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Basic Certificate in Human Development & Family Studies

Basic Certificates in Human Development & Family Studies

15,810 Yearly Graduations
96% Women
62% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
This degree is more popular with female students, and about 62% of recent graduates were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 1.0% of human development graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Human Development Majors

During the most recent year for which data is available, 15,810 people earned their basic certificate in human development. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in human development at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Basic Certificate 15,810
Bachelor’s Degree 10,755
Associate Degree 8,216
Undergraduate Certificate 3,768
Master’s Degree 1,373
Graduate Certificate 176
Doctor’s Degree 165

Earnings of Human Development Majors With Basic Certificates

At this time, we do not have the data to estimate the median earnings for this class of people.

Student Debt

The data on debt ranges for human development majors who have their basic certificate is not available.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their basic certificate in human development. About 95.7% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 673
Women 15,137
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The racial-ethnic distribution of human development basic certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 1,329
Black or African American 2,564
Hispanic or Latino 5,327
White 5,409
International Students 155
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,026
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Below are some popular majors that are similar to human development that offer basic certificates.

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 371
Textile & Apparel Studies 144
General Family & Consumer Sciences 64
Housing 59
Human Sciences Business Services 29

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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