2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Economics Major in the Plains States Region

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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 Plains States region, there were 348 family and consumer economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,254 and $22,458 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 family and consumer economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Economics Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in family and consumer economics. That schools that top this list have a program in family and consumer economics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Economics Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Economics Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Economics in the Plains States Region

1

South Dakota State University
Brookings, South Dakota

Top 25% overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Economics Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. South Dakota State 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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Family & Consumer Economics at South Dakota State University

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#4 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Economics Major in the Plains States Region list. UMN Twin Cities is a public institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Family & Consumer Economics Report

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Economics

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.