Human Development & Family Studies at Point University

What traits are you looking for in a human development school? To help you decide if Point University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's human development program.

Point is located in West Point, Georgia and approximately 1,946 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students received a bachelor's degree in human development from Point.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Human Development & Family Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Point Human Development & Family Studies Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Human Development
• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Development

Online Classes Are Available at Point

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Point offers distance education options for human development at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree

Point Human Development & Family Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks human development programs across the country. The following shows how Point performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The human development major at Point is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Human Development & Family Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Most Focused Child Development & Family Studies Schools	34
Most Popular Online Child Development & Family Studies Associate Degree Schools	50
Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Associate Degree Schools	59
Most Popular Online Child Development & Family Studies Schools	66
Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	77
Best Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	100
Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Schools	148

How Much Do Human Development Graduates from Point Make?

The median salary of human development students who receive their bachelor's degree at Point is $23,131. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $29,494 for all human development students.

Human Development Student Demographics at Point

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the human development majors at Point University.

Point Human Development & Family Studies Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of human development associate's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in human development at Point are white. Around 75% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Point University with a associate's in human development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Point Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students earned a bachelor's degree in human development from Point. About 81% of these graduates were women and the other 19% were men. The typical human development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 5% men. So male students are more repesented at Point since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in human development at Point are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Point University with a bachelor's in human development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Point also has a doctoral program available in human development. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Human Development Grads May Go Into

A degree in human development can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for GA, the home state for Point University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Childcare Workers	14,790	$21,810
Preschool Teachers	14,430	$30,910
Social and Human Service Assistants	8,070	$29,360
Community and Social Service Specialists	2,020	$42,640
Farm and Home Management Advisors	130	$41,680

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Y. G. Lulat under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.