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2023 Most Popular Online Family & Consumer Economics Schools in the Plains States Region

2 Colleges
$35,254 Avg Salary
$22,458 Avg Student Debt

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, family and consumer economics was ranked #210 in the country. In fact 1,454 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

The Most Popular Online Family & Consumer Economics Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular online programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for consumer economics majors pursuing an online .

#1

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Our 2023 rankings named Kansas State University the most popular online school in the Plains States Region for family and consumer economics students. K -State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Manhattan.

Full Family & Consumer Economics at Kansas State University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Online Family & Consumer Economics Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a fairly large student population.

On average, consumer economics graduates from UNL take out $23,100 in student loans while working on their degree. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $341.

Full Family & Consumer Economics at University of Nebraska - Lincoln Report

Explore the most popular online family and consumer economics schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 1
Minnesota 90
Kansas 30
Iowa 11
Nebraska 185
South Dakota 31

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Family & Consumer Economics is one of 7 different types of programs to choose from.

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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