Consumer Economics

Family And Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences

What is it about?

A program that focuses on the application of micro- and macro-economic theory to consumer behavior and individual and family consumption of goods and services. Includes instruction in modeling, economic forecasting, indexing, price theory, and analysis of individual commodities and services and/or groups of related commodities and services.

Numbers at a glance

590th
Popular nationwide
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Search Rank on O's List
4
Colleges offer it
131
Graduates (2018-19)
Men
62
Women
69

Trends

Graduates
Popularity Rank

Colleges

Number of Colleges by Type
Median Graduating Class by College Type
Number of Colleges by Size
Top 10 Public by Number of Graduates
University of Georgia62
South Dakota State University26
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville23
University of Utah20
Average public university graduating class: 33 students.
Top 10 Private by Number of Graduates

O's Insights on Consumer Economics

  • Major has been stable in popularity over the last 5 years after decreasing prior to that.
  • 100% of graduates come from public universities.

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