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Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Schools in Rhode Island

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2023 Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Schools in Rhode Island

2 Colleges
$37,500 Avg Salary
$24,530 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Human Development & Family Studies School for You

With 16 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, human development and family studies is the #64 most popular major in Rhode Island.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Schools in Rhode Island ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Rhode Island to see which 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.

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

Our analysis found University of Rhode Island to be the most popular school for human development and family studies students who want to pursue a degree in Rhode Island. URI is a large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.

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#2

Rhode Island College

Providence, RI

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Rhode Island College is a great place for human development and family studies students. RIC is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Providence.

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Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Most Popular Human Development & Family Studies Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 35
Connecticut 12
New Hampshire 10
Maine 10

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 2 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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