2024 Best Human Development & Family Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in human development & family studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #105 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for human development & family studies students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 13 doctor's degrees in human development & family studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to human development & family studies students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of human development & family studies students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt human development & family studies students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized human development & family studies related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for human development & family studies students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Human Development & Family Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Human Development & Family Studies in the Great Lakes Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in human development & family studies.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Doctorate in Human Development

1

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

2 Annual Graduates

Michigan State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in human development & family studies. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in human development & family studies from Michigan State University

2

Ohio State University - Main Campus
Columbus, OH

7 Annual Graduates

Ohio State University - Main Campus is a wonderful decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in human development & family studies. Ohio State is a very large public university located in the city of Columbus.More information about a doctorate in human development & family studies from Ohio State University - Main Campus

Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best human development & family studies colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	153	2
Michigan	149	2
Ohio	144	8
Indiana	132	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to Human Development

One of 8 majors within the Family, Consumer & Human Sciences area of study, Human Development & Family Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Human Development Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Human Development & Family Studies	10
Other Human Development, Family Studies, & Related Services	2
Adult Development & Aging	1

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Human Sciences Business Services	7
Food, Nutrition & Related Services	6
General Family & Consumer Sciences	5
Textile & Apparel Studies	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jsonin. More about our data sources and methodologies.