Family & Consumer Economics at University of Georgia

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

UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and approximately 39,147 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 156 consumer economics majors received their bachelor's degree from UGA.

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.

UGA Family & Consumer Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Consumer Economics

UGA Family & Consumer Economics Rankings

The consumer economics major at UGA 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.

Earnings of UGA Consumer Economics Graduates

The median salary of consumer economics students who receive their bachelor's degree at UGA is $41,613. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 26% higher than the national average of $33,139 for all consumer economics bachelor's degree recipients.

Consumer Economics Student Demographics at UGA

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

UGA Family & Consumer Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 156 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in consumer economics from UGA in 2021, 57% were men and 43% were women. The typical consumer economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at UGA since its program graduates 31% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in consumer economics at UGA are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	87
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

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

Related Majors

• Textile & Apparel Studies
• Human Sciences Business Services
• Housing
• 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 GA, the home state for University of Georgia.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Farm and Home Management Advisors	130	$41,680

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 Pruddle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.