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Human Development & Family Studies at George Mason University

Human Development & Family Studies at George Mason University

Every human development & family studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the human development program at George Mason University stacks up to those at other schools.

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and has a total student population of 38,541.

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.

GMU Human Development & Family Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Human Development

GMU Human Development & Family Studies Rankings

The human development major at GMU 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 GMU

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

GMU Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Program

87% Women
73% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 13% of human development bachelor's degrees went to men and 87% 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 GMU since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its human development bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 4
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Human Development & Family Studies

Human Development & Family Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at George Mason University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Human Development & Family Studies 17

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 VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Childcare Workers 14,410 $24,620
Preschool Teachers 10,010 $37,880
Social and Human Service Assistants 7,250 $33,580
Community and Social Service Specialists 2,060 $56,030

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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