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Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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2023 Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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

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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the New England Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular 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.

Check out the human development graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the New England Region .

Our analysis found Central Connecticut State University to be the most popular school for human development and family studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the New England Region . CCSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of New Britain.

Full Human Development & Family Studies at Central Connecticut State University Report

#2

Rhode Island College

Providence, RI

Out of the 3 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rhode Island College landed the # 2 spot on the list. RIC is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Providence.

Of the 3 students majoring in human development at RIC, 33% are male and 67% are female.

Full Human Development & Family Studies at Rhode Island College Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Rhode Island is a great place for human development and family studies students working on their graduate certificate. URI is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Kingston.

Read full report on Human Development & Family Studies at University of Rhode Island

Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best human development and family studies schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 305
Connecticut 486
New Hampshire 94
Maine 57
Rhode Island 140
Vermont 23

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

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 3 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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