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Human Development & Family Studies at Lesley University

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Human Development & Family Studies at Lesley University

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

Lesley is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 4,200 students attend the school each year. Of the 570 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Lesley University in 2021, 16 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.

Lesley Human Development & Family Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Human Development

Lesley Human Development & Family Studies Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The human development major at Lesley 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 Popular Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools 151

Human Development Student Demographics at Lesley

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

Lesley Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Program

94% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 human development majors earned their bachelor's degree from Lesley. Of these graduates, 6% were men and 94% were women.

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About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in human development at Lesley 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 Lesley University with a bachelor's in human development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Lesley 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 MA, the home state for Lesley University.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Preschool Teachers 16,360 $39,180
Social and Human Service Assistants 15,230 $35,390
Childcare Workers 13,300 $30,090
Community and Social Service Specialists 910 $44,880

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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