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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 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 2 | Kentucky State University | 10100 | 17400 | 0.4184 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 3 | Indiana State University | 11500 | 25900 | 0.5569 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 4 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12200 | 25700 | 0.5247 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 5 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 12600 | 25700 | 0.5097 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 6 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12800 | 26500 | 0.5164 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 8 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 9 | University of Houston | 13900 | 22000 | 0.3675 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 10 | Texas Woman's University | 14200 | 23200 | 0.3873 | 9,962 | 1010 | 0.9658 | |
| 11 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 30400 | 0.5269 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 12 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4515 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 13 | California State University-San Marcos | 14700 | 24700 | 0.4056 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 13 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14700 | 29600 | 0.5041 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 15 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14900 | 31600 | 0.5291 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 16 | California State University-East Bay | 15600 | 30100 | 0.4824 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 16 | Florida State University | 15600 | 22900 | 0.3184 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 18 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 19 | Alcorn State University | 16200 | 25900 | 0.3745 | 2,469 | 905 | 0.3675 | |
| 20 | University of Maine | 16700 | 29300 | 0.4303 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 21 | Houston Christian University | 17000 | 56800 | 0.7007 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 22 | Greensboro College | 17900 | 37800 | 0.5264 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 22 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17900 | 43500 | 0.588 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 24 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 25 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 26 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 27 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18900 | 31000 | 0.3908 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 28 | Connecticut College | 19200 | 95300 | 0.7982 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 28 | University of Central Oklahoma | 19200 | 22700 | 0.1542 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 30 | Stephens College | 19400 | 49900 | 0.6115 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7709 | |
| 31 | SUNY Oneonta | 19600 | 29300 | 0.331 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 32 | Columbia College | 19900 | 35800 | 0.4442 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 33 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 34 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 35 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 36 | Southern Virginia University | 21000 | 46700 | 0.5503 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9659 | |
| 37 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 38 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 21300 | 48900 | 0.564 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 39 | Louisiana Tech University | 21400 | 26100 | 0.1802 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 40 | Bradley University | 21900 | 50800 | 0.5688 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 40 | South Dakota State University | 21900 | 25200 | 0.1305 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 42 | The University of Alabama | 22700 | 31000 | 0.2675 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 43 | Illinois State University | 23100 | 36400 | 0.3667 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 44 | Abilene Christian University | 23500 | 59000 | 0.6013 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 45 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23600 | 38200 | 0.382 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 46 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 38100 | 0.3597 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 47 | Eastern Kentucky University | 24900 | 38400 | 0.3519 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 48 | Temple University | 25000 | 36100 | 0.3077 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 49 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 50 | Westminster College | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5521 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 51 | Rockford University | 25900 | 59600 | 0.5656 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 51 | Seattle Pacific University | 25900 | 70000 | 0.63 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 53 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26400 | 36800 | 0.2828 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 54 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26800 | 0.0112 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 55 | Iowa State University | 26600 | 43300 | 0.3862 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 55 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.0793 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 57 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 58 | Kansas State University | 27100 | 30400 | 0.109 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 58 | University of Mount Union | 27100 | 56300 | 0.5183 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 60 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0886 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 60 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 27700 | 30000 | 0.0763 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 62 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6641 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 62 | Texas State University | 27900 | 28000 | 0.0036 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 64 | California State University-San Bernardino | 28000 | 39100 | 0.2838 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 65 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28100 | 46000 | 0.3893 | 3,604 | 1069 | 0.9761 | |
| 66 | University of North Texas | 28600 | 37400 | 0.2351 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 67 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 28900 | 39700 | 0.2722 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 68 | Sonoma State University | 29500 | 41200 | 0.284 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 69 | Southern Utah University | 30000 | 40800 | 0.2648 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 70 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 71 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 71 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30900 | 45000 | 0.3123 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 73 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 74 | Lamar University | 31300 | 38300 | 0.1829 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 75 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3349 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 76 | Southern Nazarene University | 32000 | 48400 | 0.3385 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 77 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32300 | 40900 | 0.2103 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 78 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32700 | 44700 | 0.2684 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 78 | Samford University | 32700 | 64600 | 0.4939 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 80 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32800 | 40200 | 0.1841 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 81 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 82 | Baylor University | 33400 | 70300 | 0.5247 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 83 | Bridgewater College | 34200 | 42500 | 0.1953 | 1,412 | 1115 | 0.903 | |
| 84 | University of Rhode Island | 34400 | 46400 | 0.2584 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 85 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 86 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 34900 | 38700 | 0.0982 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 87 | Stockton University | 35000 | 44500 | 0.2136 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 88 | Texas Tech University | 35700 | 38900 | 0.0823 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 89 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53100 | 0.3162 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 90 | Lesley University | 36900 | 54700 | 0.3255 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 91 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 92 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 45800 | 0.1857 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 93 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66300 | 0.433 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 94 | Hope International University | 38300 | 58600 | 0.3463 | 649 | 995 | 0.6253 | |
| 95 | Oakwood University | 38500 | 43300 | 0.1107 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 96 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 39800 | 42500 | 0.0636 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 97 | Montclair State University | 41600 | 46600 | 0.1073 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 98 | Anderson University | 42200 | 53600 | 0.2127 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 99 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 56200 | 0.2439 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 100 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 101 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 102 | University of California-San Diego | 46100 | 77200 | 0.4029 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 103 | University of Georgia | 49700 | 51600 | 0.0368 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 104 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 105 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 106 | George Mason University | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1246 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 107 | Howard University | 55100 | 66500 | 0.1715 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 108 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 109 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 110 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60700 | 64100 | 0.053 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 111 | University of California-Davis | 68300 | 69800 | 0.0215 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 112 | Berea College | 68700 | 69000 | 0.0043 | 1,529 | 1209 | 0.1567 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.