2025 Best Family & Consumer Economics Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arizona

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.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Arizona to determine which ones were the best for family & consumer economics students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 339 bachelor's degrees in family & consumer economics during the 2022-2023 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 full 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 the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Family & Consumer Economics Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arizona list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

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

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

Top Arizona Schools for a Bachelor's in Consumer Economics

1

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, AZ

131 Annual Graduates

$36,280 Median Starting Salary

$31,245 Median Student Debt

Arizona State University - Tempe is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in family & consumer economics. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the consumer economics program report average early career earnings of $36,280.

More information about a bachelor’s in family & consumer economics from Arizona State University - Tempe

2

Arizona State University - Skysong
Scottsdale, AZ

208 Annual Graduates

$36,280 Median Starting Salary

$31,245 Median Student Debt

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in family & consumer economics needs to check out Arizona State University - Skysong. Located in the midsize city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public university with a very large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the consumer economics program report average early career earnings of $36,280.

More information about a bachelor’s in family & consumer economics from Arizona State University - Skysong

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
Texas	245	84
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	339

Majors Similar to Consumer Economics

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Food, Nutrition & Related Services	158
Human Development & Family Studies	105
Textile & Apparel Studies	6

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.