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Best Value Family & Consumer Economics Schools in Georgia

2023 Best Value Family & Consumer Economics Schools in Georgia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$7,597 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$41,613 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Family & Consumer Economics School for You

With 166 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, family and consumer economics is the #101 most popular major in Georgia.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Family & Consumer Economics Schools in Georgia ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Georgia to see which programs offered the best value experiences for consumer economics students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best Georgia Schools for Affordable Quality in Family & Consumer Economics

$3,126 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Southern Crescent Technical College to be the best value school for family and consumer economics students who want to pursue a degree in Georgia. Southern Crescent Technical College is a small public school located in the large suburb of Griffin.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southern Crescent Technical College are $3,126 per year.

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#2

University of Georgia

Athens, GA
$12,068 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Georgia helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best family and consumer economics schools in Georgia. UGA is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Athens.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UGA are $12,068 a year. On average, consumer economics graduates from UGA take out $21,500 in student loans while working on their degree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $167, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UGA is ranked #3 for overall quality for consumer economics in Georgia.

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Best Value Family & Consumer Economics Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Family & Consumer Economics Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 18
Tennessee 110
Alabama 99

One of 7 majors within the area of study, family and consumer economics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Human Development & Family Studies 42,112
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 4,858
Textile & Apparel Studies 3,313
General Family & Consumer Sciences 2,906
Human Sciences Business Services 704

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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