Bachelor's+11% vs national median591 grads tracked
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences at CUNY Queens College
Ranked 18th of 141 bachelor's programs in Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences by 5-year earnings.
Median · 1 year out
$38,948
middle 50%: $27,081 – $52,423
Median · 5 years out
$60,487
middle 50%: $42,467 – $78,064
Median · 10 years out
$74,560
middle 50%: $52,745 – $98,520
Salary trajectory
Median earnings vs the national median for Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences (bachelor's) graduates.
This program (median)National median, same major & degreeMiddle 50% of graduates
CUNY Queens College graduates in Family and Consumer Sciences earn a median of $39k in their first year. Earnings reach $60k by year five and $75k by year ten.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau PSEO, release V4.13.0 2025Q4. Earnings are for graduates working in covered states; figures are medians in nominal dollars.
Will the degree pay for itself?
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Assumes a 6.5% APR loan and this program's median salary trajectory (interpolated between years 1, 5 and 10).
Paid off in
7.1 yrs
≈ $8,349 total interest
Same major at other universities
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
$62,224 · 5 yrs out
University of the District of Columbia
$62,007 · 5 yrs out
Connecticut College
$61,498 · 5 yrs out
University of Houston
$61,400 · 5 yrs out
University of Virginia
$61,167 · 5 yrs out
James Madison University
$60,856 · 5 yrs out
Purdue University
$59,925 · 5 yrs out
University of Connecticut
$59,243 · 5 yrs out
University of Georgia
$58,219 · 5 yrs out
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
$57,971 · 5 yrs out
University of Missouri - Columbia
$57,756 · 5 yrs out
Benedictine University
$57,372 · 5 yrs out
Other majors at CUNY Queens College
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (Master's)
$106,654 · 5 yrs out
Education (Master's)
$101,982 · 5 yrs out
History (Master's)
$98,849 · 5 yrs out
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (Bachelor's)
$98,446 · 5 yrs out
Computer Science (Bachelor's)
$98,446 · 5 yrs out
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (Master's)
$96,689 · 5 yrs out
Physics (Bachelor's)
$91,987 · 5 yrs out
English Language and Literature/Letters (Master's)
$91,851 · 5 yrs out
Psychology (Master's)
$91,355 · 5 yrs out
Social Sciences (Master's)
$86,622 · 5 yrs out
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Master's)
$86,367 · 5 yrs out
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (Master's)
$85,137 · 5 yrs out
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