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2023 Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$22,998 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,652 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Human Development & Family Studies 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 Value Child Development & Family Studies 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 value programs for human development students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Colleges.

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Child Development & Family Studies

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Texas Tech University the best value school in the Southwest Region for human development and family studies students. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

Texas Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $24,121 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Texas Tech is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Child Development & Family Studies Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Austin are $40,996 per year.

UT Austin did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Child Development & Family Studies Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX
$22,559 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Texas State University helped the school earn the #3 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 school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas State are $22,559 per year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a great value for human development and family studies students. OSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Stillwater.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at OSU are $24,764 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, OSU is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Child Development & Family Studies Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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$18,186 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas Woman’s University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at TWU are $18,186 a year.

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Arizona State University - Tempe ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Schools in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.

ASU - Tempe undergraduate students pay an average of $29,438 in tuition and fees each year.

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$18,917 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #7, University of Central Oklahoma did quite well on this year’s best value schools for human development and family studies students. UCO is a large public school located in the suburb of Edmond.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UCO are $18,917 a year.

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$9,552 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Phoenix - Arizona ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UOPX - Arizona are $9,552 per year.

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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.

  • 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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