Human Development & Family Studies is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #17 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of human development & family studies. Combined, these schools handed out 182 associate degrees in human development & family studies to qualified students.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of associate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their associate 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 - How many other human development & family studies students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
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 associate 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 associate degree.
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 Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list, to help you choose the best school for you.
Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Human Development & Family Studies in Pennsylvania
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in human development & family studies.
Top Pennsylvania Schools for an Associate in Human Development
It's difficult to beat Community College of Allegheny County if you want to pursue an associate degree in human development & family studies. CCAC is a fairly large public college located in the city of Pittsburgh.
Associate graduates who receive their degree from the human development program make an average of $25,309 in their early career salary.
Harcum College is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in human development & family studies. Located in the large suburb of Bryn Mawr, Harcum College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
Those human development & family studies students who get their associate degree from Harcum College earn $2,101 more than the typical human development student.
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).