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2023 Best Value Family & Consumer Economics Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$25,114 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,097 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Family & Consumer Economics 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 Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Southwest Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for consumer economics students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

2023 Best Value Family & Consumer Economics Schools in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for consumer economics majors pursuing a .

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Family & Consumer Economics

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Our analysis found Texas Tech University to be the best value school for family and consumer economics students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Texas Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $24,121 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Texas Tech also is in the top 10% of our Best Family & Consumer Economics Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

Read full report on Family & Consumer Economics at Texas Tech University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Arizona State University - Skysong. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Family & Consumer Economics Schools in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.

ASU - Skysong undergraduate students pay an average of $13,092 in tuition and fees each year.

ASU - Skysong excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Family & Consumer Economics Schools in the Southwest Region list.

Full Family & Consumer Economics at Arizona State University - Skysong Report

#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Family & Consumer Economics Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population.

University of Arizona undergraduate students pay an average of $35,153 in tuition and fees each year.

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

Out of the 5 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the # 4 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at ASU - Tempe are $29,438 a year.

Full Family & Consumer Economics at Arizona State University - Tempe Report

$23,767 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at NMSU Main Campus are $23,767 a year.

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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

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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 averages are for the top 5 schools 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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