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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Consumer Economics (With Aid)

4 Ranked Colleges
114 Degrees Awarded
$16,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 125 people earned their degree in consumer economics, making the major the 872nd most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 114 consumer economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in consumer economics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality consumer economics programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the consumer economics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Consumer Economics (With Aid)

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 52 bachelors’s consumer economics degrees to qualified students.

UGA also made our “Best Consumer Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $13,649 for Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Economics students with aid per year to attend UGA.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low student loan default rate of 2.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full University of Georgia Consumer Economics Report

#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Utah is a large public school situated in Salt Lake City, Utah. It awarded 18 bachelors’s consumer economics degrees in 2019-2020.

U of U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Consumer Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $14,773 for Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Economics students with aid per year to attend U of U.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Utah Consumer Economics Report

#3

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s consumer economics degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at South Dakota State, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Consumer Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for South Dakota State is $19,252 for Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Economics students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full South Dakota State Consumer Economics Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s consumer economics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Knoxville, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Consumer Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UT Knoxville is $18,825 for Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Economics students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Consumer Economics at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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