Bachelor's · Denton, Texas
Is Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services at Texas Woman's University worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 5.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $42,214
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $52,858
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $17,986
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $47k (likely $47k – $65k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $16k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 5.2 years (likely 4.2–6.8)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$63k (likely −$131k – −$12k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $151k (likely $31k – $271k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 49%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 10%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Other majors at Texas Woman's University
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- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$90,503
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- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Doctoral)$71,374
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services at other schools in Texas
- The University of Texas at Austin$59,166
- University of Houston$54,871
- Texas Tech University$51,921
- Abilene Christian University$50,525
- Abilene Christian University-Undergraduate Online$50,525
- Texas State University$50,151
- University of North Texas$48,172
- Baylor University$46,979
- Texas A&M University-Kingsville$45,199
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley$43,699