Human Development & Family Studies at Cornell University

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

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and has a total student population of 23,620. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 61 students received a bachelor's degree in human development from Cornell.

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.

Cornell Human Development & Family Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Development

Cornell Human Development & Family Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the human development progam at Cornell 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 Cornell 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
	1
Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools	31
Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Schools	207

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

Human Development Student Demographics at Cornell

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

Cornell Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Program

The human development program at Cornell awarded 61 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 15% of these degrees went to men with the other 85% going to women. The typical human development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 5% men. So male students are more repesented at Cornell since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	30
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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

Related Majors

• Textile & Apparel Studies

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 NY, the home state for Cornell University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Childcare Workers	47,260	$28,820
Social and Human Service Assistants	37,340	$37,180
Preschool Teachers	30,790	$48,630
Community and Social Service Specialists	15,510	$56,110
Farm and Home Management Advisors	70	$45,250

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 Notyourbroom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.