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Considering a degree in Human Development and Family Studies?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Human Development and Family Studies majors who live in Alabama.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Human Development and Family Studies degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Alabama.
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 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 6900 | 41500 | 0.8345 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 3 | California State University-East Bay | 9200 | 45100 | 0.7964 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 4 | Kentucky State University | 9500 | 27400 | 0.6532 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 5 | Berea College | 9600 | 69400 | 0.8617 | 1,529 | 1209 | 0.1567 | |
| 6 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7362 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 7 | Indiana State University | 10600 | 25900 | 0.5917 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 8 | Southern Utah University | 10800 | 51400 | 0.7898 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 9 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11200 | 27300 | 0.5908 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 10 | University of California-San Diego | 12000 | 41600 | 0.712 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 12 | Louisiana Tech University | 12700 | 42900 | 0.7038 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 13 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 26500 | 0.5051 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 14 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 15 | University of Houston | 13900 | 21800 | 0.3623 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 16 | University of North Alabama | 14100 | 28200 | 0.5011 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 17 | Texas Woman's University | 14200 | 28200 | 0.4965 | 9,962 | 1010 | 0.9658 | |
| 18 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14300 | 26800 | 0.467 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 19 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14400 | 31000 | 0.5361 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 20 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14600 | 32700 | 0.5533 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 20 | California State University-San Marcos | 14600 | 38300 | 0.6186 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 22 | Troy University | 15100 | 26800 | 0.4354 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 23 | Sonoma State University | 15200 | 26700 | 0.4307 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 24 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15300 | 50100 | 0.6943 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 24 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15300 | 28200 | 0.4571 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 26 | Texas State University | 15500 | 26100 | 0.406 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 26 | University of Maine | 15500 | 29300 | 0.4713 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 28 | Florida State University | 15800 | 23000 | 0.3133 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 29 | Alcorn State University | 16200 | 22200 | 0.2697 | 2,469 | 905 | 0.3675 | |
| 30 | Greensboro College | 16400 | 38300 | 0.5713 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 30 | Kansas State University | 16400 | 26400 | 0.3798 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 32 | California State University-Long Beach | 16900 | 25800 | 0.345 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 33 | Georgia Southern University | 17100 | 20100 | 0.1489 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 34 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17500 | 33900 | 0.4836 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 35 | State University of New York at Oswego | 17700 | 27700 | 0.3609 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 36 | Columbia College | 18300 | 60700 | 0.698 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 36 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18300 | 44000 | 0.5837 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 36 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 39 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 40 | Connecticut College | 18900 | 93000 | 0.7965 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 41 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 42 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 19400 | 48900 | 0.6029 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 43 | Stephens College | 19800 | 70100 | 0.7174 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7709 | |
| 44 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19900 | 45100 | 0.559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 45 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 45 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 47 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 47 | University of Wyoming | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2742 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 49 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 49 | University of Rhode Island | 20500 | 47400 | 0.5676 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 51 | Washington State University | 20600 | 35900 | 0.4276 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 52 | SUNY Oneonta | 20700 | 55300 | 0.6262 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 53 | Stockton University | 21100 | 45800 | 0.5394 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 54 | Southern Virginia University | 21200 | 53200 | 0.6019 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9659 | |
| 55 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22300 | 37600 | 0.4069 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 55 | Rockford University | 22300 | 80500 | 0.7228 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 57 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 58 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 22800 | 42500 | 0.4635 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 59 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 23100 | 44800 | 0.484 | 3,604 | 1069 | 0.9761 | |
| 60 | Seattle Pacific University | 23500 | 98900 | 0.7627 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 61 | Lamar University | 23900 | 37700 | 0.3659 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 62 | University of North Texas | 24300 | 26100 | 0.0689 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 63 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 24400 | 47900 | 0.4902 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 64 | The University of Alabama | 24800 | 33400 | 0.2578 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 65 | Abilene Christian University | 25000 | 58800 | 0.5749 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 66 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25200 | 36800 | 0.3154 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 67 | Westminster College | 25600 | 57600 | 0.5555 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 68 | University of Arkansas | 26000 | 28500 | 0.0899 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 69 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1812 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 70 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26400 | 49600 | 0.4674 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 71 | University of Mount Union | 27000 | 56300 | 0.5211 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 72 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 73 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 74 | North Dakota State University | 27400 | 30400 | 0.0976 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 75 | University of Central Oklahoma | 28000 | 33800 | 0.1714 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 76 | University of Utah | 28400 | 32000 | 0.1114 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 77 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2171 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 78 | Mississippi State University | 29900 | 34400 | 0.1326 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 79 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30600 | 45000 | 0.3185 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 80 | Houston Christian University | 30700 | 60500 | 0.4928 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 80 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 82 | Kent State University at Kent | 30900 | 37500 | 0.1751 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 83 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31100 | 47100 | 0.3408 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 84 | Southern Nazarene University | 31800 | 48400 | 0.3442 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 85 | Anderson University | 32100 | 54700 | 0.4134 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 86 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32300 | 54400 | 0.4062 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 87 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.2752 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 88 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32500 | 35000 | 0.0732 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 89 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32600 | 44700 | 0.2706 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 90 | Baylor University | 33400 | 70400 | 0.5258 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 91 | Bridgewater College | 33900 | 42500 | 0.2018 | 1,412 | 1115 | 0.903 | |
| 92 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 93 | Samford University | 34800 | 93800 | 0.6291 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 94 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35200 | 35200 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 95 | Temple University | 35500 | 57200 | 0.3791 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 96 | Bradley University | 35800 | 60300 | 0.4064 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 97 | University of Connecticut | 36800 | 66200 | 0.4444 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 98 | Oakwood University | 37200 | 43300 | 0.1401 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 99 | Hope International University | 38000 | 58600 | 0.351 | 649 | 995 | 0.6253 | |
| 100 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 101 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 63300 | 0.3318 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 102 | Lesley University | 42500 | 57500 | 0.2609 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 102 | University of Arizona | 42500 | 48600 | 0.1254 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 104 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 105 | George Mason University | 43600 | 61400 | 0.2901 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 106 | Montclair State University | 44500 | 47000 | 0.0532 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 107 | Illinois State University | 45500 | 49100 | 0.0726 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 108 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 109 | Binghamton University | 50300 | 52800 | 0.0486 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 110 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 51100 | 64400 | 0.2065 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 111 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63600 | 0.0818 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 112 | Howard University | 60000 | 88500 | 0.3222 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60700 | 63600 | 0.0456 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.