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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 42,112 people earned their degree in human development and family studies, making the major the 44th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, human development and family studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $28,862 and had an average of $22,387 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 3,440 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,652 and $21,123 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 198 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer a degree in human development and family studies. That schools that top this list have a program in human development and family studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Amberton University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in the Southwest Region. Amberton is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Garland, Texas. It awarded 19 masters’s human development degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Human Development & Family Studies at Amberton
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lubbock Christian University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s human development students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Human Development & Family Studies at Lubbock Christian University
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 64 masters’s human development degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Human Development & Family Studies at TWU
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hardin - Simmons University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in the Southwest Region list. Hardin - Simmons University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Abilene, Texas. It awarded 5 masters’s human development degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Human Development & Family Studies at Hardin - Simmons
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in the Southwest Region. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a large school located in Stillwater, Oklahoma that handed out 26 masters’s human development degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Human Development & Family Studies at OSU
Southeastern Oklahoma State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Southeastern Oklahoma State University is a public institution located in Durant, Oklahoma. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Human Development & Family Studies at Southeastern Oklahoma State University
University of Central Oklahoma did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. University of Central Oklahoma is a fairly large school located in Edmond, Oklahoma that handed out 11 masters’s human development degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Human Development & Family Studies at University of Central Oklahoma
Texas State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. San Marcos, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s human development degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
Full Texas State University Human Development & Family Studies Report
Texas Tech University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas Tech is a large public school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 8 masters’s human development degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Texas Tech University Human Development & Family Studies Report
Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 16 degrees to qualified masters’s human development students in 2020-2021.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Human Development & Family Studies at Arizona State University - Tempe
University of Phoenix - Arizona came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 15 masters’s human development degrees in 2020-2021.
Full UOPX - Arizona Human Development & Family Studies Report
The University of Texas at Austin did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #12. The University of Texas at Austin is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 6 masters’s human development degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Human Development & Family Studies at UT Austin
Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Scottsdale, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s human development degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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 full report on Human Development & Family Studies at ASU - Skysong
University of North Texas came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s human development degrees to 70 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Human Development & Family Studies at UNT
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