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Human Development & Family Studies at Brigham Young University - Provo

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Human Development & Family Studies at Brigham Young University - Provo

If you are interested in studying human development and family studies, you may want to check out the program at Brigham Young University - Provo. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

BYU is located in Provo, Utah and approximately 36,461 students attend the school each year. Of the 6,871 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University - Provo in 2021, 320 of them were human development and family studies majors.

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.

BYU Human Development & Family Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Human Development

BYU Human Development & Family Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the human development progam at BYU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The human development major at BYU 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
Best Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools 107
Most Focused Child Development & Family Studies Schools 190

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in human development from BYU. This is the #99 most popular school for human development master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Human Development Graduates from BYU Make?

The median salary of human development students who receive their bachelor's degree at BYU is $21,303. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $29,494 for all human development students.

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Human Development Student Demographics at BYU

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

BYU Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Program

94% Women
11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 320 human development majors earned their bachelor's degree from BYU. Of these graduates, 6% were men and 94% were women. The typical human development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 5% men. So male students are more repesented at BYU since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

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About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in human development at BYU 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 Brigham Young University - Provo with a bachelor's in human development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 14
White 278
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 17

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

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 UT, the home state for Brigham Young University - Provo.

Occupation Jobs in UT Average Salary in UT
Social and Human Service Assistants 6,220 $28,840
Childcare Workers 5,990 $22,420
Preschool Teachers 1,550 $29,700
Community and Social Service Specialists 210 $50,560
Home Economics Professors 50 $65,650

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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