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Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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2023 Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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Finding the Best Human Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate School for You

Human Development & Family Studies is the #46 most popular major in the country with 42,112 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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 Child Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Human Development & Family Studies program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Human Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Portland State University the most popular school in the Far Western US Region for human development and family studies students working on their graduate certificate. Portland State University is a very large public school located in the large city of Portland.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Eastern Washington University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular human development and family studies schools in the Far Western US Region . EWU is a large public school located in the fringe town of Cheney.

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#3

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at San Diego State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular human development and family studies schools in the Far Western US Region . SDSU is a very large public school located in the large city of San Diego.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Western Oregon University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular human development and family studies schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the town of Monmouth, Western Oregon State College is a public school with a small student population.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Washington State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular human development and family studies schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best human development and family studies colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 6,606
Washington 297
Oregon 483
Nevada 174
Hawaii 69
Alaska 29

Human Development & Family Studies is one of 7 different types of programs to choose from.

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 5 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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