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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 Iowa.
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 Iowa.
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 | 0.8333 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 3 | California State University-East Bay | 9500 | 30100 | 0.6853 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 3 | 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 | Southern Utah University | 10900 | 51400 | 0.7879 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 8 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11000 | 27300 | 0.5981 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 9 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11500 | 31400 | 0.6338 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 11 | University of Idaho | 12900 | 27800 | 0.5369 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 12 | Louisiana Tech University | 13400 | 42900 | 0.6875 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 13 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14000 | 26800 | 0.4782 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 14 | Texas Woman's University | 14200 | 23200 | 0.3873 | 9,962 | 1010 | 0.9658 | |
| 14 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14200 | 31000 | 0.5426 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 16 | California State University-San Marcos | 14400 | 38300 | 0.6238 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 17 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14500 | 32700 | 0.5564 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 18 | Sonoma State University | 14800 | 41200 | 0.6408 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 19 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15000 | 50100 | 0.7003 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 20 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15100 | 31600 | 0.5228 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 20 | Texas State University | 15100 | 26700 | 0.4338 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 22 | University of Maine | 15200 | 29300 | 0.4815 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 23 | Florida State University | 15700 | 23000 | 0.3177 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 24 | University of North Texas | 16000 | 26100 | 0.3867 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 25 | Alcorn State University | 16100 | 22200 | 0.2742 | 2,469 | 905 | 0.3675 | |
| 25 | Greensboro College | 16100 | 38300 | 0.5791 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 25 | Kansas State University | 16100 | 26400 | 0.3909 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 28 | Indiana State University | 16500 | 32400 | 0.4909 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 29 | California State University-Long Beach | 16700 | 25800 | 0.3528 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 29 | Georgia Southern University | 16700 | 49700 | 0.6641 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 31 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17900 | 44000 | 0.5928 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 32 | Columbia College | 18300 | 60700 | 0.698 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 33 | Connecticut College | 18900 | 93000 | 0.7965 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 33 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 18900 | 48900 | 0.6131 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 36 | Stephens College | 19400 | 70100 | 0.7231 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7709 | |
| 37 | SUNY Oneonta | 19600 | 29300 | 0.331 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 38 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19800 | 40200 | 0.5076 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 39 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19900 | 45100 | 0.559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 40 | University of Houston | 20100 | 28400 | 0.2926 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 40 | University of Rhode Island | 20100 | 47400 | 0.5761 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 42 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 43 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 43 | University of Wyoming | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2742 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 45 | Stockton University | 20600 | 45800 | 0.5504 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 45 | Washington State University | 20600 | 35900 | 0.4276 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 47 | Southern Virginia University | 21000 | 53200 | 0.6057 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9659 | |
| 48 | Iowa State University | 21100 | 25700 | 0.1794 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 49 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 21700 | 49600 | 0.5621 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 49 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21700 | 25900 | 0.1598 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 51 | Utah State University | 21800 | 38800 | 0.4382 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 52 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22300 | 37600 | 0.4069 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 53 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22400 | 34200 | 0.3453 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 53 | Rockford University | 22400 | 80500 | 0.7216 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 55 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 56 | The University of Alabama | 22700 | 33400 | 0.3202 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 57 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 23100 | 44800 | 0.484 | 3,604 | 1069 | 0.9761 | |
| 57 | Seattle Pacific University | 23100 | 98900 | 0.7667 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 59 | Lamar University | 23600 | 37700 | 0.3738 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 24100 | 47900 | 0.4964 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 61 | Abilene Christian University | 24700 | 58800 | 0.5801 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 62 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25500 | 39400 | 0.3529 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 63 | Westminster College | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5538 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 64 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1807 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 65 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26600 | 40600 | 0.3448 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 66 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 44700 | 0.3997 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 67 | University of Mount Union | 27000 | 56300 | 0.5211 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 68 | North Dakota State University | 27400 | 30400 | 0.0976 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 69 | University of Central Oklahoma | 27700 | 33800 | 0.1803 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 70 | Mississippi State University | 29900 | 34400 | 0.1326 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 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 | |
| 73 | Kent State University at Kent | 30900 | 37500 | 0.1751 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 74 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31100 | 47100 | 0.3408 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 75 | Southern Nazarene University | 31800 | 48400 | 0.3442 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 76 | Anderson University | 32100 | 54700 | 0.4134 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 76 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32100 | 54400 | 0.4099 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 78 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32300 | 43900 | 0.2643 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 79 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 80 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 81 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32700 | 44700 | 0.2684 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 82 | Illinois State University | 32900 | 36400 | 0.0979 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 83 | Baylor University | 33500 | 70400 | 0.5244 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 84 | Bridgewater College | 33900 | 42500 | 0.2018 | 1,412 | 1115 | 0.903 | |
| 85 | University of Vermont | 34300 | 66300 | 0.4821 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 86 | Samford University | 34700 | 93800 | 0.6301 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 86 | University of Nevada-Reno | 34700 | 45800 | 0.2425 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 88 | Bradley University | 35500 | 60300 | 0.4114 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 88 | Temple University | 35500 | 57200 | 0.3791 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 90 | Texas Tech University | 35800 | 41000 | 0.1269 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 91 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35900 | 54000 | 0.3352 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 92 | University of Connecticut | 36900 | 66200 | 0.4429 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 93 | Hope International University | 38000 | 58600 | 0.351 | 649 | 995 | 0.6253 | |
| 94 | Oakwood University | 38200 | 43300 | 0.117 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 95 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 96 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 63300 | 0.3303 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 97 | Lesley University | 42500 | 57500 | 0.2609 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 97 | University of Arizona | 42500 | 48600 | 0.1254 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 99 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 100 | George Mason University | 43700 | 61400 | 0.2884 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 101 | Montclair State University | 44500 | 47000 | 0.0532 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 102 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2766 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 103 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 104 | University of California-San Diego | 49000 | 79600 | 0.3843 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 105 | Binghamton University | 50300 | 52800 | 0.0486 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 106 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 50500 | 64400 | 0.2158 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 107 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 108 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 109 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 110 | Howard University | 55100 | 88500 | 0.3776 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 111 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 112 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60800 | 63600 | 0.044 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.