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Most Popular Schools for General Human Development and Family Studies Major & Degree Program

A general program that focuses on basic human developmental and behavioral characteristics of the individual within the context of the family. Includes instruction in the conditions that influence human growth and development; strategies that promote growth and development across the life span; and the study of family systems.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 Oregon State University 337 5% $26,892
2 Brigham Young University-Idaho 298 4% $12,050
3 Pacific Oaks College 286 61% $15,424
4 University of California-Davis 280 3% $35,177
5 California State University-Long Beach 272 3% $24,738
6 Colorado State University-Fort Collins 253 4% $26,231
7 California State University-San Marcos 244 7% $25,325
8 University of Connecticut 211 3% $32,404
9 Florida State University 207 2% $22,168
10 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 204 3% $26,834
11 California State University-East Bay 190 4% $25,143
12 Kansas State University 186 3% $24,923
13 Texas Tech University 180 2% $24,472
14 Brigham Young University-Provo 169 2% $18,776
15 University of Rhode Island 169 4% $30,351
16 Ohio State University-Main Campus 168 1% $27,367
17 University of North Carolina at Greensboro 167 4% $21,297
18 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus 164 3% $24,105
19 Washington State University 160 2% $27,484
20 Utah State University 159 2% $20,504
21 University of Utah 159 2% $24,472
22 University of Nevada-Reno 145 3% $25,039
23 Kent State University at Kent 143 2% $25,886
24 Walden University 140 1% $13,020
25 North Dakota State University-Main Campus 138 5% $22,436
26 University of Georgia 138 1% $26,688
27 University of Wisconsin-Madison 136 1% $26,025
28 Northern Illinois University 125 3% $29,117
29 The University of Texas at Austin 122 1% $26,506
30 University of Arizona 113 1% $29,217
31 Texas State University 112 1% $23,130
32 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville 110 2% $31,510
33 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus 105 1% $36,652
34 University of Wisconsin-Stout 103 5% $19,973
35 Central New Mexico Community College 96 1% $3,066
36 The University of Alabama 95 1% $29,872
37 Cornell University 89 1% $73,904
38 University of New Hampshire-Main Campus 79 2% $33,750
39 Georgia Southern University 79 1% $23,014
40 University of Houston 77 1% $23,225
41 University of Missouri-Columbia 74 1% $26,766
42 South Dakota State University 73 3% $23,127
43 University of North Texas 73 1% $24,712
44 Ohio University-Main Campus 70 1% $28,986
45 Purdue University-Main Campus 69 1% $22,822
46 Bowling Green State University-Main Campus 68 2% $24,915
47 California State University-San Bernardino 64 1% $23,878
48 University of Arkansas 62 1% $25,500
49 Missouri State University-Springfield 60 1% $21,782
50 Nova Southeastern University 60 1% $50,597
51 Illinois State University 58 1% $29,758
52 Pennsylvania State University-World Campus 58 1% $15,828
53 Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus 57 2% $28,595
54 University of Maine 57 3% $25,088
55 Indiana State University 56 2% $23,146
56 University of California-San Diego 56 1% $32,838
57 Syracuse University 56 1% $70,636
58 Warner Pacific University Professional and Graduate Studies 56 25% $7,392
59 Purdue University Northwest 56 2% $22,871
60 SUNY Oneonta 52 3% $25,028
61 Liberty University 52 0% $40,075
62 Sonoma State University 46 2% $26,626
63 Temple University 46 1% $33,004
64 University of Louisiana at Lafayette 45 1% $25,922
65 Louisiana Tech University 45 2% $21,267
66 Mississippi State University 40 1% $24,957
67 Southern Nazarene University 40 6% $38,478
68 University of Central Oklahoma 40 1% $24,091
69 Eastern Kentucky University 39 1% $23,706
70 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 39 1% $24,936
71 Samford University 38 3% $47,863
72 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 37 0% $30,102
73 Baylor University 37 1% $62,527
74 SUNY College at Plattsburgh 34 2% $25,059
75 Texas Woman's University 33 1% $20,272
76 University of Vermont 31 1% $34,210
77 Benedict College 29 12% $28,000
78 University of Idaho 28 1% $21,350
79 Concordia University-Saint Paul 28 2% $35,275
80 Southwestern College 26 1% $3,255
81 The University of Texas of the Permian Basin 25 2% $20,890
82 New Mexico State University-Main Campus 23 1% $21,380
83 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly 23 17% $15,542
84 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine 22 13% $32,666
85 Napa Valley College 20 2% $3,059
86 Central Texas College 19 1% $12,754
87 Miami University-Oxford 19 0% $33,229
88 University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus 19 0% $29,357
89 Hope International University 18 7% $49,047
90 Abilene Christian University 18 2% $49,722
91 Pfeiffer University 18 5% $44,960
92 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona 18 5% $33,396
93 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg 18 2% $33,396
94 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto 18 13% $31,900
95 University of the District of Columbia 17 3% $7,168
96 Spring Arbor University 17 2% $41,400
97 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton 17 12% $16,308
98 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York 16 17% $16,308
99 North Central University 15 7% $36,454
100 California State University-Monterey Bay 15 1% $23,564

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Human Development and Family Studies, General program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.