2022 Best Value Human Development Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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Human Development & Family Studies is the 41st most popular major in the country with 41,651 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, human development and family studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,032 and had an average of $24,110 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 3,509 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,656 and $25,252 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Human Development Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in human development and family studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality human development and family studies 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 human development and family studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Human Development Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Human Development Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$17,530 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Human Development Schools for a Doctorate 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. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s human development degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Texas Tech Human Development & Family Studies Report

#2

Texas Woman's University

Denton, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$14,962 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$57,065 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Woman’s University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Human Development Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This fairly large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 16 doctorate’s human development degrees in 2019-2020.

TWU also made our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Woman’s University are $14,962.

Full TWU Human Development & Family Studies Report

#3

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,886 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 #3 for the Best Value Human Development Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s human development degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Human Development & Family Studies at The University of Texas at Austin

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies (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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