Consumer Services and Advocacy

A program that focuses on providing end-use advice and representational services to individuals and groups within a variety of settings, and the analytical and research techniques needed to protect consumers from unsafe, unreliable, and/or unhealthy products and services. Includes instruction in consumer advocacy, family management systems, ecological impacts of consumption practices, and analyzing and testing product quality and safety.

For all the 48 degrees granted in Consumer Services and Advocacy annually, the majority of them are Bachelors degree. Of the 39 students graduating with degrees at the Bachelors degree level in the US, 21% percent identify as men and 79% percent identify as women. While students at schools all over the US study Consumer Services and Advocacy, Texas has the most graduates. The average starting salary for a graduate with a bachelor's degree in Consumer Services and Advocacy is $35,825.