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2024 Best Human Development & Family Studies Schools in Connecticut

3 Colleges in Connecticut
540 Human Development Degrees Awarded
$31,290 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in human development & family studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #44 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Human Development & Family Studies Schools in Connecticut ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 540 degrees in human development & family studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Human Development & Family Studies School

Best Human Development & Family Studies Schools in Connecticut The human development program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Human Development & Family Studies rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for human development & family studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Pick Your Human Development & Family Studies Degree Level

Associate Degrees in Human Development
Bachelor's Degrees in Human Development
Master's Degrees in Human Development
Doctor's Degrees in Human Development

The human development 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 Human Development & Family Studies Schools in Connecticut. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Human Development & Family Studies in Connecticut

The schools below may not offer all types of human development degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Connecticut Schools in Human Development

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
177 Human Development Degrees Awarded
$32,092 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in human development & family studies has to take a look at University of Connecticut. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a very large student population.

There were approximately 177 human development & family studies students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the human development program earn about $32,092 in the first couple years of working.

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Goodwin crest
Goodwin College
East Hartford, CT
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
$37,361 Median Starting Salary
$26,866 Median Student Debt

Goodwin College is a great choice for students interested in a degree in human development & family studies. Located in the small city of East Hartford, Goodwin is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

There were approximately 7 human development & family studies students who graduated with this degree at Goodwin in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the human development & family studies degree program at Goodwin College make $6,071 above the average graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

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Post University
Waterbury, CT
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
242 Human Development Degrees Awarded
37.6% Growth in Graduates

Post University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in human development & family studies. Post University is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the medium-sized suburb of Waterbury.

There were roughly 242 human development & family studies students who graduated with this degree at Post University in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the human development program earn about $26,251 in their early career salary.

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Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 301 305
New Hampshire 210 94
Maine 202 57
Rhode Island 200 137
Vermont 194 23

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Human Development & Family Studies is one of 8 different types of Family, Consumer & Human Sciences programs to choose from.

Human Development Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Child Care & Support Services Management 225
General Human Development & Family Studies 194
Child Development 91
Developmental Services Worker 12
Child Care Provider/Assistant 7
Family & Community Services 6
Adult Development & Aging 5

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 112

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