2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
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Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General is the 180th most popular major in the country with 3,362 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Southwest region, there were 505 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 428 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered a degree in general family and consumer sciences/human sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general family and consumer sciences/human sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general family and consumer sciences/human sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree family studies students.
Top 11 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Central University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. ECU is a small school located in Ada, Oklahoma that handed out 8 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at ECU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend East Central University is $10,334 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Family Studies students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s family studies degrees to 232 students in 2019-2020.
Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $17,571 for southwest region bachelor’s degree family studies students per year to attend Texas Tech.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Sam Houston State University is a large public school situated in Huntsville, Texas. It awarded 15 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.
SHSU also took the #6 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SHSU is $14,617 for southwest region bachelor’s degree family studies students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stephen F Austin State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. SFASU is a fairly large public school situated in Nacogdoches, Texas. It awarded 102 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.
SFASU also made our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $13,723 for southwest region bachelor’s degree family studies students per year to attend Stephen F Austin State University.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeastern State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Northeastern State University is a public institution located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
NSU also made our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #9. It costs about $9,994 for southwest region bachelor’s degree family studies students per year to attend NSU.
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Texas Woman’s University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Denton, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s family studies students in 2019-2020.
TWU also took the #7 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $9,617 for southwest region bachelor’s degree family studies students per year to attend Texas Woman’s University.
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Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. ENMU - Main Campus is a medium-sized public school situated in Portales, New Mexico. It awarded 2 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree family studies students list, ENMU - Main Campus has also earned the #11 rank in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $9,516 for southwest region bachelor’s degree family studies students per year to attend ENMU - Main Campus.
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With a ranking of #8, Texas Southern University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.
TSU also took the #10 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $19,430 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Family Studies students per year to attend TSU.
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University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #9. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school awarded 27 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s family studies students in 2019-2020.
UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UNM is $14,446 for southwest region bachelor’s degree family studies students.
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The University of Texas at Austin did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #10. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.
UT Austin also took the #2 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $18,023 for southwest region bachelor’s degree family studies students per year to attend UT Austin.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #11, Baylor University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Baylor University is located in Waco, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s family studies degrees to qualified students.
Baylor did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Baylor University is $36,039 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Family Studies students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Notes and References
References
- 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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Footnotes
- *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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