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

a bachelor's degree in human development & family studies is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #39 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

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 Tennessee ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 195 bachelor's degrees in human development & family studies during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 complete 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

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 Tennessee 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 Tennessee

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for human development & family studies students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Tennessee Schools for a Bachelor's in Human Development

1

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Knoxville, TN

96 Annual Graduates

$32,300 Median Starting Salary

$30,755 Median Student Debt

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in human development & family studies has to take a look at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. Located in the city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public university with a very large student population.

After graduating, human development bachelor's recipients generally make around $32,300 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in human development & family studies from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

2

East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN

35 Annual Graduates

$33,301 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat East Tennessee State University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in human development & family studies. Located in the city of Johnson City, ETSU is a public university with a large student population.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the human development program earn an average of $33,301 in the first couple years of working.

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

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
North Carolina	213	243
Virginia	213	345
South Carolina	195	150
Kentucky	187	62
Alabama	184	327
Louisiana	171	217
Mississippi	169	183
Arkansas	167	88
West Virginia	147	184

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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

Major	Annual Graduates
General Human Development & Family Studies	96
Child Development	57
Family & Community Services	22
Family Systems	12
Early Childhood and Family Studies	8

Majors Similar to Human Development

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Family & Consumer Economics	84
General Family & Consumer Sciences	83
Food, Nutrition & Related Services	36
Textile & Apparel Studies	18

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.