Family and consumer sciences graduate research productivity in 2022

Abstract

Since 1992, information on graduate student degrees and family and consumer sciences research has been collected annually. Data collection for 2022 began in July 2023 when 549 e-mail invitations were sent to contacts at 165 U.S. universities and colleges, inviting family and consumer sciences programs to report graduate program degree completions and research production through theses and dissertations. Twenty-three institutions responded with data and reported 740 graduate degrees conferred collectively, with 123 master's theses, 184 dissertations, and 433 non-thesis master's degrees completed. This review reports degree completion and highlights topical trends of the theses and dissertations completed by reporting programs.