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Human Development & Family Studies at West Virginia University

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Human Development & Family Studies at West Virginia University

If you plan to study human development and family studies, take a look at what West Virginia University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and has a total student population of 26,269. In 2021, 38 human development majors received their bachelor's degree from WVU.

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.

WVU Human Development & Family Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Human Development

WVU Human Development & Family Studies Rankings

The human development major at WVU 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.

How Much Do Human Development Graduates from WVU Make?

The median salary of human development students who receive their bachelor's degree at WVU is $26,102. 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 WVU

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

WVU Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Program

95% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The human development program at WVU awarded 38 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 5% of these degrees went to men with the other 95% going to women.

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About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in human development at WVU 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 West Virginia University with a bachelor's in human development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 34
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

WVU 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 WV, the home state for West Virginia University.

Occupation Jobs in WV Average Salary in WV
Childcare Workers 2,470 $21,490
Social and Human Service Assistants 1,910 $30,750
Preschool Teachers 1,890 $32,560
Community and Social Service Specialists 450 $35,550
Farm and Home Management Advisors 140 $55,450

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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