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 Bridgewater College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in consumer science, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at Bridgewater was ranked #44 on College Factual's Best Schools for consumer science list. It is also ranked #1 in Virginia.
Here are some of the other rankings for Bridgewater.
Part-time undergraduates at Bridgewater paid an average of $1,270 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $36,800 | $36,800 |
| Fees | $920 | $920 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,150 | $1,150 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $13,360 | $13,360 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $2,280 | $2,280 |
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consumer science who receive their bachelor’s degree from Bridgewater make an average of $25,194 a year during the early days of their career. That is 8% lower than the national average of $27,453.
Online degrees for the Bridgewater consumer science bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Bridgewater Online Learning page.
Women made up around 93.8% of the consumer science students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 86.8%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in consumer science at Bridgewater in 2019-2020, 31.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 49%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 3 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 11 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
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 | 16 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to general family and consumer sciences.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Food, Nutrition & Related Services | 3 |
View All General Family & Consumer Sciences Related Majors >
*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.
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