2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Child development in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Child Development is the 238th most popular major in the country with 4,209 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,061 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 142 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in child development. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality child development programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the child development program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree child development students.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Child development in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$17,571 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school awarded 29 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s child development students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Child Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech University is $17,571 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Child development students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read more about Child Development at Texas Tech University

#2

Texas Woman's University

Denton, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$9,617 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Woman’s University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Texas Woman’s University is a fairly large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 77 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

TWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Child Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Woman’s University is $9,617 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Child development students.

Read more about Child Development at Texas Woman’s University

#3

Cameron University

Lawton, Oklahoma

#4 in overall quality

$7,952 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cameron University landed the #3 spot on the list. Cameron University is a small public school situated in Lawton, Oklahoma. It awarded 9 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cameron University, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Child Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $7,952 for southwest region bachelor’s degree child development students per year to attend Cameron University.

Full Cameron University Child Development Report

#4

Oklahoma Christian University

Edmond, Oklahoma

#3 in overall quality

$21,347 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma Christian University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Edmond, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s child development students in 2019-2020.

OC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Child Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Oklahoma Christian University is $21,347 for southwest region bachelor’s degree child development students.

Read more about Child Development at Oklahoma Christian University

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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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

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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