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2023 Best Child Development & Family Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Human Development & Family Studies is the #111 most popular major in the country with 1,589 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Child Development & Family Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Master's in Child Development & Family Studies

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Texas Tech University the best school in the Southwest Region for human development and family studies students working on their master’s degree. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Austin is a great place for human development and family studies students working on their master’s degree. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a great place for human development and family studies students working on their master’s degree. OSU is a very large public school located in the town of Stillwater.

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Out of the 8 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the # 4 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tempe.

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#5

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

The excellent master’s degree programs at Texas State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best human development and family studies schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public college with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #6, Texas Woman’s University did quite well on this year’s best schools for human development and family studies students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of Central Oklahoma came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Child Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UCO is a large public school located in the large suburb of Edmond.

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University of Phoenix - Arizona did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for human development and family studies students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

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Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best human development and family studies colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 148
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 8 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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