Loading Other Housing & Human Environments…
In 2024, the locations with the highest concentration of Other Housing & Human Environments degree recipients are Greenville, SC, Mattoon, IL, and Miami, FL. In 2024, the locations with a relatively high number of Other Housing & Human Environments degree recipients are Greenville, SC, Miami, FL, and Mattoon, IL. The most common degree awarded to students studying Other Housing & Human Environments is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Other Housing & Human Environments and the types of students that study this field. Bob Jones University awards the most degrees in Other Housing & Human Environments in the US, having also the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Other Housing & Human Environments.
Tuition costs for Other Housing & Human Environments majors are, on average, $8,948 for in-state public colleges, and $20,752 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Other Housing & Human Environments programs are Public, 2-year institutions (2 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (10 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Other Housing & Human Environments, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (10 completions in 2024).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Other Housing & Human Environments programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Bob Jones University has the most Other Housing & Human Environments degree recipients, with 10 degrees awarded in 2024.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Other Housing & Human Environments.
Out of all institutions that offer Other Housing & Human Environments programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Bob Jones University has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Other Housing & Human Environments, with 1.48%.
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 $68,955 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 Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals.
The average salary for Human Sciences majors is $68,955 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 for 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, Preschool & kindergarten teachers, and Health diagnosing & treating practitioners, all other.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Human Sciences majors are Surgeons, Transportation inspectors, and Nuclear medicine technologists and medical dosimetrists.
The number of Human Sciences graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 1.97%, from 424,717 in 2023 to 433,073 in 2024.
The largest single share of Human Sciences graduates go on to work as Elementary & middle school teachers (9.14%). 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, General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, and Child day care services.
The highest paying industries of Human Sciences majors, by average wage, are Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals, Miscellaneous petroleum & coal products, and Miscellaneous paper & pulp products.
The number of Human Sciences graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 1.97%, from 424,717 in 2023 to 433,073 in 2024.
The industry which employs the most Human Sciences graduates by share is Elementary & secondary schools, followed by General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals. 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 42.5.
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 (8 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 30 and 32 years old, which represent 3.09% and 3.09% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Other Housing & Human Environments are Bachelors Degree and Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years.
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 4 institutions that graduate the most students in Other Housing & Human Environments.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Other Housing & Human Environments 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 Other Housing & Human Environments.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Jordan that hold Human Sciences degrees (3.64 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 (6,148 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Other Housing & Human Environments field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Other Housing & Human Environments majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Other Housing & Human Environments majors need more than the average amount of Operations Analysis, Management of Financial Resources, and Management of Material Resources.
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 Other Housing & Human Environments 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 Operations Analysis is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, and Speaking are the three most important skills for people in the field.
Photo by Anthony Albright