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Human Development & Family Studies at Utah Valley University

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Human Development & Family Studies at Utah Valley University

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 Utah Valley University stacks up to those at other schools.

UVU is located in Orem, Utah and has a total student population of 40,936. In 2021, 143 human development majors received their bachelor's degree from UVU.

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.

UVU Human Development & Family Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Human Development

Online Classes Are Available at UVU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UVU offers distance education options for human development at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

UVU Human Development & Family Studies Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The human development major at UVU 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 Popular Online Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools 4

Human Development Student Demographics at UVU

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

UVU Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Program

92% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The human development program at UVU awarded 143 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 8% of these degrees went to men with the other 92% going to women. The typical human development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 5% men. So male students are more repesented at UVU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

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About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in human development at UVU 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 Utah Valley University with a bachelor's in human development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 11
White 123
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

UVU 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 UT, the home state for Utah Valley University.

Occupation Jobs in UT Average Salary in UT
Social and Human Service Assistants 6,220 $28,840
Childcare Workers 5,990 $22,420
Preschool Teachers 1,550 $29,700
Community and Social Service Specialists 210 $50,560
Home Economics Professors 50 $65,650

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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