Family and Consumer Economics and Related Studies
977 students earn a family and consumer economics and related studies credential each year across 23 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.
- Typical earnings, 1 year out
- $41,201
- Typical earnings, 5 years out
- $51,775
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Bachelor's programs — 20 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, Texas37$53,9971 year out$70,532$27,7502University of Missouri-ColumbiaColumbia, Missouri—$50,6141 year out$65,217$27,0003University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia107$48,6201 year out$68,899$22,6524Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio57$46,4741 year out$65,515$25,0005Texas State UniversitySan Marcos, Texas30$45,6661 year out$50,122$19,8226South Dakota State UniversityBrookings, South Dakota15$44,8911 year out$51,775$23,7897The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxville, Tennessee28$43,0141 year out$58,779$17,8448The University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, Alabama43$41,2011 year out$58,969$23,7509University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota43$39,0811 year out$53,715$19,75010University of Nebraska at KearneyKearney, Nebraska30$38,0091 year out$41,817$19,75011Arizona State University Digital ImmersionScottsdale, Arizona208$36,2801 year out$49,656$24,75212Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona131$36,2801 year out$49,656$24,75213University of Nebraska-LincolnLincoln, Nebraska151$35,2421 year out$45,796$22,50014Tennessee State UniversityNashville, Tennessee17$32,7931 year out$37,876$30,09915Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboro, Tennessee39$31,9881 year out$37,401$26,00016SUNY Buffalo State UniversityBuffalo, New York0$28,1801 year out$40,460$25,37517Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa16—1 year out—$18,06218Virginia State UniversityPetersburg, Virginia7—1 year out—$29,50019The University of Arizona Global CampusChandler, Arizona6—1 year out——20University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky4—1 year out——
Associate programs — 2 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
Certificate programs — 1 college
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).