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2023 Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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$45,123 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master's Degree School for You

Family, Consumer & Human Sciences is the #27 most popular major in the country with 3,692 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 17 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs 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 Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master's Degree Schools

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Texas Tech University the best school in the Southwest Region for family, consumer and human sciences 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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Out of the 17 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the # 2 spot on the list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.

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#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population.

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#4

Baylor University

Waco, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Baylor University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Baylor is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Waco.

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Out of the 17 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. OSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Stillwater.

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With a ranking of #6, Stephen F Austin State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for family, consumer and human sciences students working on their master’s degree. SFASU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Nacogdoches.

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#7

University of Houston

Houston, TX

University of Houston came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Texas Southern University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Houston, TSU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#9

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

Texas State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for family, consumer and human sciences students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Arizona State University - Skysong came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale.

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Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best family, consumer and human sciences colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 222
Texas 375
Oklahoma 53
New Mexico 26

Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Human Development & Family Studies 1,589
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 1,214
General Family & Consumer Sciences 368
Family & Consumer Economics 251
Textile & Apparel Studies 150
Human Sciences Business Services 58
Housing 54
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Other) 8

Majors Similar to Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Psychology 42,013
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 17 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to National Cancer Institute.

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