2026 Best Value Consumer Services & Advocacy Schools in the Southwest Region
[Consumer Services & Advocacy](/majors/family-consumer-human-sciences/family-consumer-economics/consumer-services-and-advocacy/) is a field worth comparing on the balance of cost and outcomes. The schools below stand out for delivering a strong consumer services & advocacy education at a price that pays off.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 1 schools to find the best return on investment for consumer services & advocacy students.
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2026 Best Value Consumer Services & Advocacy Schools in the Southwest Region
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in consumer services & advocacy, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value Consumer Services & Advocacy Schools
For return on investment in consumer services & advocacy, no school beat Texas State University San Marcos this year. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State University San Marcos is a very large public university. The average in-state cost of tuition and fees is $11,450, compared with $22,930 for out-of-state students. Students borrow a median of $19,822 to complete the consumer services & advocacy program here. Early-career consumer services & advocacy graduates make about $45,666. That is a strong return on a $19,822 median debt. Roughly 89% of applicants are accepted.
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Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 1 school evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked 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 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).
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