Family & Consumer Economics at University of Utah

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

U of U is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and approximately 33,081 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 5 consumer economics majors received their bachelor's degree from U of U.

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.

U of U Family & Consumer Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Consumer Economics

U of U Family & Consumer Economics Rankings

The consumer economics major at U of U 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 U of U Make?

The median salary of consumer economics students who receive their bachelor's degree at U of U is $47,195. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 42% higher than the national average of $33,139 for all consumer economics bachelor's degree recipients.

Consumer Economics Student Demographics at U of U

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

U of U Family & Consumer Economics Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students earned a bachelor's degree in consumer economics from U of U. About 40% of these graduates were women and the other 60% were men. The typical consumer economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at U of U since its program graduates 34% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in consumer economics at U of U 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 University of Utah with a bachelor's in consumer economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Human Development & Family Studies
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Other)

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 UT, the home state for University of Utah.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT

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 University of Utah under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.