Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services

38,478 students earn a human development, family studies, and related services credential each year across 937 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out
$33,654
Typical earnings, 5 years out
$45,407

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Bachelor's programs — top 100 of 286 colleges by graduate earnings

1National Louis UniversityChicago, Illinois$46,9541 year out2Warner Pacific UniversityPortland, Oregon$45,5231 year out3Warner Pacific University Professional and Graduate StudiesPortland, Oregon$45,5231 year out4George Mason UniversityFairfax, Virginia$45,1401 year out5University of the District of ColumbiaWashington, District of Columbia$44,8191 year out6Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts$44,3451 year out7Walden UniversityMinneapolis, Minnesota$43,6931 year out8North Dakota State University-Main CampusFargo, North Dakota$41,7171 year out9Connecticut CollegeNew London, Connecticut$41,6091 year out10Oklahoma State University-Main CampusStillwater, Oklahoma$41,2431 year out11California State University-East BayHayward, California$41,1951 year out12University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, Maryland$41,1571 year out13Southern Nazarene UniversityBethany, Oklahoma$41,0621 year out14Concordia University-Saint PaulSaint Paul, Minnesota$40,5931 year out15University of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotte, North Carolina$39,9241 year out16Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington$39,8801 year out17York College of PennsylvaniaYork, Pennsylvania$39,1581 year out18Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, Texas$39,0961 year out19Pacific Oaks CollegePasadena, California$39,0771 year out20Ohio University-Main CampusAthens, Ohio$38,9731 year out21Ohio University-Eastern CampusSaint Clairsville, Ohio$38,9731 year out22Ohio University-Chillicothe CampusChillicothe, Ohio$38,9731 year out23Ohio University-Southern CampusIronton, Ohio$38,9731 year out24Ohio University-Lancaster CampusLancaster, Ohio$38,9731 year out25Ohio University-Zanesville CampusZanesville, Ohio$38,9731 year out26Lesley UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts$38,5161 year out27Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York$38,4011 year out28University of HoustonHouston, Texas$37,9641 year out29North Carolina A & T State UniversityGreensboro, North Carolina$37,4581 year out30Spring Arbor UniversitySpring Arbor, Michigan$37,4011 year out31South Dakota State UniversityBrookings, South Dakota$37,1231 year out32University of Wisconsin-StoutMenomonie, Wisconsin$37,0501 year out33The University of Arizona Global CampusChandler, Arizona$36,9441 year out34Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York$36,8581 year out35University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, Illinois$36,7431 year out36Baker CollegeOwosso, Michigan$36,4941 year out37University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona$36,4451 year out38Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa$36,3641 year out39Colorado State University-Fort CollinsFort Collins, Colorado$36,2141 year out40Binghamton UniversityVestal, New York$36,2131 year out41SUNY OneontaOneonta, New York$36,1431 year out42University of Hawaii at ManoaHonolulu, Hawaii$36,0401 year out43Indiana State UniversityTerre Haute, Indiana$35,9411 year out44Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah$35,8611 year out45University of FloridaGainesville, Florida$35,7591 year out46University of Central OklahomaEdmond, Oklahoma$35,4911 year out47University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah$35,4671 year out48Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana$35,4361 year out49University of Nevada-RenoReno, Nevada$35,3221 year out50Central Michigan UniversityMount Pleasant, Michigan$35,3181 year out51University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical CampusDenver, Colorado$35,2341 year out52Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan$35,2161 year out53Western Michigan UniversityKalamazoo, Michigan$35,2091 year out54Texas State UniversitySan