Departments
There
are four departments and one interdisciplinary area within the School,
all with nationally renowned faculty:
Enrollment
- 1,926 undergraduate students
- 202 graduate students
Facilities
The programs of the School of Consumer and Family Sciences
are primarily housed in four buildings on campus.
- Child Development and Family Studies Building: child
development and family studies
- Fowler House: child development and family studies
- Matthews Hall: consumer sciences and retailing
- Stone Hall: foods and nutrition, hospitality and tourism
management
Faculty & Professional Staff
147
History
In 1905, with the influence of the first female trustee of
Purdue University, Virginia Meredith, and her niece, Mary L. Matthews,
President Winthrop Stone announced the formation of the department
of household economics. In 1926, the department became the School
of Home Economics, and President Edward C. Elliot named Miss Matthews
its first dean. In 1976, the School’s name changed to Consumer
and Family Sciences to more accurately reflect the School’s
expanded programs of study.
Rankings
The latest Gourman Report rates the School of Consumer and
Family Sciences as the fourth best in the nation out of 177 institutions
with consumer and family sciences programs. In individual areas,
the report ranks the following CFS programs:
- 4th: dietetics
- 6th: nutrition
- 7th: graduate nutrition
- 7th: hospitality and tourism management
Other national rankings include:
- 1st: hospitality and tourism management undergraduate program
(Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education)
- 1st: marriage and family therapy
- 3rd: hospitality and tourism management doctoral program (Council
on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education)
All statistics are as of September 18, 2002.
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