University of Houston Human Development and Family Studies (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
- Public university
- Houston, TX
- About 102 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
University of Houston human development and family studies graduates earn more than graduates of most human development and family studies programs nationally, $37,964 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $22,450 in federal loans, close to the national median of $25,000. It is one of the higher-paying human development and family studies degrees in Texas.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Texas and national columns are the medians across all human development and family studies bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, University of Houston graduates earn more than the national figure and about the same as the Texas median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Texas human development and family studies program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Texas medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 26% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Does family income change the outcome?
Graduates who received Pell Grants, which go to students from lower-income families, earned slightly more in their first year than other graduates, but borrowed more: a median of $24,312 against $20,309.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $238 a month, or 7.5% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual. Separately, 20 parents took out Parent PLUS loans for these students, with a median of $14,625.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
96% of graduates (122 of 127) were working in Texas one year after graduating. Prices in the Houston area are about 1% below the national average, so a $37,964 salary here buys what about $38,492 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to human development and family studies, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Childcare Workers
$28,570Median pay in Texas. 34,160 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 2% from 2025 to 2035, with about 150,300 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent.
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education
$33,860Median pay in Texas. 41,200 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 66,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: associate's degree.
Social and Human Service Assistants
$45,860Median pay in Texas. 21,620 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 48,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent.
Farm and Home Management Educators
$33,260Median pay in Texas. 470 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 3% from 2025 to 2035, with about 800 openings a year. Typical education to start: master's degree.
About University of Houston
Human Development and Family Studies ranks 36th of 54 bachelor's programs at University of Houston by first-year earnings. The top three are Electrical Engineering ($86,136), Nursing ($85,740), and Chemical Engineering ($84,468).
Common questions
The median graduate earns $37,964 one year after graduating and $47,975 five years after. The median across human development and family studies bachelor's programs in Texas is $32,628.
The median federal loan balance is $22,450, which ranks 6th lowest of 10 human development and family studies bachelor's programs in Texas. That works out to about $238 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 59% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 73%, and the share of borrowers in default two years into repayment is 20% or less.
Most do. 96% (122 of 127) were working in Texas one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Texas comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the human development and family studies program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024