by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Consumer Economics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 0 family and consumer economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,193 and $24,497 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 0 family and consumer economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Consumer Economics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in family and consumer economics. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in family and consumer economics.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Consumer Economics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree consumer economics students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Buffalo State. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Consumer Economics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s list. Buffalo State is a public institution located in Buffalo, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delaware State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Consumer Economics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s list. Del State is a medium-sized school located in Dover, Delaware that handed out 0 bachelors’s consumer economics degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Consumer Economics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s list. University of Maryland - College Park is a public institution located in College Park, Maryland. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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