Family & Consumer Economics at Texas State University

If you plan to study family and consumer economics, take a look at what Texas State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and approximately 37,812 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 26 consumer economics majors received their bachelor's degree from Texas 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.

Texas State Family & Consumer Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Consumer Economics

Texas State Family & Consumer Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the consumer economics progam at Texas State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The consumer economics major at Texas 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	15

How Much Do Consumer Economics Graduates from Texas State Make?

The median salary of consumer economics students who receive their bachelor's degree at Texas State is $30,224. This is less than $33,139, which is the national average of all consumer economics majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Consumer Economics Student Demographics at Texas State

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

Texas State Family & Consumer Economics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 consumer economics majors earned their bachelor's degree from Texas State. Of these graduates, 8% were men and 92% were women.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in consumer economics at Texas State are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its consumer economics bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Food, Nutrition & Related Services
• Human Development & Family Studies

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 TX, the home state for Texas State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Farm and Home Management Advisors	180	$28,570

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.