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2022 Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

9 Ranked Colleges
209 Degrees Awarded
$19,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 41,651 people earned their degree in human development and family studies, making the major the 41st most popular in the United States. 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 209 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in human development and family studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent human development and family studies programs, but they also cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Woman’s University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 79 masters’s human development degrees in 2019-2020.

TWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Woman’s University are $14,962, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #2 spot on the list. UT Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 8 masters’s human development degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also took the #2 spot in our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886.

Read more about Human Development & Family Studies at The University of Texas at Austin

#3

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 #3 on our 2022 Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s human development students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530.

Full Texas Tech University Human Development & Family Studies Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeastern Oklahoma State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Durant, Oklahoma, this medium-sized public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s human development students in 2019-2020.

Southeastern Oklahoma State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southeastern Oklahoma State University are $11,178, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Human Development & Family Studies at Southeastern Oklahoma State University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 23 masters’s human development degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Tempe are $27,048, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full ASU - Tempe Human Development & Family Studies Report

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. OSU is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 25 masters’s human development degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree human development students with aid list, OSU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at OSU are $23,963.

Read more about Human Development & Family Studies at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

#7

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

Texas State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. Texas State University is a large school located in San Marcos, Texas that handed out 14 masters’s human development degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas State, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State University are $17,040, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Texas State University Human Development & Family Studies Report

University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. University of Phoenix - Arizona is a private for-profit institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 32 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UOPX - Arizona also made our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #8. Average graduate tuition and fees at UOPX - Arizona are $17,096, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Human Development & Family Studies at University of Phoenix - Arizona

University of Central Oklahoma did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #9. Located in Edmond, Oklahoma, this fairly large public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s human development students in 2019-2020.

UCO also made our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCO are $17,913, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UCO Human Development & Family Studies Report

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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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