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Human Development & Family Studies Degree

156 schools compared · Average earnings $33,473/yr

Schools Offering

156

Avg Grad Earnings

$33,473/yr

Avg DegreeWorth Score

52/100

AI Automation Risk

High

41% task exposure

Best Schools for Human Development & Family Studies

Top 156 schools ranked by DegreeWorth Score. Click any row for full AI scenario analysis and earnings projections.

#	School	DW Score	Earnings	AI Risk	ROI
1	University of the District of Columbia Washington, DC	80 77–81	$44,819/yr	High	22.3x
2	California State University-East Bay Hayward, CA	77 73–79	$41,195/yr	High	21.0x
3	Ohio University-Eastern Campus Saint Clairsville, OH	75 72–75	$38,973/yr	High	17.8x
4	Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus Chillicothe, OH	75 72–75	$38,973/yr	High	17.8x
5	Ohio University-Southern Campus Ironton, OH	75 72–75	$38,973/yr	High	17.8x
6	Ohio University-Lancaster Campus Lancaster, OH	75 72–75	$38,973/yr	High	17.8x
7	Ohio University-Zanesville Campus Zanesville, OH	75 72–75	$38,973/yr	High	17.8x
8	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	74 72–72	$39,924/yr	High	14.0x
9	North Carolina A & T State University Greensboro, NC	72 70–71	$37,458/yr	High	14.8x
10	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	72 69–73	$35,759/yr	High	18.6x
11	Weber State University Ogden, UT	71 69–69	$35,861/yr	High	13.7x
12	National Louis University Chicago, IL	70 71–68	$46,954/yr	High	7.4x
13	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK	70 69–69	$41,243/yr	High	10.8x
14	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	70 67–71	$41,157/yr	High	11.2x
15	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	69 68–68	$45,140/yr	High	7.2x
16	North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND	69 69–68	$41,717/yr	High	9.6x
17	Walden University Minneapolis, MN	68 68–67	$43,693/yr	High	7.4x
18	University of Houston Houston, TX	68 66–68	$37,964/yr	High	11.4x
19	South Dakota State University Brookings, SD	68 66–69	$37,123/yr	High	12.2x
20	SUNY Oneonta Oneonta, NY	68 66–70	$36,143/yr	High	13.4x
21	SUNY College at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh, NY	68 64–70	$35,025/yr	High	14.3x
22	Sonoma State University Rohnert Park, CA	68 64–71	$33,906/yr	High	16.6x
23	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	68 64–71	$29,690/yr	High	22.6x
24	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	67 64–67	$39,096/yr	High	9.9x
25	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	67 63–69	$36,213/yr	High	12.3x
26	University of Central Oklahoma Edmond, OK	67 65–66	$35,491/yr	High	11.6x
27	University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV	67 64–68	$35,322/yr	High	12.8x
28	Bowie State University Bowie, MD	67 63–69	$34,257/yr	High	13.6x
29	California State University-Monterey Bay Seaside, CA	67 65–65	$34,089/yr	High	10.5x
30	University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC	67 65–66	$33,878/yr	High	12.7x
31	Kent State University at Stark North Canton, OH	67 65–67	$33,643/yr	High	13.1x
32	Kent State University at Salem Salem, OH	67 65–67	$33,643/yr	High	13.1x
33	Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies Fayette, MO	67 65–67	$32,588/yr	High	13.6x
34	California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA	67 63–69	$31,950/yr	High	16.0x
35	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA	67 63–69	$31,857/yr	High	16.5x
36	University of Wisconsin-Stout Menomonie, WI	66 65–66	$37,050/yr	High	10.2x
37	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	66 64–67	$35,467/yr	High	11.6x
38	American Public University System Charles Town, WV	66 64–65	$34,347/yr	High	11.6x
39	Southern University at New Orleans New Orleans, LA	66 65–65	$33,687/yr	High	10.2x
40	Southeastern Oklahoma State University Durant, OK	66 65–64	$32,997/yr	High	10.5x
41	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	66 62–69	$30,205/yr	High	17.6x
42	Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA	66 63–66	$29,387/yr	High	15.6x
43	Warner Pacific University Portland, OR	65 63–65	$45,523/yr	High	4.2x
44	Warner Pacific University Professional and Graduate Studies Portland, OR	65 61–66	$45,523/yr	High	—
45	Washington State University Pullman, WA	65 64–65	$39,880/yr	High	8.2x
46	Iowa State University Ames, IA	65 63–65	$36,364/yr	High	9.8x
47	Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN	65 64–64	$35,941/yr	High	9.7x
