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

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 Maryland - College Park stacks up to those at other schools.

UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and has a total student population of 40,709. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 108 students received a bachelor's degree in human development from UMCP.

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Child Development & Family Studies Schools	19

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in human development from UMCP. This is the #99 most popular school for human development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UMCP Human Development Graduates

The median salary of human development students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMCP is $33,385. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 13% higher than the national average of $29,494 for all human development bachelor's degree recipients.

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

Of the 108 human development students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UMCP, about 27% were men and 73% were 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 22% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Maryland - College Park with a bachelor's in human development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	29
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	41
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UMCP 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 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.

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

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