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2023 Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Doctor's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Human Development & Family Studies Doctor's Degree 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Doctor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 36 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs 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 doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

Our 2023 rankings named Texas Woman’s University the most popular school in the United States for human development and family studies students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a large student population.

About 93% of the students majoring in human development at the school are women while 7% are male.

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#2

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Capella University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular human development and family studies schools in the United States. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 11 students majoring in human development at Capella University, 9% are male and 91% are female.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Iowa State University is a great place for human development and family studies students working on their doctor’s degree. Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Ames.

Of the 10 students majoring in human development at Iowa State, 30% are male and 70% are female.

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#4

Fielding Graduate University

Santa Barbara, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fielding Graduate University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Fielding is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Santa Barbara.

Of the 9 students majoring in human development at Fielding, 11% are male and 89% are female.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Ohio State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular human development and family studies schools in the United States. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbus.

Of the 7 students majoring in human development at Ohio State, 29% are male and 71% are female.

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With a ranking of #6, The University of Texas at Austin did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for human development and family studies students working on their doctor’s degree. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

Women make up 67% of the human development majors at the school.

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#7

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Virginia Tech came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 5 students majoring in human development at Virginia Tech, 40% are male and 60% are female.

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The University of Tennessee - Knoxville did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for human development and family studies students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. UT Knoxville is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville.

Of the 5 students majoring in human development at UT Knoxville, 40% are male and 60% are female.

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With a ranking of #9, University of California - Davis did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for human development and family studies students working on their doctor’s degree. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

Women make up 75% of the human development majors at the school.

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#9

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

Clemson University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree human development and family studies programs. Clemson is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Clemson.

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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 26 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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