Is a Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General degree worth it?
Across 49 schools, graduates of Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General earn a median $43,149 five years out on $24,371 of debt — most often working as Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education. Every figure is a real, published federal number.
Median 5-yr pay
$43,149
Median debt
$24,371
Years to pay off
5.8
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
33%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
-1.6%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
16.3%
$57,874 vs $48,443
Net price
$15,424/yr
Debt-test failures
38.9%
of programs
'Real' premium
−$13,720
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.