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

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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 Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 28 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Family, Consumer & Human Sciences program at each school on the list.

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

Our analysis found Arizona State University - Skysong to be the most popular school for family, consumer and human sciences students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southwest Region . ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale.

Women make up 91% of the family, consumer and human sciences majors at the school.

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#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Texas Tech University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular family, consumer and human sciences schools in the Southwest Region . Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

Women make up 56% of the family, consumer and human sciences majors at the school.

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

Women make up 97% of the family, consumer and human sciences majors at the school.

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#4

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Lamar University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular family, consumer and human sciences schools in the Southwest Region . Lamar University is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Beaumont.

Women make up 78% of the family, consumer and human sciences majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tempe.

Women make up 85% of the family, consumer and human sciences majors at the school.

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#6

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

Texas State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 94% of the students majoring in family, consumer and human sciences at the school are women while 6% are male.

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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. OSU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Stillwater.

About 90% of the students majoring in family, consumer and human sciences at the school are women while 10% are male.

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#8

University of Houston

Houston, TX

University of Houston did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for family, consumer and human sciences students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 29 students majoring in family, consumer and human sciences at UH, 38% are male and 62% are female.

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#9

Amberton University

Garland, TX

With a ranking of #9, Amberton University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for family, consumer and human sciences students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Garland, Amberton is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 79% of the students majoring in family, consumer and human sciences at the school are women while 21% are male.

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Stephen F Austin State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for family, consumer and human sciences students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. SFASU is a large public school located in the town of Nacogdoches.

Women make up 94% of the family, consumer and human sciences majors at the school.

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Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges by State

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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 28 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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