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2021 Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region

23 Colleges
2,521 Bachelor's Degrees
$27,491 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Human Development & Family Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region

For this year's Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region ranking, we looked at 23 colleges that offer a bachelor's in human development. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent human development & family studies programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the human development & family studies program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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2021 Best Human Development & Family Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.

Top 10 Best Human Development & Family Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

Virginia Tech has taken the #1 spot in this year's human development & family studies ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a very large student population. Virginia Tech also made our Best Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies in the Southeast Region list, coming in at #1.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 19,796 students take at least one class online at Virginia Tech. 2,831 students are part time.

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University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

University of Florida landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best human development & family studies schools for non-traditional students. UF is a very large public school located in the city of Gainesville. UF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies in the Southeast Region list.

About 0.9% of UF students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 22,865 students take at least one class online at UF. There are roughly 11,205 part time students in attendance at UF.

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Our rankings recognize University of North Carolina at Greensboro as the #3 school in this year's rankings. UNC Greensboro is a fairly large public school located in the city of Greensboro. UNC Greensboro not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #8 on our Best Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies in the Southeast Region list.

The student loan default rate at UNC Greensboro is lower than is typical, just 2.7% of students default in three years. There are approximately 10,689 students at UNC Greensboro that take at least one class online. About 4,738 of the students at UNC Greensboro are attending part time.

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Our rankings recognize University of Georgia as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UGA has also earned the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies in the Southeast Region ranking.

About 0.8% of UGA students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 6,742 students take at least one class online at UGA. 4,437 of UGA students are attending part time.

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Our rankings recognize The University of Tennessee - Knoxville as the #5 school in this year's rankings. UT Knoxville is a very large public school located in the city of Knoxville. UT Knoxville not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #5 on our Best Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies in the Southeast Region list.

About 1.1% of UT Knoxville students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 12,626 students take at least one class online at UT Knoxville. There are roughly 3,889 part time students in attendance at UT Knoxville.

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East Carolina University earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a very large student population. ECU also took the #9 spot in our Best Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies in the Southeast Region rankings.

About 1.7% of ECU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 12,522 students take at least one class online at ECU. About 7,199 of the students at ECU are attending part time.

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Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL

Our rankings recognize Florida State University as the #7 school in this year's rankings. Located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public college with a very large student population. Florida State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our Best Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies in the Southeast Region list.

The student loan default rate at Florida State is lower than is typical, just 1.0% of students default in three years. There are approximately 20,172 students at Florida State that take at least one class online. About 8,311 of the students at Florida State are attending part time.

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Auburn University
Auburn, AL

Auburn University comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. Located in the small city of Auburn, Auburn is a public school with a very large student population. Auburn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies in the Southeast Region list.

The student loan default rate at Auburn is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. There are approximately 11,718 students at Auburn that take at least one class online. There are roughly 5,257 part time students in attendance at Auburn.

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The University of Alabama landed the #9 spot in our 2021 best human development & family studies schools for non-traditional students. UA is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Tuscaloosa. UA not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #7 on our Best Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies in the Southeast Region list.

About 1.2% of UA students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 9,339 students at UA that take at least one class online. 6,421 students are part time.

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John Brown University
Siloam Springs, AR

Our rankings recognize John Brown University as the #10 school in this year's rankings. JBU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Siloam Springs.

About 0.4% of JBU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 622 of JBU students are exclusively distance learners. 1,047 of JBU students are attending part time.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students Human Development & Family Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best for non-traditional students human development & family studies colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 454
Georgia 298
Tennessee 174
North Carolina 243
Virginia 345
South Carolina 150
Kentucky 62
Alabama 327
Louisiana 217
Mississippi 183
Arkansas 88
West Virginia 184

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Cost is for the top 23 schools only.

References

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