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Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Master's Degree Schools in Texas

2023 Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Master's Degree Schools in Texas

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Finding the Best Human Development & Family Studies Master's Degree School for You

With 1,478 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, human development and family studies is the #47 most popular major in Texas.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Master's Degree Schools in Texas ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Texas to see which master's degree programs were the most popular 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for human development majors pursuing a master's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Texas Woman’s University the most popular school in Texas for human development and family studies students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a large student population.

Women make up 97% of the human development majors at the school.

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#2

Amberton University

Garland, TX

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

Of the 19 students majoring in human development at Amberton, 21% are male and 79% are female.

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#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

Out of the 8 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public school with a very large student population.

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#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

About 75% of the students majoring in human development at the school are women while 25% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lubbock Christian University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. LCU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Lubbock.

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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 Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.

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

Women make up 40% of the human development majors at the school.

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University of North Texas landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree human development and family studies programs. Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a fairly 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 149
Oklahoma 436
New Mexico 116

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 4,858
Textile & Apparel Studies 3,313
General Family & Consumer Sciences 2,906
Family & Consumer Economics 1,454
Human Sciences Business Services 704

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).
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