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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$22,210 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Doctor'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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Southwest Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for family, consumer and human sciences students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Our analysis found Texas Tech University to be the best value school for family, consumer and human sciences students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 per year.

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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 family, consumer and human sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 per year.

UT Austin did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Texas Woman’s University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value family, consumer and human sciences schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

TWU graduate students pay an average of $15,048 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at Texas Woman’s University Report

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

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at OSU are $24,175 a year.

OSU also claimed a spot on our Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Full Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Report

#5

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Arizona is a great value for family, consumer and human sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Arizona are $33,644 a year.

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With a ranking of #6, University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for family, consumer and human sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. UNM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNM are $20,487 per year.

Full Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at University of New Mexico - Main Campus Report

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 6 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 National Cancer Institute.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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