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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 | Cornell University | 10400 | 92000 | 0.8866 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 2 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11600 | 34300 | 0.6614 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 3 | Southern Utah University | 11900 | 21100 | 0.4353 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 4 | Utah State University | 12100 | 20300 | 0.4037 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 5 | Brigham Young University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5686 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 6 | Bacone College | 12600 | 36800 | 0.6578 | 106 | 875 | 0.545 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13000 | 37100 | 0.6491 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 8 | Indiana State University | 13400 | 25900 | 0.4834 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 10 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13800 | 19400 | 0.2887 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 11 | Louisiana Tech University | 13900 | 24900 | 0.4411 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 12 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 27000 | 0.4813 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 13 | Texas Woman's University | 14200 | 23200 | 0.3876 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 14 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 29300 | 0.507 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 14 | University of Idaho | 14400 | 26400 | 0.4542 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 16 | California State University-San Marcos | 15100 | 24700 | 0.3894 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 17 | Alcorn State University | 16000 | 24400 | 0.3446 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 18 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16100 | 28800 | 0.4408 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 19 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 20 | University of Arkansas | 17800 | 27700 | 0.3563 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 20 | University of Maine | 17800 | 29000 | 0.3866 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 22 | University of Rhode Island | 18600 | 34400 | 0.4591 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 23 | Benedict College | 18900 | 38300 | 0.5071 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 23 | Texas State University | 18900 | 28900 | 0.3455 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 25 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3408 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 26 | Gallaudet University | 19300 | 44200 | 0.5628 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 27 | Kentucky State University | 19400 | 27600 | 0.2976 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 28 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19900 | 26900 | 0.2601 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 29 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5856 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 30 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1701 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 31 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1818 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 32 | University of Central Oklahoma | 21300 | 22700 | 0.0617 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 33 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21500 | 35400 | 0.3932 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 34 | Houston Christian University | 22100 | 56800 | 0.6109 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 34 | South Dakota State University | 22100 | 25200 | 0.1219 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 36 | Bradley University | 22400 | 50900 | 0.5599 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 37 | Florida State University | 22600 | 25000 | 0.0962 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 38 | Columbia College | 22700 | 36800 | 0.3837 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 39 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 40 | Eastern Kentucky University | 23700 | 38000 | 0.3759 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 41 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23800 | 24500 | 0.0285 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 42 | Southern Virginia University | 24400 | 38200 | 0.3615 | 967 | 1070 | 0.9973 | |
| 43 | Stephens College | 24900 | 58600 | 0.5747 | 354 | 1185 | 0.9185 | |
| 44 | Binghamton University | 25000 | 32000 | 0.2206 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 44 | Rockford University | 25000 | 60300 | 0.5852 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 44 | Temple University | 25000 | 36300 | 0.3116 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 47 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25800 | 36500 | 0.2928 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 48 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26700 | 0.0075 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 48 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26500 | 48900 | 0.4578 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 48 | University of Mount Union | 26500 | 50900 | 0.4791 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 51 | University of Arizona | 26600 | 35200 | 0.2441 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 52 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 26700 | 28800 | 0.072 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 53 | Lamar University | 26800 | 37700 | 0.2888 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 54 | California State University-San Bernardino | 26900 | 38000 | 0.2918 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 55 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 55 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 27400 | 31400 | 0.1274 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 57 | University of North Texas | 27700 | 37400 | 0.2595 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 58 | Seattle Pacific University | 27800 | 62600 | 0.556 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 59 | California State University-Long Beach | 28100 | 38400 | 0.2686 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 60 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28200 | 45700 | 0.383 | 3,361 | 1160 | 0.7887 | |
| 61 | Mitchell College | 28500 | 65900 | 0.5672 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 62 | Connecticut College | 28600 | 83300 | 0.657 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 63 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0667 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 64 | Westminster College | 29400 | 57500 | 0.4884 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 65 | California State University-East Bay | 29900 | 43000 | 0.3044 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 66 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 30000 | 34000 | 0.1176 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 67 | Sonoma State University | 30300 | 40200 | 0.2464 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 68 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30600 | 46200 | 0.3372 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 69 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3076 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 69 | University of Houston | 31100 | 35200 | 0.1166 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 71 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 72 | Samford University | 32000 | 65200 | 0.5091 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 73 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32100 | 44800 | 0.2835 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 74 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32200 | 39200 | 0.1788 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 74 | Southern Nazarene University | 32200 | 48400 | 0.334 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 76 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 34700 | 0.0633 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 77 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32700 | 44700 | 0.2684 | 2,978 | 1222 | 0.7223 | |
| 78 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 79 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 33000 | 44100 | 0.2516 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 80 | Illinois State University | 33200 | 35200 | 0.0589 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 81 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 82 | Anderson University | 33600 | 52400 | 0.3588 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 33600 | 40900 | 0.1786 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 84 | Hope International University | 34200 | 56700 | 0.3971 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 85 | Nova Southeastern University | 34400 | 56300 | 0.3887 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 86 | Baylor University | 34600 | 70800 | 0.511 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 86 | University of Vermont | 34600 | 66300 | 0.4782 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 88 | University of Nevada-Reno | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 89 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35700 | 43500 | 0.1794 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 90 | Abilene Christian University | 35800 | 60700 | 0.4099 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 91 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2789 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 92 | Warner Pacific University | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1221 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
| 93 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 62000 | 0.3936 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 94 | Lesley University | 37800 | 54600 | 0.3075 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 94 | University of Connecticut | 37800 | 41800 | 0.0957 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 96 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 96 | Washington State University | 38600 | 53900 | 0.2835 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 98 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 99 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 100 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 100 | SUNY Oneonta | 40500 | 45300 | 0.1059 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 100 | University of California-San Diego | 40500 | 61100 | 0.3373 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 103 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 41600 | 45200 | 0.0797 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 104 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42800 | 52100 | 0.1785 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 104 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42800 | 55100 | 0.2234 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 106 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43600 | 50300 | 0.1332 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 106 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4464 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 108 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2742 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 109 | Montclair State University | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 110 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 111 | George Mason University | 49200 | 49200 | 0 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 112 | Howard University | 53600 | 61600 | 0.1299 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 113 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 54100 | 59200 | 0.0857 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 114 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 115 | Berea College | 70100 | 70100 | 0 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.