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2023 Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Schools in Texas

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$28,850 Avg Salary
$22,777 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Human Development & Family Studies 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 Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Schools in Texas 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 Texas to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Human Development & Family Studies program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Human Development & Family Studies Colleges.

Our analysis found Texas Woman’s University to be the most popular school for human development and family studies students who want to pursue a degree in Texas. Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Amberton University

Garland, TX

The excellent programs at Amberton University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best human development and family studies schools in Texas. Located in the suburb of Garland, Amberton is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

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 Texas. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public college with a very large student population.

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#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Out of the 8 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Schools in Texas list. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.

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Lubbock Christian University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for human development and family studies students. It came in at #6 on the list. LCU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Lubbock.

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Hardin - Simmons University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular human development and family studies programs. Hardin - Simmons is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Abilene.

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University of North Texas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for human development and family studies students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a very large student population.

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Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Most Popular Human Development & Family Studies Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Jsonin.

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