Market Analysis of Undergraduate Degrees Related to Human Factors, HCI, and UX

In December 2023, a search for undergraduate degrees related to HCI, UX, and human factors was conducted. Once a program was located, data was collected about the degree title, degree type, the program URL, the number of credits required, the home school or college of the program, and the terminology used in the marketing copy. Seventy degrees were found, with enormously varying titles. Of those, 46% contained the word “design,” and 39% contained “interactive” or “interaction.” Other terms such as “computing” (21%) and “human” (19%) were less prevalent, with “user experience” or “UX” in only 14%. When examining the home school or college that hosted the degree program, it was found at 24% of programs lived in design-focused units. The next highest category of host was Liberal Arts and Humanities (21%). These results may inform other human factors-related programs as they grow.