by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Ohio” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Human Development & Family Studies is the 44th most popular major in the country with 42,112 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Ohio, there were 766 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,732 and $22,180 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,359 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Ohio” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in human development and family studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in human development and family studies.
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The human development school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Ohio”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Ohio”.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Akron Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Akron, Ohio, this fairly large public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s human development students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Ohio. OHIO Athens is located in Athens, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s human development degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Ohio. Columbus, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s human development degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
Full Ohio State University - Main Campus Human Development & Family Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kent State University at Kent. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Ohio list. This large school is located in Kent, Ohio, and it awarded 1 masters’s human development degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Human Development & Family Studies at Kent State University at Kent
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Development Major in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Miami University - Oxford landed the #5 spot on the list. Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large school located in Oxford, Ohio that handed out 0 masters’s human development degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
Full Miami University - Oxford Human Development & Family Studies Report
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