48	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	65 63–66	$35,436/yr	High	11.2x
49	California State University-San Marcos San Marcos, CA	65 61–68	$31,184/yr	High	15.1x
50	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	64 62–64	$38,973/yr	High	7.4x
51	University of Idaho Moscow, ID	64 63–63	$34,340/yr	High	9.6x
52	Appalachian State University Boone, NC	64 60–65	$30,062/yr	High	13.6x
53	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO	63 63–63	$35,234/yr	High	7.8x
54	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	63 60–64	$35,047/yr	High	9.4x
55	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	63 59–66	$34,149/yr	High	11.4x
56	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	63 58–68	$33,118/yr	High	12.4x
57	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	63 59–65	$32,306/yr	High	11.7x
58	Texas Woman's University Denton, TX	63 59–66	$30,619/yr	High	13.2x
59	California State University-Chico Chico, CA	63 60–66	$30,441/yr	High	13.4x
60	East Carolina University Greenville, NC	63 60–63	$29,607/yr	High	12.5x
61	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA	63 59–66	$28,150/yr	High	15.3x
62	Baker College Owosso, MI	62 60–62	$36,494/yr	High	7.0x
63	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	62 60–62	$36,445/yr	High	7.7x
64	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	62 60–63	$36,214/yr	High	8.4x
65	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI	62 60–62	$36,040/yr	High	6.4x
66	University of North Texas Denton, TX	62 60–62	$34,499/yr	High	8.9x
67	Kansas State University Manhattan, KS	62 60–63	$34,241/yr	High	9.2x
68	East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN	62 60–62	$33,301/yr	High	9.2x
69	Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO	62 61–61	$32,769/yr	High	9.4x
70	University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA	62 60–63	$32,614/yr	High	10.3x
71	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	62 59–63	$31,758/yr	High	11.0x
72	Ashford University San Diego, CA	61 60–61	$36,944/yr	High	6.1x
73	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	61 59–61	$36,743/yr	High	5.4x
74	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	61 58–63	$34,610/yr	High	9.3x
75	Portland State University Portland, OR	61 57–63	$32,481/yr	High	10.0x
76	Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA	61 57–63	$28,589/yr	High	12.2x
77	Southern Nazarene University Bethany, OK	60 57–60	$41,062/yr	High	2.7x
78	Concordia University-Saint Paul Saint Paul, MN	60 58–60	$40,593/yr	High	3.0x
79	York College of Pennsylvania York, PA	60 57–60	$39,158/yr	High	3.0x
80	Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI	60 58–61	$35,318/yr	High	7.2x
81	Oregon State University-Cascades Campus Bend, OR	60 57–62	$33,543/yr	High	8.7x
82	Ball State University Muncie, IN	60 58–59	$32,836/yr	High	6.6x
83	University of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO	60 60–60	$32,574/yr	High	8.1x
84	University of Georgia Athens, GA	60 56–62	$31,392/yr	High	10.0x
85	University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS	60 58–61	$31,020/yr	High	9.8x
86	Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, ID	60 59–59	$21,619/yr	High	12.1x
87	Ferris State University Big Rapids, MI	59 58–59	$35,216/yr	High	5.5x
88	Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI	59 57–60	$35,209/yr	High	6.0x
89	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	59 55–62	$33,654/yr	High	8.1x
90	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	59 57–59	$33,643/yr	High	7.0x
91	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	59 56–61	$33,543/yr	High	8.1x
92	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	59 55–64	$33,489/yr	High	9.4x
93	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	59 58–59	$25,342/yr	High	10.9x
94	Tufts University Medford, MA	58 54–59	$44,345/yr	High	1.3x
95	Pacific Oaks College Pasadena, CA	58 55–59	$39,077/yr	High	2.8x
96	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI	58 55–59	$34,205/yr	High	6.2x
97	Montclair State University Montclair, NJ	58 56–59	$34,109/yr	High	4.8x
98	University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	58 55–60	$33,015/yr	High	7.2x
99	Lesley University Cambridge, MA	57 54–57	$38,516/yr	High	1.9x
100	Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI	57 55–58	$33,911/yr	High	4.5x
101	Illinois State University Normal, IL	57 55–58	$33,682/yr	High	4.3x
102	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	57 55–58	$32,300/yr	High	6.7x
