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Human Development & Family Studies at Mountain Empire Community College

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Human Development & Family Studies at Mountain Empire Community College

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

MECC is located in Big Stone Gap, Virginia and has a total student population of 2,253.

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.

MECC Human Development & Family Studies Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Human Development (Less Than 1 Year)

Online Classes Are Available at MECC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? MECC offers distance education options for human development at the following degree levels:

MECC Human Development & Family Studies Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

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 Mountain Empire Community College.

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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