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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 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 2 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 3 | Indiana State University | 11500 | 25900 | 0.5569 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 4 | University of California-San Diego | 11700 | 39700 | 0.7052 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 5 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11900 | 22900 | 0.4812 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 7 | Lamar University | 12600 | 22900 | 0.4492 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 8 | California State University-San Bernardino | 13000 | 30800 | 0.5786 | 15,365 | 990 | 0.9374 | |
| 9 | University of Houston | 13900 | 22000 | 0.3675 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 10 | Texas Woman's University | 14200 | 23200 | 0.3873 | 10,039 | 1035 | 0.9612 | |
| 11 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 30400 | 0.5268 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 12 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4478 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 13 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14700 | 29600 | 0.5041 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 14 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14900 | 31600 | 0.5291 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 15 | Kentucky State University | 15000 | 28900 | 0.4806 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 16 | Texas State University | 15300 | 25500 | 0.4002 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 17 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 18 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15900 | 38400 | 0.5856 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 19 | Alcorn State University | 16100 | 25900 | 0.3783 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 20 | Connecticut College | 16700 | 95300 | 0.8244 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 20 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16700 | 31000 | 0.4607 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 22 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 23 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17400 | 43500 | 0.5995 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 24 | Houston Christian University | 17600 | 56800 | 0.6901 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 25 | Greensboro College | 17900 | 37800 | 0.5264 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 26 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 27 | Benedict College | 18300 | 33000 | 0.445 | 1,628 | 915 | 0.957 | |
| 27 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 29 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 30 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 19100 | 31400 | 0.3918 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 31 | University of Central Oklahoma | 19200 | 22700 | 0.1542 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 32 | Stephens College | 19400 | 49900 | 0.6115 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7722 | |
| 32 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 34 | Gallaudet University | 19600 | 44600 | 0.5604 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 35 | University of Arizona | 19700 | 30900 | 0.363 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 36 | Columbia College | 19900 | 35800 | 0.4442 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 37 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1732 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 38 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20500 | 23200 | 0.1164 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 39 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1844 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 40 | Southern Virginia University | 21000 | 46700 | 0.5503 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9642 | |
| 41 | Louisiana Tech University | 21500 | 26100 | 0.1764 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 42 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 21700 | 48900 | 0.5559 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 43 | Florida State University | 22600 | 32400 | 0.3029 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 44 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23600 | 38200 | 0.382 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9806 | |
| 45 | Abilene Christian University | 24300 | 59000 | 0.5877 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 45 | Bradley University | 24300 | 50800 | 0.5216 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 47 | Miami University-Oxford | 24400 | 27500 | 0.1129 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 48 | Rockford University | 25900 | 59600 | 0.5656 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 49 | Seattle Pacific University | 26000 | 70000 | 0.6286 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 49 | Westminster College | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5486 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 51 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26500 | 36800 | 0.28 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 51 | University of Mount Union | 26500 | 50900 | 0.4799 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 53 | Georgia Southern University | 26600 | 26800 | 0.0075 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 54 | University of Arkansas | 26700 | 28900 | 0.0745 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 55 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 56 | Kansas State University | 27100 | 30400 | 0.1092 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 57 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 27300 | 29500 | 0.0729 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 58 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.084 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 58 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6653 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 60 | California State University-San Marcos | 28200 | 38300 | 0.2636 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 60 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 62 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28400 | 46000 | 0.3828 | 3,424 | 1209 | 0.7887 | |
| 63 | University of North Texas | 29000 | 37400 | 0.2244 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 64 | California State University-East Bay | 29400 | 45100 | 0.3483 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 65 | Sonoma State University | 29500 | 41200 | 0.284 | 5,272 | 1050 | 0.9343 | |
| 66 | Rivier University | 29700 | 65700 | 0.5479 | 1,252 | 1120 | 0.8259 | |
| 67 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 67 | Southern Utah University | 30000 | 40800 | 0.2648 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 69 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30500 | 39200 | 0.2222 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 70 | George Mason University | 30900 | 35700 | 0.1343 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 71 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 72 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3092 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 73 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.332 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 74 | Baylor University | 31900 | 70300 | 0.546 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 75 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32300 | 40900 | 0.2103 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 76 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32700 | 44700 | 0.2684 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 76 | Samford University | 32700 | 64600 | 0.4939 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 78 | State University of New York at Oswego | 33000 | 40200 | 0.1792 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 78 | University of Rhode Island | 33000 | 46400 | 0.2886 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 80 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 81 | Illinois State University | 33300 | 36400 | 0.0865 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 82 | Hope International University | 34200 | 60500 | 0.435 | 564 | 1027 | 0.3298 | |
| 83 | Temple University | 35600 | 56400 | 0.3689 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 84 | Texas Tech University | 35700 | 38900 | 0.0823 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 85 | Lesley University | 36900 | 54700 | 0.3255 | 1,229 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 86 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 53600 | 0.3043 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 87 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66300 | 0.433 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 88 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 89 | Southern Nazarene University | 38200 | 48400 | 0.2117 | 1,456 | 0 | 0 | |
| 90 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38500 | 38700 | 0.0052 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 91 | Oakwood University | 38600 | 43300 | 0.1074 | 1,177 | 1005 | 0.4522 | |
| 91 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53100 | 0.2729 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 93 | University of Maine | 40000 | 45200 | 0.1151 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 94 | University of Wyoming | 40100 | 45300 | 0.1137 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 95 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40300 | 44100 | 0.0862 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 96 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40400 | 50000 | 0.1922 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 97 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2777 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 98 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41000 | 53600 | 0.2352 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 99 | SUNY Oneonta | 41700 | 41700 | 0 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 100 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46600 | 0.0987 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 101 | Anderson University | 42200 | 53600 | 0.2127 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 102 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 56200 | 0.2421 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 103 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 104 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2746 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 105 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0517 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 106 | University of Georgia | 48800 | 51600 | 0.0542 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 107 | Binghamton University | 50700 | 52800 | 0.0407 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 108 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0404 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 109 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.04 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 110 | Howard University | 55100 | 66500 | 0.1715 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 111 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 55800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 112 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60300 | 64100 | 0.0592 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 114 | Berea College | 68900 | 69000 | 0.0014 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 | |
| 115 | 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.