Human Development & Family Studies at Pacific Oaks College

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

Pacific Oaks College is located in Pasadena, California and has a total student population of 1,238. In 2021, 75 human development majors received their bachelor's degree from Pacific Oaks College.

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.

Pacific Oaks College Human Development & Family Studies Degrees Available

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

Pacific Oaks College Human Development & Family Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the human development progam at Pacific Oaks College 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 Pacific Oaks College 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
Best Child Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools	1
Most Focused Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Focused Child Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools	2
Best Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Best Child Development & Family Studies Schools	2
Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools	3
Most Focused Child Development & Family Studies Schools	4
	4
	9
Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools	10
Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Schools	15
	16
Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	53
Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Schools	77

In 2021, 62 students received their master’s degree in human development from Pacific Oaks College. This makes it the #3 most popular school for human development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Pacific Oaks College Human Development Graduates

The median salary of human development students who receive their bachelor's degree at Pacific Oaks College is $37,256. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 26% higher than the national average of $29,494 for all human development bachelor's degree recipients.

Human Development Student Demographics at Pacific Oaks College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the human development majors at Pacific Oaks College.

Pacific Oaks College Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 75 human development students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Pacific Oaks College, about 4% were men and 96% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 Pacific Oaks College with a bachelor's in human development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	47
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Pacific Oaks College Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Program

The human development program at Pacific Oaks College awarded 62 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 5% of these degrees went to men with the other 95% going to women.

In the human development master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 71% of degree recipients. That is 17% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	32
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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

Related Majors

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 CA, the home state for Pacific Oaks College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Childcare Workers	60,460	$28,630
Preschool Teachers	52,950	$37,850
Social and Human Service Assistants	50,600	$43,330
Community and Social Service Specialists	13,290	$49,830
Home Economics Professors	170	$93,960

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Sparrowman980 under License

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