2024 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2020-2021, 1,401 people earned their degree in family & community services, making the major the 377th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 74 family & community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in family & community services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great family & community services programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the family & community services 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Family and Community Services Schools in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region family and community services students.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Family & Community Services in the Southwest Region

1

Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$16,194 Average Net Price

$45,903 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2024 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school handed out 23 degrees to qualified ’s family and community services students in 2020-2021.

Texas Tech also made our “Best Family & Community Services Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $16,194 for Southwest Region Family and Community Services students per year to attend Texas Tech University.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.

Full Texas Tech Family & Community Services Report

2

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$13,107 Average Net Price

$49,374 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #2 on our 2024 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 16 ’s family and community services degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Tempe, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Family & Community Services Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $13,107 for Southwest Region Family and Community Services students per year to attend ASU - Tempe.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Family & Community Services at ASU - Tempe

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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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