Career Placement Outcomes - Human Development and Family Studies

Doctoral Students Between 2011 and 2018

Employed In-field Employed Out-of-field Continuing Education Seeking Response rate:
89.5% 0% 0% 5.3% 94.8 %

Master's Students Between 2011 and 2018

Employed In-field Employed Out-of-field Continuing Education Seeking Response rate:
32.2% 0% 48.3% 7.2% 87.5 %

* The above data are based on an employment survey completed within 6 months after graduation. If the percentages do not add up to 100%, the remaining graduates were not seeking employment at the 6-month mark.

Roles and Workspace for 2019-2021 Doctoral and Master's Graduates

  4-year college/master's university For-profit company Non-profit Research university Other
Extension/Outreach/Informal       1  
Faculty 2     1  
Management     1    
Postdoc       1  
Research Staff   1   2 1
Other 1     3 2

Employment Statistics: National Science Board (NSB) infographic of long-term career trajectories show the diverse possibilities for this discipline.