2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Economics in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Family & Consumer Economics is the 202nd most popular major in the country with 1,530 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Southwest region, there were 604 family and consumer economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,157 and $27,564 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 family and consumer economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent family and consumer economics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the family and consumer economics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Economics in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$33,399 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 2 doctorate’s consumer economics degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also took the #1 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Economics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Family & Consumer Economics at University of Arizona

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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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