by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Human Development Major in Texas for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 42,112 people earned their degree in human development and family studies, making the major the 44th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, human development and family studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $28,862 and had an average of $22,387 in loans still to pay off.
Across Texas, there were 2,107 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,850 and $22,777 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,315 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Human Development Major in Texas for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in human development and family studies. To top this list, a school must have a successful human development and family studies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Human Development Major in Texas for a Doctorate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Human Development Major in Texas for a Doctorate”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Woman’s University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Human Development Major in Texas for a Doctorate. Located in Denton, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s human development students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Human Development & Family Studies at Texas Woman’s University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Human Development Major in Texas for a Doctorate list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s human development degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Human Development & Family Studies at The University of Texas at Austin
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Human Development Major in Texas for a Doctorate list. Lubbock, 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 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Human Development & Family Studies at Texas Tech
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