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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 Kentucky.
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 Kentucky.
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 | 9300 | 17500 | 0.4647 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 3 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 4 | University of California-San Diego | 11700 | 39700 | 0.7052 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 5 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11900 | 22900 | 0.4819 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 5 | University of Houston | 11900 | 22000 | 0.4582 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 7 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12200 | 25700 | 0.5247 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 9 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 12600 | 25700 | 0.5097 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 10 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12800 | 26500 | 0.5164 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 11 | University of Arizona | 12900 | 30900 | 0.5835 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 12 | University of Georgia | 13800 | 26600 | 0.4812 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 13 | Texas Woman's University | 14200 | 23200 | 0.3873 | 9,962 | 1010 | 0.9658 | |
| 14 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 30400 | 0.5269 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 15 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14500 | 37400 | 0.6117 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 16 | California State University-San Marcos | 14700 | 24700 | 0.4056 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 17 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14900 | 31600 | 0.5291 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 18 | Texas State University | 15300 | 25500 | 0.4002 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 19 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 20 | Florida State University | 15600 | 22900 | 0.3184 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 21 | University of North Texas | 16000 | 26100 | 0.3876 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 22 | Alcorn State University | 16200 | 25900 | 0.3745 | 2,469 | 905 | 0.3675 | |
| 23 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16600 | 40600 | 0.5906 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 24 | University of Maine | 16700 | 29300 | 0.4303 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 25 | Houston Christian University | 17000 | 56800 | 0.7007 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 26 | Greensboro College | 17900 | 37800 | 0.5264 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 27 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 28 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 29 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 30 | Texas Tech University | 18400 | 27100 | 0.3216 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 31 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18900 | 31000 | 0.3908 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 32 | Connecticut College | 19200 | 95300 | 0.7982 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 33 | Stephens College | 19400 | 49900 | 0.6115 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7709 | |
| 34 | Columbia College | 19900 | 35800 | 0.4442 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 34 | Georgia Southern University | 19900 | 20100 | 0.0099 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 34 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 37 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 38 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 39 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 40 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 40 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 42 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 43 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 44 | Southern Virginia University | 21000 | 46700 | 0.5503 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9659 | |
| 45 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 46 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 21300 | 48900 | 0.564 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 47 | Louisiana Tech University | 21400 | 25300 | 0.1543 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 48 | Bradley University | 21900 | 50800 | 0.5688 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 49 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 50 | Abilene Christian University | 23500 | 59000 | 0.6013 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 51 | Indiana State University | 24300 | 32400 | 0.2501 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 52 | University of Arkansas | 25400 | 27700 | 0.0826 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 53 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 54 | Westminster College | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5521 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 55 | Rockford University | 25900 | 59600 | 0.5656 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 55 | Seattle Pacific University | 25900 | 70000 | 0.63 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 57 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26400 | 36800 | 0.2828 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 58 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 59 | Western Kentucky University | 26800 | 41800 | 0.3588 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 41500 | 0.3516 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 61 | Kansas State University | 27100 | 30400 | 0.109 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 61 | University of Mount Union | 27100 | 56300 | 0.5183 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 63 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6641 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 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 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2153 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 67 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 28900 | 39700 | 0.2722 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 68 | Northern Kentucky University | 29200 | 32100 | 0.0904 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 68 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 70 | California State University-East Bay | 29400 | 45100 | 0.3483 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 71 | Montclair State University | 29500 | 36300 | 0.1874 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 71 | Sonoma State University | 29500 | 41200 | 0.284 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 29600 | 48100 | 0.3849 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 74 | Southern Utah University | 30000 | 40800 | 0.2648 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 75 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 75 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30900 | 45000 | 0.3123 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 77 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 58500 | 0.4698 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 78 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 79 | Lamar University | 31300 | 38300 | 0.1829 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 80 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3349 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 81 | Southern Nazarene University | 32000 | 48400 | 0.3385 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32300 | 40900 | 0.2103 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 82 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 84 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32700 | 44700 | 0.2684 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 84 | Samford University | 32700 | 64600 | 0.4939 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 84 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32700 | 35000 | 0.0654 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 87 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32800 | 40200 | 0.1841 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 88 | Illinois State University | 33100 | 36400 | 0.0903 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 89 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 90 | Baylor University | 33400 | 70300 | 0.5247 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 91 | Bridgewater College | 34200 | 42500 | 0.1953 | 1,412 | 1115 | 0.903 | |
| 92 | University of Rhode Island | 34400 | 46400 | 0.2584 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 93 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 34900 | 38700 | 0.0982 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 94 | Stockton University | 35000 | 44500 | 0.2136 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 95 | Temple University | 35800 | 56400 | 0.3654 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 96 | Lesley University | 36900 | 54700 | 0.3255 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 97 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 45800 | 0.1857 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 98 | Hope International University | 38300 | 58600 | 0.3463 | 649 | 995 | 0.6253 | |
| 99 | Oakwood University | 38500 | 43300 | 0.1107 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 100 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 101 | SUNY Oneonta | 39500 | 41700 | 0.0527 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 102 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 39800 | 42500 | 0.0636 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 103 | Anderson University | 42200 | 53600 | 0.2127 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 104 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 56200 | 0.2439 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 105 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 106 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 107 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 108 | George Mason University | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1246 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 109 | Howard University | 55100 | 66500 | 0.1715 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 110 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 111 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60700 | 64100 | 0.053 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 112 | University of California-Davis | 68300 | 69800 | 0.0215 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 113 | Berea College | 68600 | 68700 | 0.0005 | 1,529 | 1209 | 0.1567 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.