by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Maryland” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Human Development & Family Studies is the 44th most popular major in the country with 41,177 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , human development & family studies graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $28,944 and had an average of $22,761 in loans still to pay off.
Across Maryland, there were 368 human development & family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,942 and $20,829 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 183 human development & family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,300 and $22,443 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Maryland” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in human development & family studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in human development & family studies.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Maryland” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland bachelor’s degree human development students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowie State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Maryland list. Bowie State University is located in Bowie, Maryland and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 31 bachelors’s human development degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stevenson University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Maryland list. Located in Owings Mills, Maryland, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 19 degrees to qualified bachelors’s human development students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Stevenson University Human Development & Family Studies Report
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Mount St Mary’s University landed the #3 spot on the list. Mount St Mary’s University is located in Emmitsburg, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s human development degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Human Development & Family Studies at The Mount
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Maryland - College Park is a public institution located in College Park, Maryland. The school has a large population, and it awarded 101 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Human Development & Family Studies at University of Maryland - College Park
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Towson University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Maryland list. Towson is a fairly large public school situated in Towson, Maryland. It awarded 17 bachelors’s human development degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Human Development & Family Studies at Towson
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