Consumer Services & Advocacy
Add ComparisonIn 2022, the locations with the highest concentration of Consumer Services & Advocacy degree recipients are San Marcos, TX, Tuscaloosa, AL, and Brookings, SD. In 2022, the locations with a relatively high number of Consumer Services & Advocacy degree recipients are San Marcos, TX, Tuscaloosa, AL, and Brookings, SD. The most common degree awarded to students studying Consumer Services & Advocacy is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Consumer Services & Advocacy and the types of students that study this field. Texas State University awards the most degrees in Consumer Services & Advocacy in the US, having also the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Consumer Services & Advocacy, followed by The University of Alabama.
Tuition costs for Consumer Services & Advocacy majors are, on average, $8,391 for in-state public colleges, and $31,300 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Consumer Services & Advocacy programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (4 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (48 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Consumer Services & Advocacy, is Public, 4-year or above (48 completions in 2022).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Consumer Services & Advocacy programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Texas State University has the most Consumer Services & Advocacy degree recipients, with 39 degrees awarded in 2022.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Consumer Services & Advocacy.
Out of all institutions that offer Consumer Services & Advocacy programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Texas State University has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Consumer Services & Advocacy, with 0.437%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Consumer Services & Advocacy by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Consumer Services & Advocacy.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Human Sciences graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Human Sciences majors is $63,188 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Preschool & kindergarten teachers, and Education administrators.
The industry that employs the most Human Sciences majors is Elementary & secondary schools, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Natural gas distribution.
The average salary for Human Sciences majors is $63,188 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Preschool & kindergarten teachers, and Education administrators.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Human Sciences majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Human Sciences majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Human Sciences majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Human Sciences majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & middle school teachers, Preschool & kindergarten teachers, and Education administrators.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Human Sciences majors working as Dietitians & nutritionists, Marriage and family therapists, and Preschool & kindergarten teachers.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Human Sciences majors are Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents, Aircraft pilots & flight engineers, and Physicians.
The number of Human Sciences graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.32%, from 403,311 in 2021 to 412,648 in 2022.
The largest single share of Human Sciences graduates go on to work as Elementary & middle school teachers (9.95%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Human Sciences by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Human Sciences majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & secondary schools, Child day care services, and General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals.
The highest paying industries of Human Sciences majors, by average wage, are Natural gas distribution, Beverage manufacturing, and U. S. Air Force.
The number of Human Sciences graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.32%, from 403,311 in 2021 to 412,648 in 2022.
The industry which employs the most Human Sciences graduates by share is Elementary & secondary schools, followed by Child day care services. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Human Sciences.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Human Sciences majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Human Sciences majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Human Sciences in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Human Sciences is 42.3.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Human Sciences degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Human Sciences (26 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Human Sciences. The most common ages of employees with this major are 28 and 30 years old, which represent 3.15% and 3.02% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Consumer Services & Advocacy are Bachelors Degree, Postbaccalaureate Certificate, and Masters Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Human Sciences are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Consumer Services & Advocacy.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Consumer Services & Advocacy for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Consumer Services & Advocacy.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Liberia that hold Human Sciences degrees (3.4 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico (5,652 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Consumer Services & Advocacy field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Consumer Services & Advocacy majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Consumer Services & Advocacy majors need more than the average amount of N/A.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Consumer Services & Advocacy majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of N/A is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, and Speaking are the three most important skills for people in the field.
