Human Development & Family Studies at University of Houston

Every human development and family studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the human development program at University of Houston stacks up to those at other schools.

UH is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 47,090. In 2021, 114 human development majors received their bachelor's degree from UH.

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.

UH Human Development & Family Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Development

UH Human Development & Family Studies Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The human development major at UH 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 Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	70
	74

How Much Do Human Development Graduates from UH Make?

The median salary of human development students who receive their bachelor's degree at UH is $31,501. This is 7% higher than $29,494, which is the national average for all human development bachelor's degree recipients.

Human Development Student Demographics at UH

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

UH Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 114 human development students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UH, about 8% were men and 92% were women. The typical human development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 5% men. So male students are more repesented at UH since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 University of Houston with a bachelor's in human development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	50
White	28
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UH also has a doctoral program available in human development. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Human Sciences Business Services
• Food, Nutrition & Related Services

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 University of Houston.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By RJN2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.