by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Child Development. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Human Development & Family Studies is a major offered under the family, consumer and human sciences program of study at Alcorn State University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in human development, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at Alcorn State was ranked #302 on College Factual's Best Schools for human development list. It is also ranked #9 in Mississippi.
Here are some of the other rankings for Alcorn State.
Part-time undergraduates at Alcorn State paid an average of $304 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $6,044 | $6,044 |
| Fees | $1,246 | $1,246 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,586 | $1,586 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $10,788 | $10,788 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $3,100 | $3,100 |
Learn more about Alcorn State tuition and fees.
One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Human Development students who received their bachelor’s degree at Alcorn State took out an average of $36,632 in student loans. That is 51% higher than the national average of $24,303.
human development who receive their bachelor’s degree from Alcorn State make an average of $24,615 a year during the early days of their career. That is 13% lower than the national average of $28,141.
Online degrees for the Alcorn State human development bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Alcorn State Online Learning page.
Women made up around 90.9% of the human development students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 92.5%.
Of those students who received a bachelor’s degree in human development at Alcorn State in 2019-2020, all were racial-ethnic minorities*.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 11 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 0 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Human Development & Family Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Child Development | 11 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to human development and family studies.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Food, Nutrition & Related Services | 1 |
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*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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