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2023 Most Popular Online Child Development & Family Studies Schools

11 Colleges
$28,862 Avg Salary
$22,387 Avg Student Debt

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 Most Popular Online Child Development & Family Studies Schools ranking. This report analyzed 11 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular online programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online human development programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

Our analysis found Clemson University to be the most popular school for human development and family studies students who want to pursue an online degree in the United States. Clemson is a very large public school located in the suburb of Clemson.

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#2

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Child Development & Family Studies Schools list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means North Carolina State University is a great place for human development and family studies students pursuing an online degree. NC State is a very large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Child Development & Family Studies Schools list. Located in the city of Richmond, VCU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent online programs at Eastern Washington University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best human development and family studies schools in the United States. Located in the fringe town of Cheney, EWU is a public school with a large student population.

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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for human development and family studies students. It came in at #6 on the list. OSU is a very large public school located in the town of Stillwater.

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#7

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

With a ranking of #7, Kansas State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for human development and family studies students. K -State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Manhattan.

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#7

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

With a ranking of #7, Michigan State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for human development and family studies students. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a very large student population.

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#9

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

George Mason University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best human development and family studies programs. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#9

Elizabethtown College

Elizabethtown, PA

Elizabethtown College ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Online Child Development & Family Studies Schools list. Etown is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Elizabethtown.

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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 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 11 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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