Human Development & Family Studies at Central Michigan University

If you plan to study human development & family studies, take a look at what Central Michigan University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Central Michigan is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and approximately 17,311 students attend the school each year.

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.

Central Michigan Human Development & Family Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Development

Central Michigan Human Development & Family Studies Rankings

The human development major at Central Michigan 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.

Human Development Student Demographics at Central Michigan

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

Central Michigan Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 7% of human development bachelor's degrees went to men and 93% went to women. The typical human development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 5% men. So male students are more repesented at Central Michigan since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in human development at Central Michigan 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 Central Michigan University with a bachelor's in human development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	63
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Concentrations Within Human Development & Family Studies

If you plan to be a human development major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Central Michigan University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Child Development	105
Family Systems	35

Related Majors

• Food, Nutrition & Related Services

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 MI, the home state for Central Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Childcare Workers	17,510	$23,670
Social and Human Service Assistants	10,240	$31,640
Preschool Teachers	9,270	$35,010
Community and Social Service Specialists	560	$42,370
Farm and Home Management Advisors	520	$49,840

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 cjh1452000 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.