ProgramCIP 19.0403

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.

Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).