by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Family & Community Services. 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 Southern University at New Orleans. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in human development, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The human development major at SUNO is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Human Development. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.
Here are some of the other rankings for SUNO.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at SUNO paid an average of $3,516 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $1,291 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $4,483 | $13,384 |
| Fees | $2,576 | $2,576 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,300 | $1,300 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $9,040 | $9,040 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $4,230 | $4,230 |
Learn more about SUNO tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Human Development students who received their bachelor’s degree at SUNO took out an average of $47,427 in student loans. That is 95% higher than the national average of $24,303.
Online degrees for the SUNO 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 SUNO Online Learning page.
About 92.9% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in human development in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 92.5%.
Around 85.7% of human development bachelor’s degree recipients at SUNO in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 39%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 12 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 0 |
| International Students | 2 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Human Development & Family Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Family & Community Services | 14 |
*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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