2025 Best Consumer Economics Schools in the Southeast Region

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.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Consumer Economics Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 102 degrees in consumer economics annually.

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• Best Overall Consumer Economics Schools List

Consumer Economics Rankings by Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Consumer Economics Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Consumer Economics in the Southeast Region

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.

Top Southeast Region Schools in Consumer Economics

1

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

61 Consumer Economics Degrees Awarded

University of Georgia is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in consumer economics. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in consumer economics from University of Georgia

2

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Knoxville, TN

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in consumer economics. Located in the city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in consumer economics from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Best Consumer Economics Colleges by State

Explore the best consumer economics colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Georgia	690	76
Tennessee	624	31

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Consumer Economics Related Rankings by Major

One of 3 majors within the Family & Consumer Economics area of study, Consumer Economics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Consumer Economics

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Family Resource Management Studies	203
Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services	10
Consumer Services & Advocacy	8

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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.