2022 Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 4,209 people earned their degree in child development, making the major the 238th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,061 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 66 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great child development programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the child development program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The child development school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region”.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Child Development in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Woman's University

Denton, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$14,962 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the #1 spot on the list. TWU is a fairly large public school situated in Denton, Texas. It awarded 66 masters’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

TWU also made our “Best Child Development Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at TWU are $14,962, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Child Development at Texas Woman’s 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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