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2022 Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
68 Degrees Awarded
$19,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Human Development & Family Studies is the 78th most popular major in the country with 10,072 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,330 general human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 68 general human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general human development and family studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general human development and family studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general human development and family studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Human Development & Family Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Woman’s University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. TWU is located in Denton, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 masters’s human development and family studies degrees to qualified students.

TWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at TWU are $14,962, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Texas Woman’s University General Human Development & Family Studies Report

#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Texas Tech University is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s human development and family studies degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree human development and family studies students whose families make $0-$30k list, Texas Tech has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech University are $17,530, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Texas Tech University General Human Development & Family Studies Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Stillwater, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s human development and family studies degrees to 25 students in 2019-2020.

OSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at OSU are $23,963, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Human Development & Family Studies at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #4 spot on the list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s human development and family studies degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

UT Austin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in San Marcos, Texas, this large public school handed out 14 diplomas to qualified masters’s human development and family studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas State, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State are $17,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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