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

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 looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 214 bachelor's degrees in human development & family studies during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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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 good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of different 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 Louisiana.

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 Louisiana

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

Top Louisiana Schools for a Bachelor's in Human Development

1

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, LA

37 Annual Graduates

$29,539 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in human development & family studies needs to take a look at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. Louisiana State University is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the human development program earn an average of $29,539 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in human development & family studies from Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

2

University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, LA

55 Annual Graduates

$29,094 Median Starting Salary

University of Louisiana at Lafayette is a good option for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in human development & family studies. UL Lafayette is a large public university located in the city of Lafayette.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the human development program state that they receive average early career earnings of $29,094.

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

3

Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA

33 Annual Graduates

$26,591 Median Starting Salary

$24,887 Median Student Debt

It is hard to beat Louisiana Tech University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in human development & family studies. Located in the distant town of Ruston, Louisiana Tech is a public university with a fairly large student population.

After graduating, human development bachelor's recipients typically make about $26,591 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in human development & family studies from Louisiana Tech University

4

Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Natchitoches, LA

50 Annual Graduates

$27,373 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in human development & family studies has to take a look at Northwestern State University of Louisiana. Located in the remote town of Natchitoches, NSU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the human development program earn around $27,373 in their early career salary.

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

Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	454
Georgia	224	298
Tennessee	220	174
North Carolina	213	243
Virginia	213	345
South Carolina	195	150
Kentucky	187	62
Alabama	184	327
Mississippi	169	183
Arkansas	167	88
West Virginia	147	184

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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	175
Other Human Development, Family Studies, & Related Services	25
Family & Community Services	14

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Family & Consumer Sciences	56
Textile & Apparel Studies	52

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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