Human Development & Family Studies is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #97 most popular master's degree program in the country. 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 Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for human development & family studies students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 31 master's degrees in human development & family studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on human development & family studies students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of human development & family studies students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt human development & family studies students go into to obtain their master'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 full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for human development & family studies students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Human Development & Family Studies Schools
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Human Development & Family Studies Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts list, to help you choose the best school for you.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Human Development & Family Studies in Massachusetts
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in human development & family studies.
Top Massachusetts Schools for a Master's in Human Development
Tufts University is a great decision for individuals interested in a master's degree in human development & family studies. Located in the suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.
Those human development & family studies students who get their master's degree from Tufts University receive $3,568 more than the typical human development grad.
Boston University is a good decision for students pursuing a master's degree in human development & family studies. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.
Students who graduate with their master's from the human development program state that they receive average early career wages of $42,687.
Human Development & Family Studies Related Rankings by Major
One of 8 majors within the Family, Consumer & Human Sciences area of study, Human Development & Family Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.
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).
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