by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Economics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,454 people earned their degree in family and consumer economics, making the major the 211th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, family and consumer economics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,903 and had an average of $24,231 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 393 family and consumer economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,123 and $25,792 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 352 family and consumer economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Economics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in family and consumer economics. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in family and consumer economics.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree consumer economics students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Economics Major in the Southeast Region list. Virginia State University is a small public school situated in Petersburg, Virginia. It awarded 18 bachelors’s consumer economics degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Family & Consumer Economics at Virginia State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tennessee State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Economics Major in the Southeast Region. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s consumer economics degrees to 28 students in 2020-2021.
Full Tennessee State University Family & Consumer Economics Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Economics Major in the Southeast Region. UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 156 bachelors’s consumer economics degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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 Family & Consumer Economics Report
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Economics Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Middle Tennessee State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Middle Tennessee State University is a public institution located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The school has a large population, and it awarded 50 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Family & Consumer Economics at Middle Tennessee State University
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Economics Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Alabama landed the #5 spot on the list. The University of Alabama is a large public school situated in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It awarded 68 bachelors’s consumer economics degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full The University of Alabama Family & Consumer Economics Report
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Economics Major in the Southeast Region list. UT Knoxville is a public institution located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The school has a large population, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, Carson - Newman University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Economics Major in the Southeast Region list. Carson - Newman is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Jefferson City, Tennessee. It awarded 1 bachelors’s consumer economics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% 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%.
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