2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Economics (Income Over $110k) in the Southeast Region

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In 2019-2020, 1,530 people earned their degree in family and consumer economics, making the major the 202nd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, family and consumer economics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $35,290 and had an average of $24,968 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 379 family and consumer economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,120 and $26,084 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 family and consumer economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent family and 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 family and consumer economics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Consumer Economics Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree consumer economics students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Economics (Income Over $110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$30,940 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Vallue Consumer Economics Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Alabama landed the #1 spot on the list. The University of Alabama is a public institution located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Family & Consumer Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UA are $30,940, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Family & Consumer Economics at UA

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Economics (Income Over $110k)

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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