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Human Development & Family Studies at Purdue University Northwest

Human Development & Family Studies at Purdue University Northwest

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

Purdue Northwest is located in Hammond, Indiana and approximately 9,363 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.

Purdue Northwest Human Development & Family Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Human Development

Purdue Northwest Human Development & Family Studies Rankings

The human development major at Purdue Northwest 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.

Human Development Student Demographics at Purdue Northwest

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

Purdue Northwest Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of human development bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Purdue University Northwest with a bachelor's in human development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 1
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Human Development & Family Studies

The following human development concentations are available at Purdue University Northwest. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Purdue University Northwest. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Human Development & Family Studies 17

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 IN, the home state for Purdue University Northwest.

Occupation Jobs in IN Average Salary in IN
Childcare Workers 8,100 $21,620
Social and Human Service Assistants 6,530 $31,080
Preschool Teachers 6,510 $27,250
Community and Social Service Specialists 1,230 $40,480
Farm and Home Management Advisors 550 $45,730

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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