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 Connecticut” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 41,177 people earned their degree in human development & family studies, making the major the 44th most popular in the United States. 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 Connecticut, there were 603 human development & family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,290 and $24,410 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 302 human development & family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,555 and $23,609 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Connecticut” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in human development & family studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their human development & family studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Connecticut”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Post University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Connecticut. Post University is a fairly large school located in Waterbury, Connecticut that handed out 80 bachelors’s human development degrees in 2021-2022.
Read full report on Human Development & Family Studies at Post University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Connecticut College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Connecticut. Connecticut College is located in New London, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s human development degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Connecticut list. This large school is located in Storrs, Connecticut, and it awarded 169 bachelors’s human development degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Charter Oak State College landed the #4 spot on the list. Charter Oak State College is located in New Britain, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s human development degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Charter Oak State College Human Development & Family Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mitchell College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Connecticut list. Mitchell College is a private not-for-profit institution located in New London, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Read more about Human Development & Family Studies at Mitchell College
University of Saint Joseph did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Connecticut ranking, coming in at #6. Located in West Hartford, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s human development students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Goodwin College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Connecticut ranking. Located in East Hartford, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s human development students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about Human Development & Family Studies at Goodwin
Quinnipiac University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Connecticut ranking, coming in at #8. Quinnipiac is a medium-sized school located in Hamden, Connecticut that handed out 0 bachelors’s human development degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Human Development & Family Studies at Quinnipiac
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