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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Child Development & Psychology (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

8 Ranked Colleges
316 Degrees Awarded
$27,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Child Development Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue Child Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 15,161 people earned their degree in child development and psychology, making the major the 72nd most popular in the United States. 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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 316 child development and psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Child Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in child development and psychology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality child development and psychology programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Child Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Child Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Child Development & Psychology (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Northeastern State University

Tahlequah, Oklahoma
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Child Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Northeastern State University is a medium-sized school located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma that handed out 121 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

NSU also took the #5 spot in our “Best Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $9,994 for southwest region bachelor’s degree child development students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend NSU.

Full NSU Child Development & Psychology Report

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #2 for the Best Vallue Child Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 56 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also made our “Best Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $15,016 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Child Development students whose families make more than $110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Child Development & Psychology at University of Arizona

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Vallue Child Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Dallas landed the #3 spot on the list. Richardson, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s child development degrees to 59 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Dallas, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at Dallas is $15,232 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Child Development students whose families make more than $110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full The University of Texas at Dallas Child Development & Psychology Report

#4

Trinity University

San Antonio, Texas
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Vallue Child Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 38 degrees to qualified bachelors’s child development students in 2019-2020.

Trinity U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Trinity University is $24,669 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Child Development students whose families make more than $110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Child Development & Psychology at Trinity U

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Texas Baptist University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Vallue Child Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Marshall, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s child development students in 2019-2020.

East Texas Baptist University also made our “Best Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend East Texas Baptist University is $22,515 for southwest region bachelor’s degree child development students whose families make more than $110k.

Read more about Child Development & Psychology at East Texas Baptist University

#6

Southern Nazarene University

Bethany, Oklahoma
#7 in overall quality

Southern Nazarene University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Vallue Child Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. SNU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bethany, Oklahoma. It awarded 9 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

SNU also took the #7 spot in our “Best Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Southern Nazarene University is $18,147 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Child Development students whose families make more than $110k.

Read more about Child Development & Psychology at SNU

#8 in overall quality

University of Mary Hardin - Baylor did quite well in the 2022 Best Vallue Child Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking, coming in at #7. UMHB is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Belton, Texas. It awarded 1 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

UMHB also made our “Best Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #8. The estimated yearly cost for UMHB is $27,099 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Child Development students whose families make more than $110k.

Full UMHB Child Development & Psychology Report

#8

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas
#2 in overall quality

Texas Christian University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Vallue Child Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. Texas Christian University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Fort Worth, Texas. It awarded 24 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at TCU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $36,811 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Child Development students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend TCU.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Child Development & Psychology at TCU

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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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