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Family & Consumer Economics at Iowa State University

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Family & Consumer Economics at Iowa State University

If you are interested in studying family and consumer economics, you may want to check out the program at Iowa State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and approximately 31,822 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 11 consumer economics majors received their bachelor's degree from Iowa State.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Family & Consumer Economics section at the bottom of this page.

Iowa State Family & Consumer Economics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Consumer Economics

Iowa State Family & Consumer Economics Rankings

The consumer economics major at Iowa State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Family & Consumer Economics. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

How Much Do Consumer Economics Graduates from Iowa State Make?

The median salary of consumer economics students who receive their bachelor's degree at Iowa State is $37,468. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 13% higher than the national average of $33,139 for all consumer economics bachelor's degree recipients.

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Consumer Economics Student Demographics at Iowa State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the consumer economics majors at Iowa State University.

Iowa State Family & Consumer Economics Bachelor’s Program

36% Women
Of the 11 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Family & Consumer Economics from Iowa State in 2020-2021, 64% were men and 36% were women. The typical consumer economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at Iowa State since its program graduates 38% more men than average.

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About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in consumer economics at Iowa State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Iowa State University with a bachelor's in consumer economics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 11
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Iowa State also has a doctoral program available in consumer economics. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Consumer Economics Grads May Go Into

A degree in consumer economics can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for Iowa State University.

Occupation Jobs in IA Average Salary in IA
Farm and Home Management Advisors 260 $65,110

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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