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Human Development & Family Studies at University of Maryland - College Park

Human Development & Family Studies at University of Maryland - College Park

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

UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and has a total student population of 40,709.

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.

UMCP Human Development & Family Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Human Development

UMCP Human Development & Family Studies Rankings

The human development major at UMCP 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 UMCP

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

UMCP Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Program

81% Women
51% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 19% of human development bachelor's degrees went to men and 81% 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 UMCP since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 8
Black or African American 29
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 30
International Students 11
Other Races/Ethnicities 12

Concentrations Within Human Development & Family Studies

Human Development & Family Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Maryland - College Park. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Family & Community Services 108

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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - College Park.

Occupation Jobs in MD Average Salary in MD
Preschool Teachers 9,400 $38,440
Childcare Workers 8,870 $25,980
Social and Human Service Assistants 8,080 $35,520
Community and Social Service Specialists 1,250 $52,430
Farm and Home Management Advisors 240 $66,000

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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