Human Development & Family Studies at University of Florida

What traits are you looking for in a human development school? To help you decide if University of Florida is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's human development program.

UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and approximately 53,372 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 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.

UF Human Development & Family Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Human Development

Online Classes Are Available at UF

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UF offers distance education options for human development at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UF Human Development & Family Studies Rankings

Human Development Student Demographics at UF

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

UF Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Program

Of the 17 students who graduated with a master’s in human development from UF in 2021, 6% were men and 94% were women.

Of the students who received a human development master's degree from UF, 71% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

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 University of Florida.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By DouglasGreen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.