2024 Best Human Development & Family Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas

a doctor's degree in human development & family studies is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #105 out of 306 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Human Development & Family Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 22 doctor's degrees in human development & family studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to human development & family studies students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of human development & family studies students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt human development & family studies students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized human development & family studies related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for human development & family studies students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Human Development & Family Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Human Development & Family Studies in Texas

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in human development & family studies.

Top Texas Schools for a Doctorate in Human Development

1

The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX

6 Annual Graduates

The University of Texas at Austin is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in human development & family studies. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in human development & family studies from The University of Texas at Austin

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Texas Woman's University
Denton, TX

14 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Texas Woman's University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in human development & family studies. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, TWU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in human development & family studies from Texas Woman’s University

Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Human Development & Family Studies Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Oklahoma	92	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Human Development

One of 8 majors within the Family, Consumer & Human Sciences area of study, Human Development & Family Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Human Development Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Human Development & Family Studies	14
Child Development	8

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
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