General Apparel & Textiles
Add ComparisonIn 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of General Apparel & Textiles degree recipients are Tallahassee, FL, Ames, IA, and Columbus, OH. In 2021, the locations with a relatively high number of General Apparel & Textiles degree recipients are Framingham, MA, Kingston, RI, and Ames, IA. The most common degree awarded to students studying General Apparel & Textiles is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in General Apparel & Textiles and the types of students that study this field. Florida State University awards the most degrees in General Apparel & Textiles in the US, but Rhode Island School of Design and Framingham State University (165866) have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General Apparel & Textiles.
Tuition costs for General Apparel & Textiles majors are, on average, $8,976 for in-state public colleges, and $25,785 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers General Apparel & Textiles programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (64 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (1,918 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in General Apparel & Textiles, is Public, 4-year or above (1,918 completions in 2021).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer General Apparel & Textiles programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Florida State University has the most General Apparel & Textiles degree recipients, with 151 degrees awarded in 2021.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in General Apparel & Textiles.
Out of all institutions that offer General Apparel & Textiles programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Rhode Island School of Design has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General Apparel & Textiles, with 2.47%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in General Apparel & Textiles by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for General Apparel & Textiles.
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 $58,399 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 Dairy product manufacturing.
The average salary for Human Sciences majors is $58,399 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 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, Marriage and family therapists, and Preschool & kindergarten teachers.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Human Sciences majors are Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents, Aircraft pilots & flight engineers, and Physicians.
The number of Human Sciences graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.92%, from 391,459 in 2020 to 402,901 in 2021.
The largest single share of Human Sciences graduates go on to work as Elementary & middle school teachers (10.8%). 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, Child day care services, and General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals.
The highest paying industries of Human Sciences majors, by average wage, are Dairy product manufacturing, U. S. Air Force, and Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments.
The number of Human Sciences graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.92%, from 391,459 in 2020 to 402,901 in 2021.
The industry which employs the most Human Sciences graduates by share is Elementary & secondary schools, followed by Child day care services. 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 42.4.
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 (1,265 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 28 and 29 years old, which represent 3.16% and 3.04% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in General Apparel & Textiles are Bachelors Degree, Associates Degree, and Masters Degree.
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 5 institutions that graduate the most students in General Apparel & Textiles.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in General Apparel & Textiles for each race & ethnicity. 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 General Apparel & Textiles.
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 Korea that hold Human Sciences degrees (3.59 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 (5,498 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the General Apparel & Textiles field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. General Apparel & Textiles majors need many skills, but most especially Speaking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that General Apparel & Textiles majors need more than the average amount of Quality Control Analysis, Systems Evaluation, Learning Strategies, Management of Material Resources, Systems Analysis, Instructing, Speaking, Technology Design, Monitoring, Active Listening, Mathematics, Service Orientation, Reading Comprehension, Active Learning, Programming, Critical Thinking, Operations Analysis, Coordination, Persuasion, Social Perceptiveness, Management of Personnel Resources, Writing, Judgment and Decision Making, Time Management, Complex Problem Solving, Science, Troubleshooting, Negotiation, Management of Financial Resources, Operation Monitoring, Equipment Selection, Installation, Operation and Control, Equipment Maintenance, and Repairing.
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 General Apparel & Textiles 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 Quality Control Analysis is very distinctive for majors, but the Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Learning Strategies, Instructing, Critical Thinking, Writing, Active Learning, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Social Perceptiveness, Complex Problem Solving, Systems Evaluation, Systems Analysis, Time Management, Coordination, Service Orientation, Persuasion, Mathematics, Management of Personnel Resources, Negotiation, Operations Analysis, Science, Management of Material Resources, Quality Control Analysis, Management of Financial Resources, Technology Design, Programming, Operation Monitoring, Troubleshooting, Equipment Selection, Installation, Operation and Control, Equipment Maintenance, and Repairing are the three most important skills for people in the field.
