685

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Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General: the questions people ask

How much do Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General graduates earn?
The median bachelor's graduate earns $30,554 two years after finishing (weighting each programme by how many students it graduates), across 53 US programmes that publish the figure. One year out it is $27,661.
Is a Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General degree worth it?
Financially it is a slower start than most majors at this level — worth planning your borrowing around.
What is the salary range for Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General?
Half of US programmes report medians between $26,715 and $31,529. Where you study moves this figure more than most applicants expect.
How many people graduate in Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General each year?
About 1,979 students complete a bachelor's in this field each year across 108 US programmes.
Does this include student debt?
No — and deliberately. The Department of Education publishes earnings by field of study but not debt, so any "debt by major" figure you see elsewhere is an estimate. Debt is published per institution, which is why our university pages carry it and this page does not.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard, field-of-study earnings (median earnings of graduates who received federal financial aid, measured 1–3 years after completion). Figures are per major and credential level, pooled across US programmes. Information only, not financial advice.