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2022 Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

4 Ranked Colleges
114 Degrees Awarded
$11,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 125 people earned their degree in consumer economics, making the major the 872nd most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 114 consumer economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in consumer economics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent consumer economics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the consumer economics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree consumer economics students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Consumer Economics (Income $0-$30k)

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. UGA is a large public school situated in Athens, Georgia. It awarded 52 bachelors’s consumer economics degrees in 2019-2020.

UGA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Consumer Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for UGA is $7,541 for Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Economics students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default 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.

Read full report on Consumer Economics at UGA

#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. U of U is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 bachelors’s consumer economics degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U of U, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Consumer Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend U of U is $11,511 for bachelor’s degree consumer economics students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Consumer Economics at University of Utah

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #3 spot on the list. Knoxville, Tennessee is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s consumer economics degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Consumer Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $10,224 for bachelor’s degree consumer economics students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.

Read full report on Consumer Economics at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

#4

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s consumer economics degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at South Dakota State, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Consumer Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for South Dakota State University is $15,285 for bachelor’s degree consumer economics students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Consumer Economics at South Dakota State

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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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