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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 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 2 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 3 | Southern Utah University | 10500 | 22200 | 0.528 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 4 | University of Houston | 11900 | 22000 | 0.4582 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 5 | Eastern Kentucky University | 12200 | 22900 | 0.4681 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 6 | Louisiana State University-Shreveport | 12700 | 34200 | 0.6286 | 2,651 | 1085 | 0.5055 | |
| 7 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 8 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13600 | 19400 | 0.299 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 10 | Louisiana Tech University | 13800 | 25400 | 0.4569 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 10 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 12 | University of Georgia | 14000 | 26600 | 0.4737 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 13 | Texas Woman's University | 14400 | 23200 | 0.3787 | 10,039 | 1035 | 0.9612 | |
| 13 | University of Idaho | 14400 | 25800 | 0.4414 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 15 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4478 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 16 | Northern Illinois University | 14700 | 30400 | 0.5173 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 17 | Sonoma State University | 14800 | 26700 | 0.4457 | 5,272 | 1050 | 0.9343 | |
| 18 | Kentucky State University | 14900 | 28900 | 0.4841 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 18 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14900 | 29600 | 0.4988 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 20 | California State University-San Marcos | 15000 | 24700 | 0.3935 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 21 | Alcorn State University | 16200 | 25900 | 0.3745 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 21 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16200 | 31000 | 0.4768 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 23 | University of North Texas | 16300 | 26100 | 0.3761 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 24 | Southeastern Louisiana University | 16500 | 40000 | 0.5879 | 13,192 | 1075 | 0.9931 | |
| 25 | Connecticut College | 16700 | 95300 | 0.8244 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 26 | Georgia Southern University | 17000 | 20100 | 0.1539 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 26 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17000 | 40600 | 0.5807 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 28 | Houston Christian University | 17600 | 56800 | 0.6901 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 29 | Greensboro College | 18100 | 37800 | 0.5211 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 30 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0.0015 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 30 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 32 | Benedict College | 18300 | 33000 | 0.445 | 1,628 | 915 | 0.957 | |
| 33 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 19300 | 31400 | 0.3854 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 34 | Gallaudet University | 19400 | 44600 | 0.5649 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 34 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 36 | University of Central Oklahoma | 19600 | 22700 | 0.1366 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 37 | SUNY Oneonta | 19700 | 29300 | 0.3276 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 37 | University of Rhode Island | 19700 | 33900 | 0.419 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 39 | Stephens College | 19800 | 49900 | 0.6034 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7722 | |
| 40 | University of Arizona | 19900 | 30900 | 0.3566 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 41 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1732 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 42 | Columbia College | 20100 | 35800 | 0.4386 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 43 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20500 | 23200 | 0.1164 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 44 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1844 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 45 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1847 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 46 | Southern Virginia University | 21200 | 46700 | 0.546 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9642 | |
| 47 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 22200 | 48900 | 0.5456 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 48 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 49 | Florida State University | 22500 | 22900 | 0.0174 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 50 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 22600 | 31000 | 0.2724 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 51 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24000 | 34400 | 0.3023 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 52 | Abilene Christian University | 24300 | 59000 | 0.5877 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 53 | University of Central Missouri | 24400 | 35800 | 0.3185 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 54 | Bradley University | 24500 | 50800 | 0.5177 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 55 | Indiana State University | 24600 | 32400 | 0.2408 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 56 | Texas State University | 25500 | 25500 | 0 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 57 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.0776 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 58 | Rockford University | 25900 | 59600 | 0.5656 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 59 | Westminster College | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5486 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 60 | Seattle Pacific University | 26500 | 70000 | 0.6214 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 60 | University of Mount Union | 26500 | 50900 | 0.4799 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 62 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 63 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 27200 | 48100 | 0.4348 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9806 | |
| 64 | Kansas State University | 27400 | 30400 | 0.0986 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 65 | California State University-San Bernardino | 27500 | 39100 | 0.2966 | 15,365 | 990 | 0.9374 | |
| 66 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 67 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28400 | 46000 | 0.3828 | 3,424 | 1209 | 0.7887 | |
| 68 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2143 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 68 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0984 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 70 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 71 | California State University-East Bay | 29500 | 45100 | 0.3461 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 72 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29700 | 34000 | 0.1264 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 73 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 74 | Rivier University | 30100 | 65700 | 0.5418 | 1,252 | 1120 | 0.8259 | |
| 75 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30700 | 39200 | 0.2171 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 76 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 76 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 55800 | 0.4442 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 78 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3092 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 79 | Illinois State University | 31300 | 36400 | 0.1414 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 80 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.332 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 81 | Lamar University | 31600 | 38300 | 0.175 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 82 | Baylor University | 31800 | 70300 | 0.5475 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32500 | 40900 | 0.2054 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 84 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32600 | 44700 | 0.2706 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 85 | Samford University | 32800 | 64600 | 0.4924 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 86 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32900 | 35000 | 0.0614 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 87 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 87 | State University of New York at Oswego | 33100 | 40200 | 0.1767 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 89 | Hope International University | 34100 | 60500 | 0.4366 | 564 | 1027 | 0.3298 | |
| 90 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4788 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 91 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 92 | Temple University | 35500 | 56400 | 0.3707 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 93 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 94 | Lesley University | 37100 | 54700 | 0.3219 | 1,229 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 95 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 95 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66300 | 0.427 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 97 | Southern Nazarene University | 38200 | 48400 | 0.2117 | 1,456 | 0 | 0 | |
| 97 | Washington State University | 38200 | 53900 | 0.2906 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 99 | Oakwood University | 38600 | 43300 | 0.1074 | 1,177 | 1005 | 0.4522 | |
| 100 | University of Wyoming | 40100 | 45300 | 0.1137 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 101 | University of Maine | 40200 | 45200 | 0.1107 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 102 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41600 | 53600 | 0.224 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 103 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46600 | 0.0987 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 104 | Anderson University | 42200 | 53600 | 0.2127 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 105 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 56200 | 0.2439 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 106 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 107 | University of California-San Diego | 46400 | 76000 | 0.3894 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 108 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0517 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 109 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 110 | Binghamton University | 50700 | 52800 | 0.0407 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 111 | George Mason University | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1246 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 112 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 114 | Howard University | 60000 | 66500 | 0.0978 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 115 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60300 | 64100 | 0.0592 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 116 | Berea College | 68700 | 69000 | 0.0043 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.