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2023 Best Value Family & Consumer Economics Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$33,644 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Family & Consumer Economics Doctor's Degree School for You

Family & Consumer Economics is the #218 most popular major in the country with 251 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Family & Consumer Economics Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Family & Consumer Economics Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Family & Consumer Economics Doctor's Degree School

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Our 2023 rankings named University of Arizona the best value school in the Southwest Region for family and consumer economics students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population.

University of Arizona graduate students pay an average of $33,644 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Family & Consumer Economics at University of Arizona

Best Family & Consumer Economics Colleges by State

Explore the best family and consumer economics colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 59
Arizona 99
New Mexico 16

Family & Consumer Economics is one of 7 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Consumer Economics

Related Major Annual Graduates
Human Development & Family Studies 1,589
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 1,214
General Family & Consumer Sciences 368
Textile & Apparel Studies 150
Human Sciences Business Services 58

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school only.

  • 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.

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