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

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 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 129 bachelor's degrees in human development & family studies to qualified students.

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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

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 colleges 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 West Virginia 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 West Virginia

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

Top West Virginia Schools for a Bachelor's in Human Development

1

American Public University System
Charles Town, WV

110 Annual Graduates

$34,347 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat American Public University System if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in human development & family studies. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

After graduating, human development bachelor's recipients generally earn around $34,347 in their early careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in human development & family studies from American Public University System

2

West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV

18 Annual Graduates

$32,306 Median Starting Salary

$38,428 Median Student Debt

It is difficult to beat West Virginia University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in human development & family studies. Located in the city of Morgantown, WVU is a public university with a very large student population.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the human development program earn an average of $32,306 for their early career.

More information about a bachelor’s in human development & family studies from West Virginia University

Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges 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
Louisiana	171	217
Mississippi	169	183
Arkansas	167	88

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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
Early Childhood and Family Studies	110
Child Development	18
General Human Development & Family Studies	1

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Food, Nutrition & Related Services	1

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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