2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Human Development & Family Studies in Georgia

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Human Development and Family Studies Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 9,497 people earned their degree in general human development and family studies, making the major the 88th most popular in the United States.

Across Georgia, there were 261 general human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 249 general human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,491 and $29,433 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Human Development and Family Studies Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general human development and family studies. To top this list, a school must have a successful general human development and family studies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Human Development and Family Studies Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia bachelor’s degree human development and family studies students.

Top 3 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Human Development & Family Studies in Georgia

1

University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

#3 overall quality in Georgia

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Human Development and Family Studies Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Georgia is a public institution located in Athens, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 183 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Read full report on General Human Development & Family Studies at UGA

2

Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, Georgia

#7 overall quality in Georgia

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Human Development and Family Studies Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Southern University landed the #2 spot on the list. GaSou is located in Statesboro, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 66 bachelors’s human development and family studies degrees to qualified students.

Full Georgia Southern University General Human Development & Family Studies Report

3

Fort Valley State University
Fort Valley, Georgia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fort Valley State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Human Development and Family Studies Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Fort Valley, Georgia, this small public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s human development and family studies students in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Human Development & Family Studies at Fort Valley State University

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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