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2023 Best Child Development & Family Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas

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Finding the Best Human Development & Family Studies Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 148 degrees and certificates were awarded to human development and family studies students who went to a Texas college or university. This makes it the #85 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Child Development & Family Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Texas to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Human Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas

The colleges and universities below are the best for human development majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top Texas Schools for a Doctorate in Child Development & Family Studies

Our analysis found The University of Texas at Austin to be the best school for human development and family studies students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Texas. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

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#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Texas Tech University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best human development and family studies schools in Texas. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

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Out of the 3 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges in the Southwest Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 31
Oklahoma 45

One of 7 majors within the area of study, human development and family studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 1,214
General Family & Consumer Sciences 368
Family & Consumer Economics 251
Textile & Apparel Studies 150
Human Sciences Business Services 58

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 the rest 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).
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