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

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.

College Factual reviewed 6 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of human development & family studies. Combined, these schools handed out 451 bachelor's degrees in human development & family studies to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Human Development & Family Studies School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The human development bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

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

More Ways to Rank Human Development & Family Studies Schools

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 New York.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

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

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

Top New York Schools for a Bachelor's in Human Development

1

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

90 Annual Graduates

$38,401 Median Starting Salary

Cornell University is a good option for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in human development & family studies. Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the human development & family studies major at Cornell University get $4,328 more than the average college grad in this field shortly after graduation.

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2

Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

27 Annual Graduates

$36,858 Median Starting Salary

Syracuse University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in human development & family studies. Located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the human development & family studies major at Syracuse University make $2,785 more than the standard graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

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3

Binghamton University
Vestal, NY

118 Annual Graduates

$36,213 Median Starting Salary

$28,969 Median Student Debt

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in human development & family studies has to check out Binghamton University. Binghamton University is a fairly large public university located in the midsize suburb of Vestal.

Bachelor's recipients from the human development & family studies major at Binghamton University earn $2,140 above the standard college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.

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4

SUNY Oneonta
Oneonta, NY

36 Annual Graduates

$36,143 Median Starting Salary

$25,176 Median Student Debt

SUNY Oneonta is a wonderful decision for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in human development & family studies. SUNY Oneonta is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Oneonta.

Bachelor's recipients from the human development & family studies major at SUNY Oneonta make $2,070 more than the standard college grad in this field shortly after graduation.

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5

SUNY Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh, NY

18 Annual Graduates

$35,025 Median Starting Salary

SUNY Plattsburgh is a small public school located in the distant town of Plattsburgh.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the human development program earn an average of $35,025 in their early career salary.

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St. Joseph's College - New York
Brooklyn, NY

13 Annual Graduates

$21,796 Median Starting Salary

Located in the large city of Brooklyn, SJC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

After graduating, human development bachelor's recipients typically earn around $21,796 in the first five years of their career.

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Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Human Development & Family Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	274	390
Maryland	207	224
New Jersey	193	285
District of Columbia	126	28

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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	430
Child Care & Support Services Management	12
Child Development	9

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Textile & Apparel Studies	120
Food, Nutrition & Related Services	61
General Family & Consumer Sciences	48
Human Sciences Business Services	28
Housing	11

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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