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

Human Development & Family Studies is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #39 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Oklahoma ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 209 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

Your choice of human development & family studies for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality human development program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

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

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 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Oklahoma list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

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

Top Oklahoma Schools for a Bachelor's in Human Development

1

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus
Stillwater, OK

100 Annual Graduates

$41,243 Median Starting Salary

$31,270 Median Student Debt

It's hard to beat Oklahoma State University - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in human development & family studies. OSU is a fairly large public university located in the distant town of Stillwater.

Bachelor's recipients from the human development & family studies program at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus make $3,545 above the average college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.

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2

Southern Nazarene University
Bethany, OK

25 Annual Graduates

$41,062 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat Southern Nazarene University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in human development & family studies. Located in the suburb of Bethany, SNU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the human development & family studies degree program at Southern Nazarene University earn $3,364 more than the average college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.

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3

University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond, OK

33 Annual Graduates

$35,491 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in human development & family studies needs to look into University of Central Oklahoma. UCO is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Edmond.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the human development program report average early career earnings of $35,491.

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4

Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Durant, OK

24 Annual Graduates

$32,997 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in human development & family studies has to take a look at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Located in the town of Durant, Southeastern Oklahoma State University is a public university with a medium-sized student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the human development program report average early career income of $32,997.

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Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	245	964
Arizona	200	103
New Mexico	133	36

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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	157
Child Care Provider/Assistant	24
Child Development	22
Child Care & Support Services Management	4
Family & Community Services	2

Most Popular Majors Related to Human Development

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Food, Nutrition & Related Services	78
Textile & Apparel Studies	17
General Family & Consumer Sciences	10

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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