Marcos, Texas$35,0471 year out55State University of New York at PlattsburghPlattsburgh, New York$35,0251 year out56Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio$34,6101 year out57University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia$34,5331 year out58University of North TexasDenton, Texas$34,4991 year out59American Public University SystemCharles Town, West Virginia$34,3471 year out60University of IdahoMoscow, Idaho$34,3401 year out61Stevenson UniversityOwings Mills, Maryland$34,2731 year out62Bowie State UniversityBowie, Maryland$34,2571 year out63Kansas State UniversityManhattan, Kansas$34,2411 year out64University of Rhode IslandKingston, Rhode Island$34,2051 year out65University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin$34,1491 year out66Montclair State UniversityMontclair, New Jersey$34,1091 year out67California State University-Monterey BaySeaside, California$34,0891 year out68Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania$34,0301 year out69Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania$34,0301 year out70Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BrandywineMedia, Pennsylvania$34,0301 year out71Pennsylvania State University-Penn State ScrantonDunmore, Pennsylvania$34,0301 year out72Pennsylvania State University-Penn State HarrisburgMiddletown, Pennsylvania$34,0301 year out73Pennsylvania State University-Penn State YorkYork, Pennsylvania$34,0301 year out74Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont AltoMont Alto, Pennsylvania$34,0301 year out75Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AltoonaAltoona, Pennsylvania$34,0301 year out76Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBoisDuBois, Pennsylvania$34,0301 year out77Pennsylvania State University-Penn State ShenangoSharon, Pennsylvania$34,0301 year out78Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- EberlyLemont Furnace, Pennsylvania$34,0301 year out79Eastern Michigan UniversityYpsilanti, Michigan$33,9111 year out80Sonoma State UniversityRohnert Park, California$33,9061 year out81University of North Carolina at GreensboroGreensboro, North Carolina$33,8781 year out82Southern University at New OrleansNew Orleans, Louisiana$33,6871 year out83Illinois State UniversityNormal, Illinois$33,6821 year out84Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, Virginia$33,6541 year out85Kent State University at KentKent, Ohio$33,6431 year out86Kent State University at StarkNorth Canton, Ohio$33,6431 year out87Kent State University at SalemSalem, Ohio$33,6431 year out88Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, Massachusetts$33,6401 year out89Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, Oregon$33,5431 year out90Oregon State University-Cascades CampusBend, Oregon$33,5431 year out91University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California$33,4891 year out92East Tennessee State UniversityJohnson City, Tennessee$33,3011 year out93The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas$33,1181 year out94University of Missouri-ColumbiaColumbia, Missouri$33,0151 year out95Southeastern Oklahoma State UniversityDurant, Oklahoma$32,9971 year out96Fresno Pacific UniversityFresno, California$32,9571 year out97Messiah UniversityMechanicsburg, Pennsylvania$32,9431 year out98Ball State UniversityMuncie, Indiana$32,8361 year out99Missouri State University-SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri$32,7691 year out100University of Northern IowaCedar Falls, Iowa$32,6141 year out

Associate programs — top 100 of 469 colleges by graduate earnings

