Human Development & Family Studies at University of Nevada - Reno

What traits are you looking for in a human development school? To help you decide if University of Nevada - Reno is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's human development program.

UNR is located in Reno, Nevada and approximately 20,722 students attend the school each year.

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.

UNR Human Development & Family Studies Degrees Available

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

UNR Human Development & Family Studies Rankings

The human development major at UNR 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 UNR

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

UNR Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of human development bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% 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 UNR since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	33
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

UNR 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.

In the human development master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 80% of degree recipients. That is 24% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 Nevada - Reno. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Human Development & Family Studies	128

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 NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Reno.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Childcare Workers	4,340	$22,280
Social and Human Service Assistants	2,090	$36,850
Preschool Teachers	1,220	$32,540
Community and Social Service Specialists	480	$43,310

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 delamare under License

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