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                                Considering a degree in Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences?
                                
                                These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences majors who live in South Dakota.
                                
                                Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of South Dakota.
                                
                                Note: Net price is the actual cost of college paid after factoring in financial aid.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
                            
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina Central University | 7000 | 27000 | 0.7416 | 6,595 | 971 | 0.8697 | |
| 2 | Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus | 9900 | 21600 | 0.5416 | 4,250 | 970 | 0.9166 | |
| 3 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 11600 | 24800 | 0.5328 | 6,817 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 4 | California State University-Fresno | 12200 | 19600 | 0.3768 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 4 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 6 | California State University-Northridge | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4311 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
| 7 | Texas Tech University | 13900 | 27000 | 0.485 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 8 | Fort Valley State University | 14100 | 20300 | 0.306 | 2,558 | 940 | 0.628 | |
| 9 | Pittsburg State University | 14500 | 25200 | 0.4242 | 4,491 | 1055 | 0.8727 | |
| 9 | University of Houston | 14500 | 23600 | 0.3861 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 11 | Chadron State College | 15800 | 25600 | 0.3829 | 1,785 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Wayne State College | 15900 | 26400 | 0.3983 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 13 | Mississippi University for Women | 16000 | 21400 | 0.2527 | 1,995 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 14 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 16600 | 25200 | 0.3411 | 1,905 | 965 | 0.5754 | |
| 15 | Delta State University | 16700 | 23400 | 0.2865 | 1,876 | 1040 | 1 | |
| 16 | Sam Houston State University | 17100 | 23000 | 0.2565 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 16 | Southeast Missouri State University | 17100 | 30300 | 0.4359 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 18 | San Francisco State University | 17700 | 33300 | 0.4684 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 19 | Eastern Illinois University | 18000 | 27700 | 0.3515 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
| 20 | Morgan State University | 18100 | 19700 | 0.0813 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 21 | Texas Southern University | 18900 | 42400 | 0.5537 | 6,619 | 920 | 0.9335 | |
| 22 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3407 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 23 | Brigham Young University | 19100 | 29000 | 0.3411 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 24 | University of Wyoming | 20200 | 26700 | 0.2426 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 25 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20400 | 43700 | 0.5336 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 26 | South Dakota State University | 20800 | 25200 | 0.1739 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 27 | Carson-Newman University | 20900 | 51700 | 0.5956 | 1,606 | 1110 | 0.9045 | |
| 28 | Olivet Nazarene University | 21700 | 88800 | 0.7558 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 29 | Southern University and A & M College | 22000 | 27100 | 0.1884 | 6,571 | 960 | 0.4987 | |
| 30 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 22700 | 33900 | 0.3302 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 31 | Minnesota State University-Mankato | 22800 | 27100 | 0.1596 | 12,897 | 1055 | 0.9133 | |
| 32 | University of South Dakota | 23100 | 26000 | 0.1109 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 33 | Henderson State University | 23200 | 35900 | 0.3542 | 1,493 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 34 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 24100 | 24500 | 0.0163 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 35 | Freed-Hardeman University | 24300 | 35100 | 0.308 | 1,878 | 1180 | 0.9061 | |
| 36 | East Central University | 24900 | 33300 | 0.2524 | 2,644 | 1055 | 0.5815 | |
| 37 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 25000 | 51700 | 0.5162 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 38 | Montana State University | 25300 | 31400 | 0.1942 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 39 | Norfolk State University | 26100 | 40300 | 0.3526 | 5,510 | 950 | 0.8746 | |
| 40 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 26600 | 39000 | 0.3179 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 41 | Texas Woman's University | 26900 | 41300 | 0.3487 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 42 | Central Washington University | 27000 | 27200 | 0.0073 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 43 | Iowa State University | 27100 | 41400 | 0.3463 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 44 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 45 | Alabama A & M University | 28200 | 42800 | 0.3409 | 5,845 | 940 | 0.6622 | |
| 46 | California State University-Long Beach | 28400 | 38400 | 0.2608 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 46 | Seattle Pacific University | 28400 | 62600 | 0.5464 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 48 | Jacksonville State University | 28700 | 38200 | 0.2485 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 49 | Western Illinois University | 29200 | 31000 | 0.0607 | 5,025 | 990 | 0.7496 | |
| 50 | California State University-Sacramento | 30400 | 30900 | 0.0162 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 51 | South Carolina State University | 30700 | 41600 | 0.262 | 2,950 | 865 | 0.8262 | |
| 52 | Southeastern Louisiana University | 31500 | 43700 | 0.2792 | 13,206 | 1125 | 0.9387 | |
| 53 | North Carolina A & T State University | 32100 | 36400 | 0.118 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 54 | Bridgewater College | 32300 | 40200 | 0.1962 | 1,407 | 1174 | 0.9172 | |
| 55 | Liberty University | 32700 | 43900 | 0.2551 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 56 | Stephen F Austin State University | 34200 | 42800 | 0.2009 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 57 | Baylor University | 34400 | 70800 | 0.5138 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 58 | Tennessee Technological University | 35300 | 37100 | 0.0508 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 59 | University of Montevallo | 36000 | 46700 | 0.2291 | 2,545 | 1124 | 0.5579 | |
| 60 | University of Central Arkansas | 36500 | 38400 | 0.0491 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 61 | CUNY Queens College | 38300 | 38300 | 0 | 13,464 | 1146 | 0.6434 | |
| 62 | Illinois State University | 39300 | 45900 | 0.1455 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 63 | SUNY Oneonta | 40500 | 45300 | 0.1059 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 64 | Union University | 42200 | 64100 | 0.3415 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 65 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43300 | 46200 | 0.0624 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 66 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 46800 | 58900 | 0.2067 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 67 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 68 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 56000 | 0.125 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 69 | University of Utah | 51800 | 53700 | 0.0351 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 70 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 71 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | 
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.