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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southwest Region

12 Ranked Colleges
84 Degrees Awarded
$34,761 Avg Salary
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southwest Region

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Child Development & Psychology is the 57th most popular major in the country with 17,542 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, child development and psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,186 and had an average of $22,623 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 563 child development and psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,750 and $21,685 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 84 child development and psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 12 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in child development and psychology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their child development and psychology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 12 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Child Development & Psychology in the Southwest Region

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Dallas. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southwest Region. Richardson, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s child development degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Child Development & Psychology at UT Dallas

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southwest Region. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 8 masters’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.

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

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Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas of the Permian Basin landed the #3 spot on the list. The University of Texas of the Permian Basin is located in Odessa, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s child development degrees to qualified students.

Full UT Permian Basin Child Development & Psychology Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Woman’s University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southwest Region 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 7 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Child Development & Psychology at TWU

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Angelo State University
San Angelo, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Angelo State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southwest Region. Angelo State is a fairly large public school situated in San Angelo, Texas. It awarded 3 masters’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Angelo State Child Development & Psychology Report

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The University of Texas at El Paso came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southwest Region ranking. The University of Texas at El Paso is a large public school situated in El Paso, Texas. It awarded 8 masters’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Child Development & Psychology at UTEP

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Texas State University
San Marcos, Texas

Texas State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. Located in San Marcos, Texas, this large public school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s child development students in 2020-2021.

Full Texas State Child Development & Psychology Report

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Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, Texas

Texas Christian University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southwest Region ranking. TCU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Fort Worth, Texas. It awarded 4 masters’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Child Development & Psychology at TCU

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With a ranking of #9, University of Central Oklahoma did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Central Oklahoma is located in Edmond, Oklahoma and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s child development degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Child Development & Psychology at University of Central Oklahoma

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Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas

Texas Tech University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 8 masters’s child development degrees 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Child Development & Psychology at Texas Tech

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With a ranking of #11, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a large school located in Edinburg, Texas that handed out 4 masters’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.

Read more about Child Development & Psychology at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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University of North Texas did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #12. University of North Texas is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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

Read more about Child Development & Psychology at UNT

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