by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Texas” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Human Development & Family Studies is the 44th most popular major in the country with 42,112 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Texas, there were 2,107 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,850 and $22,777 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 124 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,376 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Texas” ranking, we looked at 8 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 Texas”.
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 Texas. Amberton is a private not-for-profit institution located in Garland, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 19 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Human Development & Family Studies at Amberton University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lubbock Christian University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Texas list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s human development students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Human Development & Family Studies at Lubbock Christian University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Woman’s University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Texas. This fairly large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 64 masters’s human development degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Human Development & Family Studies at Texas Woman’s University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hardin - Simmons University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Texas. Hardin - Simmons 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 Texas State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Texas. Texas State University is a large school located in San Marcos, Texas that handed out 16 masters’s human development degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Human Development & Family Studies at Texas State University
Texas Tech University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Texas ranking. Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s human development degrees to qualified 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
The University of Texas at Austin did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #7. UT Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 6 masters’s human development degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Human Development & Family Studies at The University of Texas at Austin
With a ranking of #8, University of North Texas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Texas list. Located in Denton, Texas, this large public school awarded 70 degrees to qualified masters’s human development students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of North Texas Human Development & Family Studies Report
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