2022 Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 family and consumer economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 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.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the family and consumer economics program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree consumer economics students.
Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Economics in the Southeast Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Alabama landed the #1 spot on the list. UA is a public institution located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UA also made our “Best Family & Consumer Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Alabama are $30,940, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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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%.
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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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