The main focus area for this major is General Human Development & Family Studies. 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 Washington State University. 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. Wazzu is in the top 10% of the country for human development. More specifically it was ranked #32 out of 317 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #1 in Washington.
Here are some of the other rankings for Wazzu.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Wazzu was $1,286 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $538 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $10,202 | $25,145 |
Fees | $1,968 | $1,968 |
Books and Supplies | $960 | $960 |
On Campus Room and Board | $11,848 | $11,848 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,542 | $3,542 |
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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 Wazzu took out an average of $25,000 in student loans. That is 3% higher than the national average of $24,303.
human development who receive their bachelor’s degree from Wazzu make an average of $34,590 a year during the early days of their career. That is 23% higher than the national average of $28,141.
Online degrees for the Wazzu 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 Wazzu Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in human development in 2019-2020, 92.9% of them were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 92.5%.
Around 38.3% of human development bachelor’s degree recipients at Wazzu in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 39%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 11 |
Black or African American | 2 |
Hispanic or Latino | 53 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 120 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 10 |
Human Development & Family Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Human Development & Family Studies | 196 |
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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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.