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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Family & Community Services is the 358th most popular major in the country with 1,385 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 72 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 29 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in family and community services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great family and community services 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 family and community services 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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The family and community services 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 “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$12,317 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s family and community services students in 2019-2020.

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

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Texas Tech University Family & Community Services Report

#2

Oklahoma Baptist University

Shawnee, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$18,537 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma Baptist University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Oklahoma Baptist University is located in Shawnee, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 bachelors’s family and community services degrees to qualified students.

OBU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend OBU is $18,537 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Family and Community Services students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Oklahoma Baptist University Family & Community Services Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services (Income $0-$30k)

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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