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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 Louisiana.
                                
                                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 Louisiana.
                                
                                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 | Utah State University | 3900 | 20300 | 0.8091 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 2 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 37800 | 0.732 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 3 | Kentucky State University | 10300 | 17400 | 0.4069 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 4 | Cornell University | 10700 | 92000 | 0.8834 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 5 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 6 | Bacone College | 12700 | 36800 | 0.655 | 106 | 875 | 0.545 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12900 | 37100 | 0.6518 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 8 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 10 | Texas Tech University | 13900 | 26800 | 0.4809 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 11 | Louisiana Tech University | 14000 | 24900 | 0.4382 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 12 | University of Idaho | 14600 | 26400 | 0.4466 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 13 | Northern Illinois University | 14700 | 29300 | 0.4982 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 14 | University of North Texas | 15300 | 25400 | 0.3983 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 15 | California State University-San Marcos | 15500 | 24700 | 0.3732 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 16 | Florida State University | 15700 | 23100 | 0.3203 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 17 | Alcorn State University | 16000 | 24400 | 0.3446 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 18 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16100 | 28900 | 0.4425 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 19 | Southeastern Louisiana University | 16200 | 28600 | 0.4344 | 13,206 | 1125 | 0.9387 | |
| 20 | Georgia Southern University | 18000 | 23800 | 0.2441 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 21 | University of Arkansas | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3459 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 22 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0.0016 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 23 | Benedict College | 18800 | 38300 | 0.5097 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 24 | Houston Christian University | 18900 | 56800 | 0.6672 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 25 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3404 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 26 | Brigham Young University | 19100 | 29000 | 0.3411 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 26 | Gallaudet University | 19100 | 44200 | 0.5673 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 28 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20100 | 24500 | 0.1792 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 29 | Davis & Elkins College | 20200 | 47500 | 0.5742 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 30 | Montclair State University | 20300 | 36300 | 0.441 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 31 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21000 | 30000 | 0.3016 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 31 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21000 | 38100 | 0.4483 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 33 | North Dakota State University | 21200 | 25700 | 0.1744 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 34 | University of Georgia | 21300 | 27100 | 0.2113 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 35 | Bradley University | 22800 | 50900 | 0.5521 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 35 | Columbia College | 22800 | 36800 | 0.381 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 37 | The University of Alabama | 23600 | 29900 | 0.211 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 37 | University of Houston | 23600 | 23600 | 0 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 39 | Eastern Kentucky University | 23900 | 38000 | 0.3706 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 40 | Southern Virginia University | 24400 | 38200 | 0.3615 | 967 | 1070 | 0.9973 | |
| 41 | Rockford University | 25100 | 60300 | 0.5835 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 42 | Stephens College | 25200 | 58600 | 0.5695 | 354 | 1185 | 0.9185 | |
| 43 | South Dakota State University | 25800 | 28700 | 0.1005 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 44 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26000 | 36500 | 0.2873 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 45 | University of Mount Union | 26600 | 50900 | 0.4771 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 46 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26700 | 48900 | 0.4537 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 47 | Texas Woman's University | 26800 | 41300 | 0.3511 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 48 | University of Arizona | 26900 | 35200 | 0.2356 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 49 | California State University-San Bernardino | 27000 | 38000 | 0.2892 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 49 | Lamar University | 27000 | 37700 | 0.2835 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 51 | Iowa State University | 27200 | 41500 | 0.3453 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 52 | Indiana State University | 27500 | 30900 | 0.1101 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 53 | Southern Wesleyan University | 27600 | 43500 | 0.3656 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 54 | Southern Utah University | 27700 | 35600 | 0.2216 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 55 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28000 | 45700 | 0.3874 | 3,361 | 1160 | 0.7887 | |
| 56 | Seattle Pacific University | 28200 | 62600 | 0.5496 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 57 | California State University-Long Beach | 28300 | 38400 | 0.2634 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 57 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 28300 | 35400 | 0.2008 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 59 | Mississippi State University | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1201 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 60 | Syracuse University | 28600 | 83100 | 0.6558 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 61 | Connecticut College | 28800 | 83300 | 0.6546 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 61 | Mitchell College | 28800 | 65900 | 0.5626 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 63 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 29200 | 44700 | 0.3467 | 2,978 | 1222 | 0.7223 | |
| 64 | Oklahoma Christian University | 29500 | 43100 | 0.3164 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 65 | Westminster College | 29600 | 57500 | 0.4849 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 66 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 67 | California State University-East Bay | 30100 | 43000 | 0.2997 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 68 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 30200 | 34000 | 0.1117 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 69 | Sonoma State University | 30500 | 40200 | 0.2414 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 70 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30800 | 52900 | 0.4179 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 71 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 72 | University of Rhode Island | 31800 | 46700 | 0.319 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 72 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 31800 | 33700 | 0.056 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 74 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32200 | 39200 | 0.1788 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 74 | Samford University | 32200 | 65200 | 0.5061 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 74 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32200 | 44800 | 0.2812 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 77 | Southern Nazarene University | 32400 | 48400 | 0.3301 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 78 | Liberty University | 32700 | 43900 | 0.2551 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 79 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 33400 | 44100 | 0.2425 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 81 | Anderson University | 33500 | 52400 | 0.3607 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 33800 | 40900 | 0.1737 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 83 | Hope International University | 34300 | 56700 | 0.3953 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 84 | Baylor University | 34500 | 70800 | 0.5124 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 84 | Nova Southeastern University | 34500 | 56300 | 0.387 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 86 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 86 | University of Vermont | 34700 | 66300 | 0.4767 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 88 | University of Nevada-Reno | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 89 | Abilene Christian University | 35900 | 60700 | 0.4082 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 90 | University of Maine | 36300 | 45100 | 0.1952 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 91 | Warner Pacific University | 36700 | 41600 | 0.1175 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
| 92 | University of Central Oklahoma | 37900 | 38500 | 0.0156 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 93 | Lesley University | 38000 | 54600 | 0.3038 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 93 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 62000 | 0.3872 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 95 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38400 | 44400 | 0.135 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 95 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 97 | Washington State University | 38800 | 53900 | 0.2799 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 98 | Illinois State University | 39000 | 45900 | 0.152 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 99 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 99 | SUNY Oneonta | 40500 | 45300 | 0.1059 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 101 | Temple University | 40700 | 56100 | 0.2744 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 102 | University of California-San Diego | 40900 | 61100 | 0.3307 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 103 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 41800 | 45200 | 0.0753 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 103 | University of Connecticut | 41800 | 41800 | 0 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 105 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 106 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43200 | 55100 | 0.2161 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 107 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43300 | 46200 | 0.0624 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 108 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 52100 | 0.167 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 109 | Merrimack College | 43700 | 78800 | 0.4453 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 110 | Oregon State University | 45000 | 61900 | 0.2733 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 111 | George Mason University | 49200 | 49200 | 0 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 112 | Binghamton University | 50200 | 52100 | 0.0362 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 113 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57300 | 59200 | 0.0318 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 114 | Howard University | 58300 | 61600 | 0.0536 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 115 | Berea College | 68500 | 70100 | 0.0228 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 | 
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.