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Human Development & Family Studies at Nova Southeastern University

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Human Development & Family Studies at Nova Southeastern University

If you are interested in studying human development and family studies, you may want to check out the program at Nova Southeastern University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NUS Florida is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and approximately 20,888 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 62 students received their master's degree in human development.

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.

NUS Florida Human Development & Family Studies Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Human Development

Online Classes Are Available at NUS Florida

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, NUS Florida does offer online courses in human development for the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

NUS Florida Human Development & Family Studies Rankings

Human Development Student Demographics at NUS Florida

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

NUS Florida Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Program

95% Women
44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The human development program at NUS Florida awarded 62 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 5% of these degrees went to men with the other 95% going to women.

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Of the students who received a human development master's degree from NUS Florida, 52% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the human development master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Nova Southeastern University with a master's in human development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 15
White 32
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 FL, the home state for Nova Southeastern University.

Occupation Jobs in FL Average Salary in FL
Childcare Workers 30,070 $23,590
Preschool Teachers 25,940 $27,990
Community and Social Service Specialists 15,220 $40,050
Social and Human Service Assistants 10,110 $34,250
Farm and Home Management Advisors 180 $31,900

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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