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Human Development & Family Studies at University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Human Development & Family Studies at University of Wisconsin - Madison

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

UW - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and has a total student population of 44,640. Of the 9,926 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Wisconsin - Madison in 2021, 197 of them were human development and family studies majors.

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.

UW - Madison Human Development & Family Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Human Development

UW - Madison Human Development & Family Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the human development progam at UW - Madison 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 UW - Madison 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
Most Focused Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools 137

Earnings of UW - Madison Human Development Graduates

The median salary of human development students who receive their bachelor's degree at UW - Madison is $29,244. This is less than $29,494, which is the national average of all human development majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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Human Development Student Demographics at UW - Madison

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

UW - Madison Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Program

90% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 197 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Human Development & Family Studies from UW - Madison in 2020-2021, 10% were men and 90% were women. The typical human development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 5% men. So male students are more repesented at UW - Madison since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

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About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in human development at UW - Madison 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 Wisconsin - Madison with a bachelor's in human development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 20
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 12
White 146
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

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

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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Occupation Jobs in WI Average Salary in WI
Social and Human Service Assistants 10,450 $37,230
Preschool Teachers 10,180 $26,550
Childcare Workers 5,880 $22,630
Community and Social Service Specialists 1,440 $41,030
Farm and Home Management Advisors 60 $51,100

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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