Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher Education
Add ComparisonIn 2024, the locations with the highest concentration of Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher Education degree recipients are Stevens Point, WI, Logan, UT, and Minneapolis, MN. In 2024, the locations with a relatively high number of Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher Education degree recipients are Stevens Point, WI, Langston, OK, and Messiah College, PA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher Education is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher Education and the types of students that study this field. University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point awards the most degrees in Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher Education in the US, having also the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher Education, followed by Messiah University.
Tuition costs for Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher Education majors are, on average, $7,378 for in-state public colleges, and $25,290 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher Education programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (45 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (213 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher Education, is Public, 4-year or above (213 completions in 2024).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher Education programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point has the most Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher Education degree recipients, with 20 degrees awarded in 2024.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher Education.
Out of all institutions that offer Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher Education programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher Education, with 1.03%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher Education by year.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Education graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Education majors is $68,343 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers, and Education administrators.
The industry that employs the most Education majors is Elementary & secondary schools, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing.
The average salary for Education majors is $68,343 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers, and Education administrators.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Education majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Education majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Education 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 for Education majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers, and Education administrators.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Education majors working as Elementary & middle school teachers, Special education teachers, and Secondary school teachers.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Education majors are Surgeons, Nuclear medicine technologists and medical dosimetrists, and Physicians.
The number of Education graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 0.435%, from 5.15M in 2023 to 5.17M in 2024.
The largest single share of Education graduates go on to work as Elementary & middle school teachers (30.6%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Education by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Education majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & secondary schools, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and Child day care services.
The highest paying industries of Education majors, by average wage, are Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing, Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals, and Miscellaneous petroleum & coal products.
The number of Education graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 0.435%, from 5.15M in 2023 to 5.17M in 2024.
The industry which employs the most Education graduates by share is Elementary & secondary schools, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Education.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Education majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Education majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Education. The most common ages of employees with this major are 44 and 40 years old, which represent 2.56% and 2.55% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher Education are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Postbaccalaureate Certificate.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Education 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 Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher Education.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher Education for each race & ethnicity.
In 2024, 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 Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher Education.
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 Europe that hold Education degrees (2.92 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 (55,415 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher Education field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher Education majors need many skills, but most especially Instructing. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher Education majors need more than the average amount of Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, and Instructing.
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 Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher Education 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 Equipment Maintenance is very distinctive for majors, but the Instructing, Learning Strategies, and Speaking are the three most important skills for people in the field.
