by our College Data Analytics TeamThe 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 North Carolina Central University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in consumer science, such as diversity 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 North Carolina Central University was $2,212 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $593 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $4,740 | $17,694 |
| Fees | $2,901 | $2,901 |
The median early career salary of consumer science students who receive their master’s degree from North Carolina Central University is $39,214 per year. That is about the same as the national average of $39,250.
North Carolina Central University does not offer an online option for its consumer science master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the North Carolina Central University Online Learning page.
Women made up around 90.9% of the consumer science students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 81.7%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in consumer science at North Carolina Central University in 2019-2020, 75.8% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 28%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 25 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 8 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
General Family & Consumer Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General | 33 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.