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

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 Florida ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 336 bachelor's degrees in human development & family studies during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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

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 complete 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.

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

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

Top Florida Schools for a Bachelor's in Human Development

1

Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL

246 Annual Graduates

$29,690 Median Starting Salary

$26,054 Median Student Debt

It's hard to beat Florida State University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in human development & family studies. Florida State is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the human development program report average early career earnings of $29,690.

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

2

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

71 Annual Graduates

$35,759 Median Starting Salary

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

Human Development & Family Studies bachelor's degree recipients from University of Florida earn a boost of around $3,035 above the average earnings of human development & family studies graduates.

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

Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region

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Human Development & Family Studies Related Rankings by Major

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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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