by our College Data Analytics TeamFamily & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General is a concentration offered under the general family and consumer sciences major at Eastern Illinois University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in family studies, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at EIU paid an average of $750 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $313 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $7,503 | $18,007 |
| Fees | $2,754 | $2,754 |
Looking for online learning options? Good news, you can take online classes in the family studies master’s degree program at EIU. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the EIU Online Learning page.
Women made up around 96.0% of the family studies 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 family studies at EIU in 2019-2020, 36.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 28%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 7 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 14 |
| International Students | 2 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
*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.
