2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 1,385 people earned their degree in family and community services, making the major the 358th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 72 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in family and community services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality family and community services programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the family and community services program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Family and Community Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Family and Community Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Colleges for Family & Community Services (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$13,326 Average Net Price

$45,177 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 11 ’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Family & Community Services Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $13,326 for Southwest Region Family and Community Services students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Texas Tech.

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

Full Texas Tech University Family & Community Services Report

#2

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$8,921 Average Net Price

$46,397 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 23 degrees to qualified ’s family and community services students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also took the #2 spot in our “Best Family & Community Services Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Tempe is $8,921 for Southwest Region Family and Community Services students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Family & Community Services at ASU - Tempe

#3

Oklahoma Baptist University

Shawnee, Oklahoma

#3 in overall quality

$19,373 Average Net Price

$39,500 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma Baptist University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Shawnee, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s family and community services degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

OBU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Family & Community Services Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Oklahoma Baptist University is $19,373 for Southwest Region Family and Community Services students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full OBU Family & Community Services Report

• Best Value Colleges for Family & Community Services (Income $30-$48k)

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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