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Fast Facts

The Family and Consumer Sciences program is housed in the Department of Health and Human Sciences in the College of Education and Human Development. Students can major in Family and Consumer Sciences as well as select a specific concentration if they want to specialize in one area of the discipline; FCS Education, Human Development and Family Studies, and Retail Merchandising.

  • Oldest department on Campus; 1st BS degree at the University of Montevallo granted to a Family and Consumer Sciences graduate.
  • Accredited by the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.
  • Continuous record of educating Family and Consumer Sciences teachers in the State.
  • Approved Certified Family Life Education program.
  • All students in each concentration complete an internship in the field.
  • Child Study Center:
    • 1st Child Development Center in Shelby County to achieve NAEYC accreditation.
    • Continuous programming for children since 1931.
    • Approved Office of School Readiness (OSR) center.

Review FCS Fast Facts Fall 2023 (PDF)

3-Year FCS Major Overview

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3-Year FCS Program Outcomes

12-30-2023 Format Reported Frequency Updated and Reported Briefly describe your methods of data collection: i.e. where you got your data and how your data were measured
Fall-to-fall 2020 2021 2022 Format Reported Frequency Updated and Reported Briefly describe your methods of data collection: i.e. where you got your data and how your data were measured
Retention Rate for major 66.7% 100% 83.3% Website Data collected and reported annually Retention rates for the major are calculated annually in the Office of Institutional Research based upon declaration major.
4-year cohort 2017 2018 2019
Graduation Rate for major 66.7% 100% 50% Website Data collected and reported annually Graduation rate is calculated and provided by the Office of Institutional Research, University of Montevallo for fall semester only
Performance on National Examinations (% of passed) required) 2020 2021 2022
edTPA 100% n=1 N/A 100% n=3 Data collected each semester Data collected from edTPA nationally
FCS Praxis 2 n=2 2 n=2 Data collected each semester Data collected from ETS nationally
Number of Graduates (required) 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023
FCS Major Total 18 14 9 Statistics provided annually to the department from the Registrar’s office.
FCS Education 1 0 1
HDFS 13 11 4
Retail Merchandising 4 3 0
General 0 0 4
Job Placement in field (% of graduates)
2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023
FCS Education 100% n/a 0
HDFS 53% 1 entered graduate school 54.5% 25% 1 entered graduate school Updated annually Data collected from follow-up contact with graduates.
Retail Merchandising 50% 2 entered graduate school 100% n/a
General Major n/a n/a 100%
Graduate School
2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023
FCS Major Total 16.7% n=18 n/a 11.1% n=9 Updated annually Data collected from follow-up contact with graduates.
Family & Consumer Sciences