2025 Best General Human Development & Family Studies Schools in Illinois
3Colleges in Illinois
223Human Development and Family Studies Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in general human development & family studies, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #88 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for general human development & family studies students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 223 degrees in general human development & family studies annually.
Choosing a Great General Human Development & Family Studies School
Your choice of general human development & family studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall General Human Development & Family Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Pick Your General Human Development & Family Studies Degree Level
The human development and family studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Human Development & Family Studies Schools in Illinois.
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Best Schools for General Human Development & Family Studies in Illinois
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the human development and family studies degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Illinois Schools in Human Development and Family Studies
75Human Development and Family Studies Degrees Awarded
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general human development & family studies. UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Champaign. A Best Colleges rank of #41 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 75 general human development & family studies students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available.
81Human Development and Family Studies Degrees Awarded
Northern Illinois University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general human development & family studies. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 20th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 81 general human development & family studies students who graduated with this degree at NIU in the most recent year we have data available.
58Human Development and Family Studies Degrees Awarded
It's difficult to beat Illinois State University if you wish to pursue a degree in general human development & family studies. Illinois State is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Normal. This university ranks 8th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 58 general human development & family studies students who graduated with this degree at Illinois State in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
Your choice of general human development & family studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall General Human Development & Family Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