103	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH	57 54–58	$32,175/yr	High	6.8x
104	Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus Indiana, PA	57 55–58	$30,675/yr	High	7.6x
105	Auburn University Auburn, AL	57 54–58	$30,502/yr	High	7.8x
106	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	57 54–59	$30,264/yr	High	8.3x
107	University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, LA	57 54–57	$29,094/yr	High	7.9x
108	Purdue University Northwest Hammond, IN	57 55–59	$26,384/yr	High	10.0x
109	New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces, NM	57 55–59	$25,965/yr	High	10.3x
110	Connecticut College New London, CT	56 53–57	$41,609/yr	High	0.6x
111	Spring Arbor University Spring Arbor, MI	56 53–56	$37,401/yr	High	1.9x
112	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	56 54–57	$34,533/yr	High	3.1x
113	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus Waterbury, CT	56 52–59	$31,642/yr	High	7.1x
114	University of Connecticut-Avery Point Groton, CT	56 52–59	$31,642/yr	High	7.1x
115	University of Connecticut-Stamford Stamford, CT	56 52–59	$31,642/yr	High	7.1x
116	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus Hartford, CT	56 52–59	$31,642/yr	High	7.1x
117	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	56 52–58	$31,434/yr	High	6.4x
118	University of Maine Orono, ME	56 54–57	$30,983/yr	High	6.7x
119	University of Akron Main Campus Akron, OH	56 54–57	$30,835/yr	High	6.3x
120	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	56 51–62	$29,762/yr	High	9.1x
121	Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, KY	56 53–58	$27,514/yr	High	9.2x
122	Northwestern State University of Louisiana Natchitoches, LA	56 55–56	$27,373/yr	High	6.7x
123	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH	55 52–58	$32,146/yr	High	5.5x
124	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	55 51–58	$31,642/yr	High	5.9x
125	Post University Waterbury, CT	55 52–56	$31,627/yr	High	4.9x
126	Abilene Christian University-Undergraduate Online Addison, TX	55 52–57	$30,278/yr	High	6.4x
127	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA	55 53–56	$29,539/yr	High	5.2x
128	Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL	55 51–58	$28,342/yr	High	8.0x
129	Texas A & M University-Kingsville Kingsville, TX	55 54–55	$27,918/yr	High	6.1x
130	Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA	55 54–55	$27,006/yr	High	6.3x
131	Utah State University Logan, UT	55 54–56	$26,561/yr	High	8.2x
132	Utah Valley University Orem, UT	55 54–54	$20,971/yr	High	7.4x
133	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	54 50–57	$38,401/yr	High	1.8x
134	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX	54 53–55	$26,897/yr	High	5.8x
135	Louisiana Tech University Ruston, LA	54 52–54	$26,591/yr	High	5.6x
136	Grambling State University Grambling, LA	54 53–54	$23,073/yr	High	6.5x
137	Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Fayette, MO	53 50–54	$32,588/yr	High	2.7x
138	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	53 50–53	$31,452/yr	High	2.6x
139	Liberty University Lynchburg, VA	53 50–54	$31,083/yr	High	3.4x
140	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	52 49–54	$36,858/yr	High	1.0x
141	Stevenson University Owings Mills, MD	52 49–54	$34,273/yr	High	2.3x
142	Fresno Pacific University Fresno, CA	51 48–52	$32,957/yr	High	2.1x
143	Southern Wesleyan University Central, SC	51 49–51	$31,326/yr	High	1.8x
144	Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS	51 48–51	$21,243/yr	High	4.4x
145	Merrimack College North Andover, MA	50 47–52	$33,640/yr	High	1.6x
146	Messiah University Mechanicsburg, PA	50 48–51	$32,943/yr	High	1.3x
147	Baylor University Waco, TX	49 45–50	$32,137/yr	High	1.2x
148	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	49 46–49	$25,249/yr	High	2.3x
149	Abilene Christian University Abilene, TX	48 45–49	$30,278/yr	High	1.5x
150	Point University West Point, GA	48 45–48	$25,578/yr	High	1.9x
151	Curry College Milton, MA	47 44–48	$29,532/yr	High	0.6x
152	Mount Saint Mary's University Los Angeles, CA	47 43–49	$28,453/yr	High	1.7x
153	Benedict College Columbia, SC	47 44–47	$21,607/yr	High	2.0x
154	Point Loma Nazarene University San Diego, CA	46 42–50	$27,037/yr	High	2.2x
155	John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR	46 43–49	$24,935/yr	High	2.4x
156	St. Joseph's University-New York Brooklyn, NY	43 40–44	$21,796/yr	High	0.6x

