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2022 Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

6 Ranked Colleges
356 Degrees Awarded
$33,120 Avg Salary
Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,530 people earned their degree in family and consumer economics, making the major the 202nd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, family and consumer economics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $35,290 and had an average of $24,968 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 379 family and consumer economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,120 and $26,084 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 356 family and consumer economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in family and consumer economics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality family and 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 family and 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 in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree consumer economics students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Economics (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

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 in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Athens, Georgia, this large public school handed out 138 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s consumer economics students in 2019-2020.

UGA also made our “Best Family & Consumer Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $14,748 for southeast region bachelor’s degree consumer economics students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of Georgia.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Family & Consumer Economics at University of Georgia

#2

Tennessee State University

Nashville, Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tennessee State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Tennessee State University is a public institution located in Nashville, Tennessee. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Tennessee State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Family & Consumer Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Tennessee State University is $14,540 for southeast region bachelor’s degree consumer economics students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#3

Middle Tennessee State University

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middle Tennessee State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Murfreesboro, Tennessee is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s consumer economics degrees to 53 students in 2019-2020.

Middle Tennessee State University also made our “Best Family & Consumer Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Middle Tennessee State University is $14,822 for southeast region bachelor’s degree consumer economics students whose families make $48-$75k.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #4 spot on the list. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a public institution located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The school has a large population, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Knoxville, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UT Knoxville is $23,211 for southeast region bachelor’s degree consumer economics students whose families make $48-$75k.

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 student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Family & Consumer Economics at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

#5

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Alabama landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and it awarded 74 bachelors’s consumer economics degrees in 2019-2020.

UA also made our “Best Family & Consumer Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend The University of Alabama is $23,284 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Economics students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Family & Consumer Economics at UA

#6

Virginia State University

Petersburg, Virginia

Virginia State University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. This small school is located in Petersburg, Virginia, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s consumer economics degrees in 2019-2020.

Virginia State also took the #6 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Virginia State University is $18,899 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Economics students whose families make $48-$75k.

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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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