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Human Development & Family Studies at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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Human Development & Family Studies at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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

UT Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and approximately 32,441 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 29 human development majors received their bachelor's degree from UT Rio Grande Valley.

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.

UT Rio Grande Valley Human Development & Family Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Human Development

UT Rio Grande Valley Human Development & Family Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks human development programs across the country. The following shows how UT Rio Grande Valley performed in these rankings.

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 UT Rio Grande Valley 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 Schools 808

Human Development Student Demographics at UT Rio Grande Valley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the human development majors at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

UT Rio Grande Valley Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
97% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The human development program at UT Rio Grande Valley awarded 29 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 43% 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 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley with a bachelor's in human development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 26
White 0
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

UT Rio Grande Valley 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Childcare Workers 46,890 $22,150
Preschool Teachers 34,790 $34,960
Social and Human Service Assistants 19,970 $36,000
Community and Social Service Specialists 2,660 $35,070
Farm and Home Management Advisors 180 $28,570

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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