2025 Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Oregon

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Oregon ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 237 bachelor's degrees in human development & family studies during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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 bachelor's 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 bachelor'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 schools for human development & family studies students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 the Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Oregon.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Human Development & Family Studies in Oregon

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in human development & family studies.

Top Oregon Schools for a Bachelor's in Human Development

1

Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR

169 Annual Graduates

$33,543 Median Starting Salary

$33,413 Median Student Debt

Oregon State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in human development & family studies. Oregon State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Corvallis.

Soon after graduating, human development bachelor's recipients typically earn about $33,543 in their early careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in human development & family studies from Oregon State University

2

Portland State University
Portland, OR

57 Annual Graduates

$32,481 Median Starting Salary

Portland State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in human development & family studies. Portland State University is a very large public university located in the large city of Portland.

After graduating, human development bachelor's recipients usually make about $32,481 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in human development & family studies from Portland State University

Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

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Rankings in Majors Related to Human Development

Human Development & Family Studies is one of 8 different types of Family, Consumer & Human Sciences programs to choose from.

Human Development Concentrations

Most Popular Majors Related to Human Development

Notes and References

• 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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