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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 California.
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 California.
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 | Santa Ana College | 4500 | 23100 | 0.8046 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 4 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 5 | Southern Utah University | 10000 | 22200 | 0.5506 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 6 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11000 | 25700 | 0.5713 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 7 | University of California-San Diego | 11200 | 39700 | 0.718 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 8 | Texas Woman's University | 11800 | 28200 | 0.5816 | 10,039 | 1035 | 0.9612 | |
| 9 | Lamar University | 12000 | 22900 | 0.4754 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 11 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12500 | 26500 | 0.5277 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 12 | University of Houston | 13200 | 22000 | 0.3993 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 13 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 30400 | 0.5445 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 14 | Sonoma State University | 14100 | 26900 | 0.475 | 5,272 | 1050 | 0.9343 | |
| 15 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14200 | 29600 | 0.521 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 16 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14400 | 31700 | 0.5465 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 17 | California State University-East Bay | 14500 | 30200 | 0.5211 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 18 | Kentucky State University | 14900 | 28900 | 0.4841 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 19 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 26100 | 0.4106 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 20 | Alcorn State University | 15800 | 25900 | 0.3899 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 20 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 22 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16000 | 40600 | 0.6053 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 23 | Georgia Southern University | 16400 | 20100 | 0.1836 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 24 | Connecticut College | 16600 | 95300 | 0.8254 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 25 | Houston Christian University | 16900 | 56800 | 0.7024 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 26 | Greensboro College | 17100 | 37800 | 0.5475 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 27 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 28 | Texas Tech University | 17900 | 27100 | 0.34 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 29 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18000 | 28600 | 0.3704 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 30 | Benedict College | 18100 | 33000 | 0.4511 | 1,628 | 915 | 0.957 | |
| 31 | Stephens College | 18600 | 49900 | 0.6275 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7722 | |
| 31 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18600 | 22700 | 0.1806 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 31 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 18600 | 31400 | 0.4077 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 31 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18600 | 31000 | 0.4005 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 35 | Columbia College | 19200 | 35800 | 0.4637 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 36 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 37 | Gallaudet University | 19500 | 44600 | 0.5627 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 38 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.1786 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 39 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20500 | 23200 | 0.1164 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 40 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 40 | Southern Virginia University | 20700 | 46700 | 0.5567 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9642 | |
| 42 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 20800 | 48900 | 0.5742 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 42 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1898 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 44 | Louisiana Tech University | 21000 | 26100 | 0.1956 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 45 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21700 | 25400 | 0.1468 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 46 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22300 | 43200 | 0.4839 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 47 | Florida State University | 22500 | 32400 | 0.306 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 48 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23400 | 34400 | 0.3197 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 49 | Indiana State University | 23500 | 32400 | 0.2748 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 50 | Washington State University | 23600 | 38700 | 0.3897 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 51 | Bradley University | 23900 | 50800 | 0.5295 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 52 | Abilene Christian University | 24300 | 59000 | 0.5877 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 53 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25100 | 38400 | 0.3467 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 54 | Seattle Pacific University | 25200 | 70000 | 0.64 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 55 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1143 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 56 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 56 | Rockford University | 25700 | 59600 | 0.569 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 58 | Southern University at New Orleans | 25900 | 42300 | 0.3875 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 58 | Westminster College | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5504 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 60 | University of Mount Union | 26400 | 50900 | 0.4812 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 26500 | 48100 | 0.4494 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9806 | |
| 61 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 28900 | 0.0825 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 63 | Kansas State University | 26600 | 30400 | 0.1261 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 64 | University of Idaho | 26900 | 30600 | 0.1211 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 65 | University of Arizona | 27200 | 37700 | 0.2789 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 66 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6713 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 67 | California State University-San Bernardino | 28000 | 39100 | 0.2838 | 15,365 | 990 | 0.9374 | |
| 67 | Texas State University | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 69 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.1323 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 70 | California State University-San Marcos | 28200 | 38300 | 0.2636 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 71 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28300 | 46000 | 0.3849 | 3,424 | 1209 | 0.7887 | |
| 72 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2152 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 73 | Montclair State University | 28900 | 36300 | 0.204 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 74 | Rivier University | 29500 | 65700 | 0.5509 | 1,252 | 1120 | 0.8259 | |
| 75 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 76 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30900 | 45000 | 0.3121 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 77 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 78 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3347 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 79 | Baylor University | 31900 | 70300 | 0.546 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 79 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 31900 | 40900 | 0.22 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 81 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 82 | Samford University | 32400 | 64600 | 0.4986 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 82 | University of Rhode Island | 32400 | 46400 | 0.3015 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 84 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 85 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32800 | 40200 | 0.1841 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 86 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32900 | 44700 | 0.2639 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 87 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 88 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33400 | 41000 | 0.1862 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 89 | University of Central Missouri | 33600 | 35800 | 0.0636 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 90 | Hope International University | 34000 | 60500 | 0.4384 | 564 | 1027 | 0.3298 | |
| 91 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 92 | Temple University | 35400 | 56400 | 0.3724 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 93 | Lesley University | 36400 | 54700 | 0.3347 | 1,229 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 94 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66300 | 0.4436 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 95 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3062 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 96 | Southern Nazarene University | 38000 | 48400 | 0.2144 | 1,456 | 0 | 0 | |
| 96 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38000 | 38700 | 0.0181 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 98 | Oakwood University | 38500 | 43300 | 0.1105 | 1,177 | 1005 | 0.4522 | |
| 99 | University of Maine | 39600 | 45200 | 0.124 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 100 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1166 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 101 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40200 | 50000 | 0.1962 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 102 | SUNY Oneonta | 41700 | 41700 | 0 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 103 | Anderson University | 42300 | 53600 | 0.2108 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 104 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42800 | 56200 | 0.2385 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 105 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4477 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 106 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.0668 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 107 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0425 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 108 | University of Georgia | 51600 | 52800 | 0.0227 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 109 | George Mason University | 53700 | 61000 | 0.1197 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 110 | Howard University | 54800 | 66500 | 0.176 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 111 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 56600 | 0.0141 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 112 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 114 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60400 | 64100 | 0.0577 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 115 | Berea College | 69000 | 69000 | 0 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 | |
| 116 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.