2023 Most Popular 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 53 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular 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.
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2023 Most Popular Human Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for human development majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
Top 10 Most Popular Human Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found Portland State University to be the most popular school for human development and family studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Located in the city of Portland, Portland State University is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Clemson 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. Clemson is a very large public school located in the suburb of Clemson.
Of the 22 students majoring in human development at Clemson, 32% are male and 68% are female.
Out of the 53 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Towson University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Towson, Towson is a public college with a very large student population.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means North Carolina State University is a great place for human development and family studies students working on their graduate certificate. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Raleigh.
Of the 13 students majoring in human development at NC State, 15% are male and 85% are female.
Full Human Development & Family Studies at North Carolina State University Report
Out of the 53 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Erikson Institute landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Chicago, The Erikson Institute is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
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University of Florida did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for human development and family studies students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. UF is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Gainesville.
Women make up 38% of the human development majors at the school.
Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate human development and family studies programs. Located in the midsize city of Richmond, VCU is a public college with a very large student population.
Full Human Development & Family Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University Report
Arcadia University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate human development and family studies programs. Arcadia is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Glenside.
Full Human Development & Family Studies at Arcadia University Report
Georgia State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for human development and family studies students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Georgia State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Atlanta.
Eastern Washington University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the town of Cheney, EWU is a public college with a large student population.
Read full report on Human Development & Family Studies at Eastern Washington University
Honorable Mentions
Here are some additional popular schools for Child Development & Family Studies students that almost earned our Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools award.
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Human Development & Family Studies Related Majors
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
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 27 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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