by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General is the 226th most popular major in the country with 2,906 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 540 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 43 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general family and consumer sciences/human sciences. To top this list, a school must have a successful general family and consumer sciences/human sciences program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The family studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree family studies students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stephen F Austin State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. Located in Nacogdoches, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified masters’s family studies students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Prairie View A & M University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s. Prairie View, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s family studies degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
Full Prairie View A & M University Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s. Located in Kingsville, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s family studies students in 2020-2021.
Full Texas A&M University - Kingsville Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 4 masters’s family studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Southern University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s family studies degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Full TSU Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report
With a ranking of #6, Lamar University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. Lamar University is located in Beaumont, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s family studies degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #7, Our Lady of the Lake University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s family studies students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General at OLLU
Sam Houston State University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. SHSU is a large school located in Huntsville, Texas that handed out 17 masters’s family studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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