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

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in human development & family studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #39 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Wisconsin to determine which ones were the best for human development & family studies students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 202 bachelor's degrees in human development & family studies to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on human development & family studies students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of human development & family studies students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for human development & family studies to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• 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 colleges for human development & family studies students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Human Development & Family Studies Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin list to help you make the college decision.

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

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in human development & family studies.

Top Wisconsin Schools for a Bachelor's in Human Development

1

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI

158 Annual Graduates

$34,149 Median Starting Salary

$33,524 Median Student Debt

It is difficult to beat University of Wisconsin - Madison if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in human development & family studies. UW - Madison is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Madison.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the human development program make around $34,149 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in human development & family studies from University of Wisconsin - Madison

2

University of Wisconsin - Stout
Menomonie, WI

44 Annual Graduates

$37,050 Median Starting Salary

University of Wisconsin - Stout is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in human development & family studies. Located in the distant town of Menomonie, UW - Stout is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.

After graduating, human development bachelor's recipients usually earn an average of $37,050 in their early careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in human development & family studies from University of Wisconsin - Stout

Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	261	472
Ohio	252	497
Illinois	241	330
Indiana	235	142

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Human Development & Family Studies Related Rankings by Major

One of 8 majors within the Family, Consumer & Human Sciences area of study, Human Development & Family Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Human Development Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Human Development & Family Studies	171
Family & Community Services	31

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Textile & Apparel Studies	29

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jsonin. More about our data sources and methodologies.