Highest Earning Human Development & Family Studies Programs

Schools where Human Development & Family Studies graduates earn the most in their first year after graduation.

School	1-Year Earnings	DW Score	AI Risk
National Louis University	$46,954/yr	70	High
Warner Pacific University	$45,523/yr	65	High
Warner Pacific University Professional and Graduate Studies	$45,523/yr	65	High
George Mason University	$45,140/yr	69	High
University of the District of Columbia	$44,819/yr	80	High
Tufts University	$44,345/yr	58	High
Walden University	$43,693/yr	68	High
North Dakota State University-Main Campus	$41,717/yr	69	High
Connecticut College	$41,609/yr	56	High
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	$41,243/yr	70	High

Best ROI for Human Development & Family Studies

Schools with the highest earnings-to-tuition ratio for Human Development & Family Studies.

School	ROI Multiple	Earnings	DW Score
Florida State University	22.6x	$29,690/yr	68
University of the District of Columbia	22.3x	$44,819/yr	80
California State University-East Bay	21.0x	$41,195/yr	77
University of Florida	18.6x	$35,759/yr	72
Ohio University-Eastern Campus	17.8x	$38,973/yr	75
Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus	17.8x	$38,973/yr	75
Ohio University-Southern Campus	17.8x	$38,973/yr	75
Ohio University-Lancaster Campus	17.8x	$38,973/yr	75
Ohio University-Zanesville Campus	17.8x	$38,973/yr	75
California State University-Long Beach	17.6x	$30,205/yr	66

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much do Human Development & Family Studies graduates earn?

Across 156 schools, Human Development & Family Studies graduates earn an average of $33,473 per year in their first year after graduation. Earnings range from $20,971 to $46,954 depending on the school.

What is the AI automation risk for Human Development & Family Studies?

Human Development & Family Studies is rated "High" for AI automation risk, with an average of 41% of job tasks exposed to large language models and AI tools. This means some career tasks in this field could be augmented or replaced by AI over the next decade.

Which school has the best Human Development & Family Studies program?

Based on our DegreeWorth Score (combining earnings, AI resilience, job market size, and ROI), University of the District of Columbia ranks #1 for Human Development & Family Studies with a score of 80/100 and graduate earnings of $44,819/yr.

Is a Human Development & Family Studies degree worth it?

On average, Human Development & Family Studies graduates earn 8.6x their in-state tuition over 10 years. This is a moderate return — school choice matters significantly.

About This Data

This page aggregates Human Development & Family Studies programs across 156 schools using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034), and AI automation risk research from OpenAI and academic institutions.

The DegreeWorth Score (0–100) combines four equally weighted factors: graduate earnings, AI resilience, job market size, and return on investment. Each school's program page includes three AI scenarios (optimistic, base case, pessimistic) showing how automation could affect 10-year earnings.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections), OpenAI GPTs-are-GPTs research (AI task exposure), Felten et al. AIOE. Last updated 2025.