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2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

11 Ranked Colleges
428 Degrees Awarded
$12,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General is the 180th most popular major in the country with 3,362 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 505 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 428 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered a degree in general family and consumer sciences/human sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general family and consumer sciences/human sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general family and consumer sciences/human sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 11 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 232 bachelors’s family studies degrees to qualified students.

Texas Tech also made our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech is $12,317 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Family Studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#2

East Central University

Ada, Oklahoma
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Central University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Ada, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s family studies degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree family studies students whose families make $0-$30k list, ECU has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for ECU is $7,787 for southwest region bachelor’s degree family studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#7 in overall quality

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 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This fairly large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

TWU also made our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend Texas Woman’s University is $6,706 for southwest region bachelor’s degree family studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stephen F Austin State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Nacogdoches, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 102 degrees to qualified bachelors’s family studies students in 2019-2020.

SFASU also took the #5 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,650 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Family Studies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend SFASU.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. The University of Texas at Austin is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 3 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also made our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at Austin is $12,203 for southwest region bachelor’s degree family studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#6

Northeastern State University

Tahlequah, Oklahoma
#9 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Northeastern State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Tahlequah, Oklahoma is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s family studies degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NSU, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NSU is $7,614 for southwest region bachelor’s degree family studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#7

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Sam Houston State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Huntsville, Texas, this large public school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s family studies students in 2019-2020.

SHSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $10,561 for southwest region bachelor’s degree family studies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Sam Houston State University.

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#11 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is a medium-sized public school situated in Portales, New Mexico. It awarded 2 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

ENMU - Main Campus also took the #11 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is $8,115 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Family Studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#9

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#8 in overall quality

With a ranking of #9, University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UNM is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 27 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM also took the #8 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of New Mexico - Main Campus is $13,242 for southwest region bachelor’s degree family studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#10

Texas Southern University

Houston, Texas
#10 in overall quality

Texas Southern University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s family studies degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

TSU also took the #10 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $19,390 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Family Studies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Texas Southern University.

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#11

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Baylor University landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Located in Waco, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s family studies students in 2019-2020.

Baylor also took the #3 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Baylor is $26,726 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Family Studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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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