1Campbellsville UniversityCampbellsville, Kentucky$37,6851 year out2City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman CollegeChicago, Illinois$37,3811 year out3North Shore Community CollegeDanvers, Massachusetts$34,9781 year out4City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley CollegeChicago, Illinois$34,2941 year out5Tulsa Community CollegeTulsa, Oklahoma$33,1031 year out6Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma CityOklahoma City, Oklahoma$32,9671 year out7Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania$32,7191 year out8Pennsylvania State University-Penn State SchuylkillSchuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania$32,7191 year out9Pennsylvania State University-Penn State YorkYork, Pennsylvania$32,7191 year out10Pennsylvania State University-Penn State ScrantonDunmore, Pennsylvania$32,7191 year out11Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBoisDuBois, Pennsylvania$32,7191 year out12Pennsylvania State University-Penn State ShenangoSharon, Pennsylvania$32,7191 year out13Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont AltoMont Alto, Pennsylvania$32,7191 year out14Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania$32,7191 year out15Saint Paul CollegeSaint Paul, Minnesota$32,0551 year out16Florida State College at JacksonvilleJacksonville, Florida$31,2951 year out17Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, New Mexico$31,2561 year out18Harcum CollegeBryn Mawr, Pennsylvania$30,9631 year out19Fresno City CollegeFresno, California$30,5191 year out20Oakland Community CollegeAuburn Hills, Michigan$30,4861 year out21City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X CollegeChicago, Illinois$30,2921 year out22Southeast Community College AreaLincoln, Nebraska$29,5341 year out23Hudson Valley Community CollegeTroy, New York$28,8151 year out24Post UniversityWaterbury, Connecticut$28,7451 year out25Onondaga Community CollegeSyracuse, New York$28,5791 year out26Community College of Allegheny CountyPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$28,0781 year out27Northern Virginia Community CollegeAnnandale, Virginia$27,7681 year out28Jefferson Community CollegeWatertown, New York$27,3971 year out29Mount Wachusett Community CollegeGardner, Massachusetts$27,0781 year out30York Technical CollegeRock Hill, South Carolina$27,0111 year out31Ozarks Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Missouri$27,0031 year out32North Central Missouri CollegeTrenton, Missouri$26,8671 year out33Saint Louis Community CollegeBridgeton, Missouri$26,5931 year out34Greenville Technical CollegeGreenville, South Carolina$25,8381 year out35Horry-Georgetown Technical CollegeConway, South Carolina$25,7721 year out36Grand Rapids Community CollegeGrand Rapids, Michigan$25,5391 year out37Midlands Technical CollegeWest Columbia, South Carolina$25,2851 year out38Erie Community CollegeBuffalo, New York$25,2391 year out39Carl Albert State CollegePoteau, Oklahoma$24,5171 year out40Lemoore CollegeLemoore, California$23,8601 year out41Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolk, Virginia$23,2391 year out42Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa$22,6231 year out43Baker CollegeOwosso, Michigan$22,5571 year out44Ohio University-Lancaster CampusLancaster, Ohio$22,5221 year out45Ohio University-Chillicothe CampusChillicothe, Ohio$22,5221 year out46Ohio University-Southern CampusIronton, Ohio$22,5221 year out47Ohio University-Main CampusAthens, Ohio$22,5221 year out48East Central Community CollegeDecatur, Mississippi$21,9501 year out49Delta CollegeUniversity Center, Michigan$21,8811 year out50Modesto Junior CollegeModesto, California$21,7941 year out51Delgado Community CollegeNew Orleans, Louisiana$21,7091 year out52Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi$20,0691 year out53South Texas CollegeMcAllen, Texas$19,9711 year out54Northwood Technical CollegeRice Lake, Wisconsin$18,5161 year out55College of the SequoiasVisalia, California$18,1581 year out56West Kentucky Community and Technical CollegePaducah, Kentucky$17,4351 year out57American Public University SystemCharles Town, West Virginia$16,5581 year out58Somerset Community CollegeSomerset, Kentucky$14,8881 year out59East Los Angeles CollegeMonterey Park, California$10,0321 year out60Brigham Young University-IdahoRexburg, Idaho—1 year out61Los Angeles Valley CollegeValley Glen, California—1 year out62Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California—1 year out63Bakersfield CollegeBakersfield, California—1 year out64Rio Hondo CollegeWhittier, California—1 year out65City College of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California—1 year out66Los Angeles Mission CollegeSylmar, California—1 year out67Chaffey CollegeRancho Cucamonga, California—1 year out68El Camino