by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Economics Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Family & Consumer Economics is the 211th most popular major in the country with 1,454 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 205 family and consumer economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Economics Major” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in family and consumer economics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their family and consumer economics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The consumer economics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Economics Major”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Economics Major”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Economics Major list. This large school is located in Scottsdale, Arizona, and it awarded 93 masters’s consumer economics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Economics Major. Texas Tech is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 59 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national 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.
Read more about Family & Consumer Economics at Texas Tech University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Economics Major. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school awarded 16 degrees to qualified masters’s consumer economics students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Family & Consumer Economics at New Mexico State University - Main Campus
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Alabama. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Economics Major list. Located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, this large public school awarded 31 diplomas to qualified masters’s consumer economics students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Read full report on Family & Consumer Economics at The University of Alabama
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Economics Major list. South Dakota State University is a public institution located in Brookings, South Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Family & Consumer Economics at South Dakota State University
Arizona State University - Tempe ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Economics Major list. ASU - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 2 masters’s consumer economics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Family & Consumer Economics at Arizona State University - Tempe
University of Arizona landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Economics Major ranking. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s consumer economics degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Family & Consumer Economics at University of Arizona
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Economics Major ranking. UMN Twin Cities is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 1 masters’s consumer economics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #9, Ohio State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Economics Major list. Ohio State is a large public school situated in Columbus, Ohio. It awarded 62 masters’s consumer economics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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