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Most Popular Online Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2023 Most Popular Online Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

7 Colleges
$29,731 Avg Salary
$25,610 Avg Student Debt

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, human development and family studies was ranked #46 in the country. In fact 42,112 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which online bachelor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named National Louis University the most popular online school in the Great Lakes Region for human development and family studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 95% of the human development majors at the school.

The average amount in student loans that human development majors at NLU take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $32,244.

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#2

Baker College

Owosso, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baker College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the town of Owosso, Baker College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 92% of the human development majors at the school.

On average, human development graduates from Baker College take out $41,603 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $66, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public college with a large student population.

About 97% of the students majoring in human development at the school are women while 3% are male.

Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $228.

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#4

Antioch University - Midwest

Yellow Springs, OH

The in-demand online bachelor’s degree programs at Antioch University - Midwest helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best human development and family studies schools in the Great Lakes Region . Antioch University McGregor is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Yellow Springs.

About 92% of the students majoring in human development at the school are women while 8% are male.

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Out of the 7 online programs at schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana Institute of Technology - College of Professional Studies landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Fort-Wayne, Indiana Tech - CPS is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Gods Bible School and College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for human development and family studies students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Gods Bible School and College is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cincinnati.

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With a ranking of #7, Union Institute & University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for human development and family studies students working on their online bachelor’s degree. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, Union is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Women make up 96% of the human development majors at the school.

While working on their Bachelor's Degree, human development majors at Union accumulate an average of around $19,233 in student debt.

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Explore the most popular online human development and family studies schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 694
Ohio 597
Illinois 714
Indiana 156
Wisconsin 299

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One of 7 majors within the area of study, human development and family studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Human Development

Related Major Annual Graduates
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 4,858
Textile & Apparel Studies 3,313
General Family & Consumer Sciences 2,906
Family & Consumer Economics 1,454
Human Sciences Business Services 704

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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More about our data sources and methodologies.

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