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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 | 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 | 30100 | 0.6953 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 4 | Kentucky State University | 9400 | 27400 | 0.6569 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 5 | Indiana State University | 9600 | 25900 | 0.6303 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 6 | Berea College | 9700 | 69400 | 0.8603 | 1,529 | 1209 | 0.1567 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 10200 | 51400 | 0.8015 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 7 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7362 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 9 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10500 | 27300 | 0.6164 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 10 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11000 | 31400 | 0.6498 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 12 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12600 | 26500 | 0.5239 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 13 | Louisiana Tech University | 12900 | 42900 | 0.6992 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 14 | University of Arizona | 13000 | 31000 | 0.5803 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 15 | Texas Woman's University | 13600 | 28200 | 0.5178 | 9,962 | 1010 | 0.9658 | |
| 16 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14100 | 32700 | 0.5686 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 17 | California State University-San Marcos | 14400 | 24700 | 0.4178 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 17 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14400 | 50100 | 0.7122 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 19 | Sonoma State University | 14500 | 41200 | 0.6481 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 19 | Texas State University | 14500 | 26700 | 0.4562 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 21 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14700 | 31600 | 0.5354 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 22 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 14800 | 26000 | 0.4303 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 22 | University of Maine | 14800 | 29300 | 0.4952 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 24 | Greensboro College | 15400 | 38300 | 0.5974 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 25 | Alcorn State University | 15800 | 22200 | 0.2877 | 2,469 | 905 | 0.3675 | |
| 26 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16100 | 26500 | 0.3942 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 27 | Georgia Southern University | 16300 | 49700 | 0.6722 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 28 | California State University-Long Beach | 16400 | 25800 | 0.3644 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 29 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17200 | 44100 | 0.6103 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 30 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17300 | 44000 | 0.6064 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 31 | State University of New York at Oswego | 17500 | 27700 | 0.3681 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 32 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 18000 | 48900 | 0.6315 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 32 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18000 | 27500 | 0.3457 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 32 | University of Rhode Island | 18000 | 33900 | 0.4691 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 35 | Columbia College | 18200 | 60700 | 0.6996 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 36 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 37 | Stephens College | 18600 | 70100 | 0.7345 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7709 | |
| 38 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18700 | 54000 | 0.6534 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 39 | Stockton University | 19200 | 32100 | 0.4017 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 40 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 19300 | 40900 | 0.5287 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 41 | University of Houston | 19400 | 28400 | 0.3173 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 42 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 42 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 44 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 44 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 39200 | 0.4824 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 44 | University of Wyoming | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2742 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 47 | SUNY Oneonta | 20400 | 55300 | 0.6317 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 48 | North Dakota State University | 20600 | 25700 | 0.2008 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 49 | Southern Virginia University | 20700 | 53200 | 0.6114 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9659 | |
| 50 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 21300 | 49600 | 0.5702 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 51 | Utah State University | 21800 | 38800 | 0.4382 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 52 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22000 | 34200 | 0.357 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 53 | Florida State University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 53 | Rockford University | 22200 | 80500 | 0.7241 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 55 | Seattle Pacific University | 22300 | 98900 | 0.7748 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 55 | The University of Alabama | 22300 | 33400 | 0.3322 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 57 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 58 | Illinois State University | 22800 | 36400 | 0.3742 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 59 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 23000 | 44800 | 0.4862 | 3,604 | 1069 | 0.9761 | |
| 59 | Lamar University | 23000 | 37700 | 0.3897 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 61 | University of North Texas | 23500 | 37400 | 0.3714 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23700 | 47900 | 0.5048 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 63 | Abilene Christian University | 24200 | 58800 | 0.5886 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 64 | Westminster College | 25600 | 57600 | 0.5555 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 65 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1824 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 66 | University of Arkansas | 26400 | 44700 | 0.4087 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 67 | University of Mount Union | 27000 | 56300 | 0.5211 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 68 | University of Utah | 28400 | 32000 | 0.1114 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 69 | Mississippi State University | 29900 | 34400 | 0.1326 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 70 | George Mason University | 30400 | 35700 | 0.1483 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 71 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30600 | 45000 | 0.3185 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 72 | Houston Christian University | 30700 | 60500 | 0.4928 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 72 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 74 | Kent State University at Kent | 30900 | 37500 | 0.1751 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 75 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31100 | 47100 | 0.3408 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 76 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31800 | 54400 | 0.4154 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 76 | Southern Nazarene University | 31800 | 48400 | 0.3442 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 78 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 79 | Anderson University | 32300 | 54700 | 0.4098 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 79 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32300 | 43900 | 0.2643 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 81 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 81 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32500 | 35000 | 0.0732 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 83 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32900 | 44700 | 0.2639 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 84 | Baylor University | 33600 | 70400 | 0.523 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 85 | Connecticut College | 33800 | 91700 | 0.6317 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 86 | Bridgewater College | 33900 | 42500 | 0.2018 | 1,412 | 1115 | 0.903 | |
| 87 | Samford University | 34400 | 93800 | 0.6333 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 88 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 89 | University of Nevada-Reno | 34700 | 45800 | 0.2425 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 90 | Bradley University | 35100 | 60300 | 0.418 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 91 | Texas Tech University | 35300 | 41000 | 0.1391 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 92 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 35500 | 39700 | 0.1058 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 93 | Temple University | 35600 | 57200 | 0.3774 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 94 | University of Connecticut | 36900 | 66200 | 0.4429 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 94 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66700 | 0.4469 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 96 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 97 | Hope International University | 38000 | 58600 | 0.351 | 649 | 995 | 0.6253 | |
| 98 | Oakwood University | 38200 | 43300 | 0.117 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 99 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 100 | Lesley University | 42500 | 57500 | 0.2609 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 101 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 102 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0918 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 103 | Montclair State University | 44300 | 47000 | 0.0575 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 104 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2766 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 105 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 106 | University of California-San Diego | 48400 | 79600 | 0.3918 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 107 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 49300 | 64400 | 0.2344 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 108 | Binghamton University | 50300 | 52800 | 0.0486 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 109 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 110 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63600 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 111 | Howard University | 60000 | 88500 | 0.3222 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.