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2023 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

17 Colleges
$23,360 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$34,283 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 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 Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the Southwest Region to see which 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 Schools in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for family, consumer and human sciences majors pursuing a .

Top 10 Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

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

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Texas Tech are $24,121 a year.

Texas Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Arizona State University - Skysong. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at ASU - Skysong are $13,092 a year.

ASU - Skysong excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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$21,616 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Stephen F Austin State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best family, consumer and human sciences schools in the Southwest Region . SFASU is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Nacogdoches.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SFASU are $21,616 per year.

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$21,413 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Texas Southern University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best family, consumer and human sciences schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Houston, TSU is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at TSU are $21,413 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UT Austin are $40,996 a year.

UT Austin also took the #2 spot in our Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.

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#6

Texas State University

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

With a ranking of #6, Texas State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for family, consumer and human sciences students. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Texas State are $22,559 a year.

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#7

University of Houston

Houston, TX

University of Houston landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value family, consumer and human sciences programs. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UH undergraduate students pay an average of $21,891 in tuition and fees each year.

UH excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value family, consumer and human sciences programs. OSU is a very large public school located in the distant town of Stillwater.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at OSU are $24,764 a year.

OSU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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$18,186 Average Tuition & Fees

Texas Woman’s University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for family, consumer and human sciences students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at TWU are $18,186 per year.

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With a ranking of #10, Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well on this year’s best value schools for family, consumer and human sciences students. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tempe.

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

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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.

  • 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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