Community College DistrictTorrance, California—1 year out69Santa Monica CollegeSanta Monica, California—1 year out70Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnut, California—1 year out71Antelope Valley Community College DistrictLancaster, California—1 year out72Yuba CollegeMarysville, California—1 year out73San Joaquin Delta CollegeStockton, California—1 year out74Merced CollegeMerced, California—1 year out75American River CollegeSacramento, California—1 year out76Citrus CollegeGlendora, California—1 year out77Victor Valley CollegeVictorville, California—1 year out78Santa Ana CollegeSanta Ana, California—1 year out79MiraCosta CollegeOceanside, California—1 year out80Cuyamaca CollegeEl Cajon, California—1 year out81Los Angeles City CollegeLos Angeles, California—1 year out82Fullerton CollegeFullerton, California—1 year out83Riverside City CollegeRiverside, California—1 year out84Miller-Motte College-ChattanoogaChattanooga, Tennessee—1 year out85De Anza CollegeCupertino, California—1 year out86Woodland Community CollegeWoodland, California—1 year out87Merritt CollegeOakland, California—1 year out88Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, Mississippi—1 year out89College of the DesertPalm Desert, California—1 year out90Reedley CollegeReedley, California—1 year out91Oxnard CollegeOxnard, California—1 year out92Shasta CollegeRedding, California—1 year out93SUNY Westchester Community CollegeValhalla, New York—1 year out94Los Angeles Trade Technical CollegeLos Angeles, California—1 year out95Cuesta CollegeSan Luis Obispo, California—1 year out96College of the CanyonsSanta Clarita, California—1 year out97Pasadena City CollegePasadena, California—1 year out98Butte CollegeOroville, California—1 year out99Diablo Valley CollegePleasant Hill, California—1 year out100Sierra CollegeRocklin, California—1 year out

Certificate programs — top 100 of 583 colleges by graduate earnings

1Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan$49,6711 year out2Arapahoe Community CollegeLittleton, Colorado$34,7161 year out3Southern Crescent Technical CollegeGriffin, Georgia$34,0021 year out4American Public University SystemCharles Town, West Virginia$31,8571 year out5Palm Beach State CollegeLake Worth, Florida$28,3281 year out6Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeLouisville, Kentucky$26,6821 year out7Midlands Technical CollegeWest Columbia, South Carolina$24,3521 year out8Northern Virginia Community CollegeAnnandale, Virginia$24,0121 year out9H W Brewster Technical CollegeTampa, Florida$23,9901 year out10Santa Ana CollegeSanta Ana, California$23,8631 year out11Cabrillo CollegeAptos, California$23,6861 year out12Morton CollegeCicero, Illinois$23,2521 year out13Northwood Technical CollegeRice Lake, Wisconsin$23,2101 year out14Tennessee College of Applied Technology NashvilleNashville, Tennessee$23,0701 year out15Davidson-Davie Community CollegeThomasville, North Carolina$22,4481 year out16Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolk, Virginia$21,8891 year out17Carl Albert State CollegePoteau, Oklahoma$21,6251 year out18Virginia Western Community CollegeRoanoke, Virginia$21,0571 year out19Southwest Virginia Community CollegeCedar Bluff, Virginia$19,5821 year out20Coalinga CollegeCoalinga, California$18,8101 year out21West Kentucky Community and Technical CollegePaducah, Kentucky$18,1321 year out22Unitech Training Academy-LafayetteLafayette, Louisiana$17,3011 year out23Unitech Training Academy-Baton RougeBaton Rouge, Louisiana$17,3011 year out24Unitech Training Academy-AlexandriaAlexandria, Louisiana$17,3011 year out25Unitech Training Academy-New OrleansNew Orleans, Louisiana$17,3011 year out26Patrick & Henry Community CollegeMartinsville, Virginia$16,7901 year out27Apollo Career CenterLima, Ohio$15,9871 year out28Modesto Junior CollegeModesto, California$15,8191 year out29Somerset Community CollegeSomerset, Kentucky$15,5871 year out30Hazard Community and Technical CollegeHazard, Kentucky$15,1341 year out31ICPR Junior CollegeManati, Puerto Rico$11,3721 year out32ICPR Junior College-AreciboArecibo, Puerto Rico$11,3721 year out33ICPR Junior College-MayaguezMayaguez, Puerto Rico$11,3721 year out34ICPR Junior