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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Child Development & Psychology (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

10 Ranked Colleges
90 Degrees Awarded
$19,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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 “Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Child Development & Psychology is the 72nd most popular major in the country with 15,161 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, child development and psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,673 and had an average of $25,889 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 462 child development and psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,300 and $25,556 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 90 child development and psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in child development and psychology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great child development and psychology 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 child development and psychology 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 Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 10 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Child Development & Psychology (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #1 spot on the list. UT Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s child development degrees to qualified students.

UT Rio Grande Valley did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Rio Grande Valley are $15,151, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#7 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the #2 spot on the list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s child development degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

TWU also took the #7 spot in our “Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at TWU are $14,962, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Texas Tech University is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s child development degrees to qualified students.

Texas Tech also took the #3 spot in our “Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech University are $17,530.

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#1 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Dallas landed the #4 spot on the list. UT Dallas is located in Richardson, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 34 masters’s child development degrees to qualified students.

UT Dallas did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Dallas are $28,610, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Texas State University is a public institution located in San Marcos, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 18 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State also took the #4 spot in our “Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State University are $17,040, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Child Development & Psychology at Texas State

#8 in overall quality

The University of Texas at El Paso landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. El Paso, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s child development degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree child development students whose families make $30-$48k list, UTEP has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UTEP are $16,180, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#7

Angelo State University

San Angelo, Texas
#9 in overall quality

Angelo State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Angelo State is a public institution located in San Angelo, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Angelo State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Child Development & Psychology 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 Angelo State are $14,396.

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#6 in overall quality

New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s child development degrees to qualified students.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Child Development & Psychology 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 New Mexico State University - Main Campus are $18,275.

Read more about Child Development & Psychology at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

#10 in overall quality

University of Central Oklahoma came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. University of Central Oklahoma is a fairly large public school situated in Edmond, Oklahoma. It awarded 2 masters’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

UCO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCO are $17,913, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Central Oklahoma Child Development & Psychology Report

#10

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas
#2 in overall quality

Texas Christian University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Texas Christian University is a fairly large school located in Fort Worth, Texas that handed out 2 masters’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

TCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Child Development & Psychology 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 Texas Christian University are $32,268.

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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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