by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Human Development Major in the New England Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 42,112 people earned their degree in human development and family studies, making the major the 44th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, human development and family studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $28,862 and had an average of $22,387 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 1,238 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,507 and $23,372 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 275 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,618 and $16,599 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Human Development Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered a degree in human development and family studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their human development and family studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Human Development Major in the New England Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Post University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Human Development Major in the New England Region. Post University is located in Waterbury, Connecticut and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 165 associates’s human development degrees to qualified students.
Full Post University Human Development & Family Studies Report
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Human Development Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Shore Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Danvers, Massachusetts, this small public school awarded 36 diplomas to qualified associates’s human development students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Human Development & Family Studies at North Shore Community College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Three Rivers Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Human Development Major in the New England Region. Three Rivers Community College is a public institution located in Norwich, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Human Development & Family Studies at Three Rivers Community College
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Human Development Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Holyoke Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Holyoke, Massachusetts, this small public school handed out 18 degrees to qualified associates’s human development students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Human Development & Family Studies at Holyoke Community College
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Human Development Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mount Wachusett Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Gardner, Massachusetts, this small public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified associates’s human development students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
With a ranking of #6, Massasoit Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Human Development Major in the New England Region list. Located in Brockton, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school awarded 13 degrees to qualified associates’s human development students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Human Development & Family Studies at Massasoit Community College
With a ranking of #7, Manchester Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Human Development Major in the New England Region list. Manchester Community College is a small public school situated in Manchester, Connecticut. It awarded 11 associates’s human development degrees in 2020-2021.
Tunxis Community College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Human Development Major in the New England Region ranking. This small school is located in Farmington, Connecticut, and it awarded 6 associates’s human development degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Tunxis Community College Human Development & Family Studies Report
Goodwin College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Human Development Major in the New England Region ranking. East Hartford, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s human development degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Pine Manor College landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Human Development Major in the New England Region ranking. Pine Manor College is a small school located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts that handed out 0 associates’s human development degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full Pine Manor College Human Development & Family Studies Report
Community College of Rhode Island did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Human Development Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #10. CCRI is a public institution located in Warwick, Rhode Island. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Human Development & Family Studies at Community College of Rhode Island
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