Human Development & Family Studies at University of Maine

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

UMaine is located in Orono, Maine and has a total student population of 11,741.

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.

UMaine Human Development & Family Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Development
• Master’s Degree in Human Development

UMaine Human Development & Family Studies Rankings

The human development major at UMaine 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 UMaine

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

UMaine Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 8% of human development bachelor's degrees went to men and 92% went to women. The typical human development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 5% men. So male students are more repesented at UMaine since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in human development at UMaine 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 Maine with a bachelor's in human development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	43
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UMaine Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of human development master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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

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

Concentrations Within Human Development & Family Studies

If you plan to be a human development major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Maine. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Human Development & Family Studies	47
Other Human Development, Family Studies, & Related Services	10

Related Majors

• 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 ME, the home state for University of Maine.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Social and Human Service Assistants	3,230	$34,830
Childcare Workers	2,830	$25,010
Preschool Teachers	1,420	$35,560
Farm and Home Management Advisors	80	$62,330

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 Jalnet2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.