The main focus area for this major is Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
General Family & Consumer Sciences is a major offered under the family, consumer and human sciences program of study at Illinois State University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in consumer science, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Illinois State was $838 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $404 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $7,892 | $9,504 |
Fees | $1,565 | $1,565 |
The median early career salary of consumer science students who receive their master’s degree from Illinois State is $45,696 per year. That is 16% higher than the national average of $39,250.
Online degrees for the Illinois State consumer science master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Illinois State Online Learning page.
About 94.7% of the students who received their Master’s in consumer science in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 81.7%.
Around 21.1% of consumer science master’s degree recipients at Illinois State in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 28%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 2 |
Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 14 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
General Family & Consumer Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General | 19 |
*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.
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