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Human Development & Family Studies at Southern Virginia University

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Human Development & Family Studies at Southern Virginia University

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

SVU is located in Buena Vista, Virginia and approximately 1,140 students attend the school each year. Of the 213 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southern Virginia University in 2021, 17 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.

SVU Human Development & Family Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Human Development

SVU Human Development & Family Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks human development programs across the country. The following shows how SVU performed in these 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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The human development major at SVU 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
Most Focused Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools 7
Most Focused Child Development & Family Studies Schools 54
Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools 97
Best Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools 129
131
Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools 147
Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Schools 169
Best Child Development & Family Studies Schools 193
206
Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Schools 498

Earnings of SVU Human Development Graduates

The median salary of human development students who receive their bachelor's degree at SVU is $22,497. This is less than $29,494, which is the national average of all human development majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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Human Development Student Demographics at SVU

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

SVU Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Program

94% Women
6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The human development program at SVU awarded 17 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 6% of these degrees went to men with the other 94% going to women.

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About 94% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in human development at SVU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 16
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

SVU 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 VA, the home state for Southern Virginia University.

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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