CollegeHato Rey, Puerto Rico$11,3721 year out35City College of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California—1 year out36Yuba CollegeMarysville, California—1 year out37Los Angeles Mission CollegeSylmar, California—1 year out38Woodland Community CollegeWoodland, California—1 year out39College of the SequoiasVisalia, California—1 year out40Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California—1 year out41Fresno City CollegeFresno, California—1 year out42Los Angeles Valley CollegeValley Glen, California—1 year out43Merritt CollegeOakland, California—1 year out44Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, New Mexico—1 year out45Santiago Canyon CollegeOrange, California—1 year out46Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnut, California—1 year out47Diablo Valley CollegePleasant Hill, California—1 year out48Santa Monica CollegeSanta Monica, California—1 year out49J Sargeant Reynolds Community CollegeRichmond, Virginia—1 year out50Riverside City CollegeRiverside, California—1 year out51Pinellas Technical College-ClearwaterClearwater, Florida—1 year out52Lemoore CollegeLemoore, California—1 year out53Lanier Technical CollegeGainesville, Georgia—1 year out54Chattahoochee Technical CollegeMarietta, Georgia—1 year out55Orange Coast CollegeCosta Mesa, California—1 year out56Broward CollegeFort Lauderdale, Florida—1 year out57Atlanta Technical CollegeAtlanta, Georgia—1 year out58College of the DesertPalm Desert, California—1 year out59Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, Mississippi—1 year out60West Georgia Technical CollegeWaco, Georgia—1 year out61Victor Valley CollegeVictorville, California—1 year out62El Camino Community College DistrictTorrance, California—1 year out63Los Angeles City CollegeLos Angeles, California—1 year out64Georgia Northwestern Technical CollegeRome, Georgia—1 year out65Tulsa Community CollegeTulsa, Oklahoma—1 year out66Norco CollegeNorco, California—1 year out67MiraCosta CollegeOceanside, California—1 year out68Palomar CollegeSan Marcos, California—1 year out69Saddleback CollegeMission Viejo, California—1 year out70Long Beach City CollegeLong Beach, California—1 year out71Pinellas Technical College-St. PetersburgSaint Petersburg, Florida—1 year out72Cuesta CollegeSan Luis Obispo, California—1 year out73Southwestern Illinois CollegeBelleville, Illinois—1 year out74Central Georgia Technical CollegeWarner Robins, Georgia—1 year out75Butte CollegeOroville, California—1 year out76Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleigh, North Carolina—1 year out77Moorpark CollegeMoorpark, California—1 year out78Fred K Marchman Technical CollegeNew Port Richey, Florida—1 year out79Rio Hondo CollegeWhittier, California—1 year out80City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman CollegeChicago, Illinois—1 year out81City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley CollegeChicago, Illinois—1 year out82Moraine Valley Community CollegePalos Hills, Illinois—1 year out83Aims Community CollegeGreeley, Colorado—1 year out84Sheridan Technical CollegeHollywood, Florida—1 year out85Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia—1 year out86George C Wallace State Community College-HancevilleHanceville, Alabama—1 year out87Oxnard CollegeOxnard, California—1 year out88Lane Community CollegeEugene, Oregon—1 year out89City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington CollegeChicago, Illinois—1 year out90Georgia Piedmont Technical CollegeClarkston, Georgia—1 year out91Tallahassee State CollegeTallahassee, Florida—1 year out92State College of Florida-Manatee-SarasotaBradenton, Florida—1 year out93Maysville Community and Technical CollegeMaysville, Kentucky—1 year out94Clovis Community CollegeFresno, California—1 year out95North Georgia Technical CollegeClarkesville, Georgia—1 year out96Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi—1 year out97Moreno Valley CollegeMoreno Valley, California—1 year out98Athens Technical CollegeAthens, Georgia—1 year out99Southern Regional Technical CollegeThomasville, Georgia—1 year out100Chabot CollegeHayward, California—1 year out

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).