2024 Best Family & Consumer Economics Bachelor's Degree Schools in Texas

Family & Consumer Economics isn't the most popular bachelor's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #156 in popularity out of 363 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Texas to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of family & consumer economics. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 84 bachelor's degrees in family & consumer economics during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to family & consumer economics students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of family & consumer economics students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt family & consumer economics students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized family & consumer economics related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for family & consumer economics students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Family & Consumer Economics Bachelor's Degree Schools in Texas ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Family & Consumer Economics in Texas

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in family & consumer economics.

Top Texas Schools for a Bachelor's in Consumer Economics

1

Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX

58 Annual Graduates

$45,136 Median Starting Salary

$27,750 Median Student Debt

It is hard to beat Texas Tech University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in family & consumer economics. Texas Tech is a very large public university located in the large city of Lubbock.

Family & Consumer Economics bachelor's degree recipients from Texas Tech University receive an earnings boost of around $7,456 over the average earnings of family & consumer economics graduates.

More information about a bachelor’s in family & consumer economics from Texas Tech University

2

Texas State University
San Marcos, TX

26 Annual Graduates

$30,224 Median Starting Salary

$19,822 Median Student Debt

Texas State University is a good option for students interested in a bachelor's degree in family & consumer economics. Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the consumer economics program earn an average of $30,224 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in family & consumer economics from Texas State University

Best Family & Consumer Economics Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Family & Consumer Economics Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Arizona	200	376
New Mexico	133	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Consumer Economics

Family & Consumer Economics is one of 8 different types of Family, Consumer & Human Sciences programs to choose from.

Consumer Economics Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Family Resource Management Studies	58
Consumer Services & Advocacy	26

Majors Similar to Consumer Economics

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Human Development & Family Studies	964
Food, Nutrition & Related Services	555
General Family & Consumer Sciences	433
Human Sciences Business Services	93
Textile & Apparel Studies	91

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.