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2022 Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

9 Ranked Colleges
209 Degrees Awarded
$19,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

Human Development & Family Studies is the 41st most popular major in the country with 41,651 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, human development and family studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,032 and had an average of $24,110 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 3,509 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,656 and $25,252 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 209 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in human development and family studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great human development and family studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the human development and family studies 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 Human Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree human development students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

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 Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Denton, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 79 degrees to qualified masters’s human development students in 2019-2020.

TWU also made our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Woman’s University are $14,962, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Human Development & Family Studies at TWU

#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified masters’s human development students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas Tech, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Texas Tech Human Development & Family Studies Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Stillwater, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s human development degrees to 25 students in 2019-2020.

OSU also made our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at OSU are $23,963, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Human Development & Family Studies at OSU

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #4 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 23 masters’s human development degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also made our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Tempe are $27,048.

Full ASU - Tempe Human Development & Family Studies Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s human development degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

UT Austin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best 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 you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UT Austin Human Development & Family Studies Report

Southeastern Oklahoma State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Durant, Oklahoma, this medium-sized public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s human development students in 2019-2020.

Southeastern Oklahoma State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southeastern Oklahoma State University are $11,178, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Southeastern Oklahoma State University Human Development & Family Studies Report

#7

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

Texas State University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Texas State University is a large school located in San Marcos, Texas that handed out 14 masters’s human development degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree human development students whose families make $30-$48k list, Texas State has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best 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 you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Texas State University Human Development & Family Studies Report

University of Phoenix - Arizona came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s human development degrees to 32 students in 2019-2020.

UOPX - Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UOPX - Arizona are $17,096.

Full University of Phoenix - Arizona Human Development & Family Studies Report

University of Central Oklahoma did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #9. University of Central Oklahoma is a fairly large school located in Edmond, Oklahoma that handed out 10 masters’s human development degrees in 2019-2020.

UCO also made our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Oklahoma are $17,913, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Central Oklahoma Human Development & Family Studies Report

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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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