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Human Development & Family Studies at Point Loma Nazarene University

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Human Development & Family Studies at Point Loma Nazarene University

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

PLNU is located in San Diego, California and has a total student population of 4,616. Of the 954 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Point Loma Nazarene University in 2021, 83 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.

PLNU Human Development & Family Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Human Development

PLNU Human Development & Family Studies Rankings

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

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The human development major at PLNU 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 Value Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools 118
174

Earnings of PLNU Human Development Graduates

The median salary of human development students who receive their bachelor's degree at PLNU is $26,260. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $29,494 for all human development students.

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Human Development Student Demographics at PLNU

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

PLNU Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Program

93% Women
63% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The human development program at PLNU awarded 83 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 7% of these degrees went to men with the other 93% going to women. The typical human development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 5% men. So male students are more repesented at PLNU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Point Loma Nazarene University with a bachelor's in human development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 40
White 29
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 9

PLNU 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 CA, the home state for Point Loma Nazarene University.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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