Human Development & Family Studies at University of Louisiana at Lafayette

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

UL Lafayette is located in Lafayette, Louisiana and has a total student population of 16,450. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students received a bachelor's degree in human development from UL Lafayette.

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.

UL Lafayette Human Development & Family Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Development

UL Lafayette Human Development & Family Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the human development progam at UL Lafayette compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UL Lafayette 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
	103
Best Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	108
	160
Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Schools	174

Earnings of UL Lafayette Human Development Graduates

The median salary of human development students who receive their bachelor's degree at UL Lafayette is $27,190. This is less than $29,494, which is the national average of all human development majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Human Development Student Demographics at UL Lafayette

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

UL Lafayette Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 45 human development students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UL Lafayette, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in human development at UL Lafayette 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 University of Louisiana at Lafayette with a bachelor's in human development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

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 LA, the home state for University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Childcare Workers	8,840	$19,820
Community and Social Service Specialists	4,490	$38,450
Social and Human Service Assistants	3,750	$30,360
Preschool Teachers	1,980	$32,290

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 Billy Hathorn under License

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