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Human Development & Family Studies at Northwestern University

Human Development & Family Studies at Northwestern University

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

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and approximately 22,603 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.

Northwestern Human Development & Family Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Human Development
  • Master’s Degree in Human Development

Northwestern Human Development & Family Studies Rankings

The human development major at Northwestern 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.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in human development, making the school the #19 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Human Development Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Program

89% Women
58% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 11% of human development bachelor's degrees went to men and 89% 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 Northwestern since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Northwestern University with a bachelor's in human development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 7
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Northwestern Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Program

83% Women
For the most recent academic year available, 17% of human development master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

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Of the students who received a human development master's degree from Northwestern, 83% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northwestern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Human Development, Family Studies, & Related Services 7

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 IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Preschool Teachers 24,120 $31,500
Childcare Workers 17,440 $24,250
Social and Human Service Assistants 13,080 $32,910
Community and Social Service Specialists 2,990 $38,900
Farm and Home Management Advisors 190 $37,960

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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