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Human Development & Family Studies at University of Alaska Fairbanks

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Human Development & Family Studies at University of Alaska Fairbanks

If you are interested in studying human development and family studies, you may want to check out the program at University of Alaska Fairbanks. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UAF is located in Fairbanks, Alaska and has a total student population of 6,813. Of the 568 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2021, 20 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.

UAF Human Development & Family Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Human Development

Online Classes Are Available at UAF

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UAF offers distance education options for human development at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

UAF Human Development & Family Studies Rankings

The human development major at UAF 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 UAF

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

UAF Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Program

95% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students earned a bachelor's degree in human development from UAF. About 95% of these graduates were women and the other 5% were men.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 8
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

UAF 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 AK, the home state for University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Occupation Jobs in AK Average Salary in AK
Childcare Workers 1,880 $27,900
Social and Human Service Assistants 1,150 $40,720
Preschool Teachers 940 $36,210
Community and Social Service Specialists 200 $43,250

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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