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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 Connecticut.
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 Connecticut.
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 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 2 | Southern Utah University | 10000 | 22200 | 0.5506 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 3 | Indiana State University | 10900 | 25900 | 0.5801 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 4 | University of California-San Diego | 11100 | 39700 | 0.7203 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 5 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11500 | 22900 | 0.4987 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 6 | Lamar University | 12000 | 22900 | 0.4754 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 6 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 9 | University of Idaho | 13800 | 25800 | 0.4659 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 9 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 11 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 30400 | 0.5445 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 11 | Texas Woman's University | 13900 | 23200 | 0.4002 | 10,039 | 1035 | 0.9612 | |
| 13 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14200 | 29600 | 0.521 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 14 | Sonoma State University | 14300 | 26700 | 0.4645 | 5,272 | 1050 | 0.9343 | |
| 15 | California State University-San Marcos | 14400 | 24700 | 0.4178 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 16 | Texas State University | 14700 | 25500 | 0.4238 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 17 | Kentucky State University | 14900 | 28900 | 0.4841 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 18 | Florida State University | 15400 | 22900 | 0.3271 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 18 | 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 | |
| 21 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16200 | 31000 | 0.4768 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 21 | University of Maine | 16200 | 29300 | 0.4474 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 23 | Georgia Southern University | 16400 | 20100 | 0.1836 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 24 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16800 | 43500 | 0.6133 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 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 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18000 | 27700 | 0.3501 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 29 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18000 | 28600 | 0.3704 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 31 | Benedict College | 18100 | 33000 | 0.4511 | 1,628 | 915 | 0.957 | |
| 32 | Connecticut College | 18600 | 95400 | 0.8045 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 32 | Stephens College | 18600 | 49900 | 0.6275 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7722 | |
| 32 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18600 | 22700 | 0.1806 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 32 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18600 | 31000 | 0.4005 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 36 | Columbia College | 19200 | 35800 | 0.4637 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 37 | University of Arizona | 19300 | 30900 | 0.376 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 38 | Gallaudet University | 19500 | 44600 | 0.5627 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 38 | SUNY Oneonta | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3344 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 40 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.1786 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 41 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 42 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 39200 | 0.4824 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 43 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20500 | 23200 | 0.1164 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 44 | University of Wyoming | 20600 | 27900 | 0.264 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 45 | Southern Virginia University | 20700 | 46700 | 0.5567 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9642 | |
| 46 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 20800 | 48900 | 0.5742 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 47 | Louisiana Tech University | 21000 | 26100 | 0.1956 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 48 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22300 | 43200 | 0.4839 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 49 | Washington State University | 23600 | 38700 | 0.3897 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 50 | Bradley University | 23900 | 50800 | 0.5295 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 51 | Abilene Christian University | 24300 | 59000 | 0.5877 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 52 | Temple University | 24500 | 36100 | 0.3216 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 53 | Seattle Pacific University | 25200 | 70000 | 0.64 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 54 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1143 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 55 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 25500 | 37500 | 0.3204 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 56 | Rockford University | 25700 | 59600 | 0.569 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 57 | Westminster College | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5504 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 58 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26100 | 36800 | 0.2909 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 59 | University of Mount Union | 26400 | 50900 | 0.4812 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 26500 | 48100 | 0.4494 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9806 | |
| 60 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 28900 | 0.0825 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 62 | Kansas State University | 26600 | 30400 | 0.1261 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 63 | California State University-San Bernardino | 26900 | 39100 | 0.3119 | 15,365 | 990 | 0.9374 | |
| 64 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6713 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 65 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0882 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 66 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28300 | 46000 | 0.3849 | 3,424 | 1209 | 0.7887 | |
| 67 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2152 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 68 | California State University-East Bay | 28900 | 45100 | 0.3594 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 68 | Montclair State University | 28900 | 36300 | 0.204 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 70 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29000 | 34000 | 0.1469 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 71 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2108 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 72 | Rivier University | 29500 | 65700 | 0.5509 | 1,252 | 1120 | 0.8259 | |
| 73 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 73 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30000 | 39200 | 0.235 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 75 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30900 | 45000 | 0.3121 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 76 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 77 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3347 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 78 | Baylor University | 31900 | 70300 | 0.546 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 78 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 31900 | 40900 | 0.22 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 80 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32100 | 34400 | 0.0662 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 81 | Samford University | 32400 | 64600 | 0.4986 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 81 | University of Rhode Island | 32400 | 44300 | 0.2684 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 83 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32900 | 44700 | 0.2639 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 84 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 85 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33400 | 41000 | 0.1862 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 86 | University of Central Missouri | 33600 | 35800 | 0.0636 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 87 | Hope International University | 34000 | 60500 | 0.4383 | 564 | 1027 | 0.3298 | |
| 88 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 89 | Mississippi State University | 36200 | 50500 | 0.283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 90 | Lesley University | 36400 | 54700 | 0.3347 | 1,229 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 91 | Southern Nazarene University | 38000 | 48400 | 0.2144 | 1,456 | 0 | 0 | |
| 91 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 91 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38000 | 38700 | 0.0181 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 94 | Oakwood University | 38500 | 43300 | 0.1105 | 1,177 | 1005 | 0.4522 | |
| 94 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38500 | 53100 | 0.2748 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 96 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 39800 | 53600 | 0.2576 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 97 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 40100 | 42500 | 0.0565 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 98 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40200 | 50000 | 0.1962 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 99 | Anderson University | 42300 | 53600 | 0.2108 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 100 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4477 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 101 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.0668 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 102 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0543 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 103 | University of Georgia | 48600 | 51600 | 0.0581 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 104 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 105 | Binghamton University | 50500 | 52800 | 0.0432 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 106 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0425 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 107 | George Mason University | 53700 | 61000 | 0.1197 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 108 | Howard University | 54800 | 66500 | 0.176 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 109 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 56600 | 0.0141 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 110 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 56900 | 59200 | 0.0385 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 111 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 112 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 113 | Berea College | 69000 | 69000 | 0 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 | |
| 114 | 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.