Consumer Economics isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #893 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Consumer Economics Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 118 degrees in consumer economics to qualified students.
Your choice of consumer economics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for consumer economics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 the Best Consumer Economics Schools.
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Best Schools for Consumer Economics in the United States
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the consumer economics degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student who is interested in consumer economics has to check out University of Georgia. UGA is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Athens. A Best Colleges rank of #69 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were approximately 61 consumer economics students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent year we have data available.
South Dakota State University is a good option for students interested in a degree in consumer economics. Located in the town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 13 schools for overall quality in the state of South Dakota.
There were roughly 16 consumer economics students who graduated with this degree at South Dakota State in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in consumer economics needs to take a look at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. UT Knoxville is a fairly large public university located in the city of Knoxville. This university ranks 2nd out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were about 30 consumer economics students who graduated with this degree at UT Knoxville in the most recent data year.
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).
Your choice of consumer economics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for consumer economics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
