2023 Best Child Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools
Finding the Best Human Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate School for You
Human Development & Family Studies is the #111 most popular major in the country with 1,589 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Child Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 19 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.
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2023 Best Human Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the best for human development majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
Top 10 Best Human Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Clemson University the best school in the United States for human development and family studies students working on their graduate certificate. Clemson is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Clemson.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Erikson Institute. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Child Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of Chicago, The Erikson Institute is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
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Out of the 19 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best human development and family studies schools in the United States. OSU is a very large public school located in the distant town of Stillwater.
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Out of the 19 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the city of Ames.
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University of Georgia came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Child Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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University of Florida did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for human development and family studies students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. UF is a very large public school located in the city of Gainesville.
Eastern Washington University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Child Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the fringe town of Cheney, EWU is a public college with a large student population.
With a ranking of #9, North Carolina State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for human development and family studies students working on their graduate certificate. NC State is a very large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.
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Texas Tech University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Child Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.
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Human Development & Family Studies Related Rankings by Major
One of 7 majors within the area of study, human development and family studies has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Human Development
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Food, Nutrition & Related Services | 1,214 |
General Family & Consumer Sciences | 368 |
Family & Consumer Economics | 251 |
Textile & Apparel Studies | 150 |
Human Sciences Business Services | 58 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 19 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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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