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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 Mississippi.
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 Mississippi.
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 | University of Houston | 11900 | 22000 | 0.4582 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 4 | University of California-San Diego | 12000 | 39700 | 0.6976 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 5 | Texas Woman's University | 12300 | 28200 | 0.5639 | 10,039 | 1035 | 0.9612 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 7 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12800 | 25700 | 0.5013 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 8 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 26500 | 0.5089 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 9 | California State University-San Bernardino | 13200 | 30800 | 0.5721 | 15,365 | 990 | 0.9374 | |
| 10 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 11 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13600 | 19400 | 0.299 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 12 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 13 | University of Georgia | 14000 | 26600 | 0.4737 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 14 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4478 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 15 | Northern Illinois University | 14700 | 30400 | 0.5173 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 16 | Sonoma State University | 14800 | 26700 | 0.4457 | 5,272 | 1050 | 0.9343 | |
| 17 | Kentucky State University | 14900 | 28900 | 0.4841 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 18 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15000 | 29600 | 0.4939 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 19 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 20 | Alcorn State University | 15600 | 25300 | 0.3845 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 21 | Texas State University | 15700 | 25500 | 0.3845 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 22 | California State University-East Bay | 15800 | 30100 | 0.4757 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 23 | California State University-Long Beach | 16300 | 25800 | 0.3683 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 23 | University of North Texas | 16300 | 26100 | 0.3761 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 25 | Connecticut College | 16700 | 95300 | 0.8244 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 26 | University of Maine | 16900 | 29300 | 0.4235 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 27 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17000 | 31000 | 0.451 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 28 | Houston Christian University | 17600 | 56800 | 0.6901 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17800 | 43500 | 0.5903 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 30 | Greensboro College | 18200 | 37800 | 0.5184 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 30 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 30 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 33 | Benedict College | 18300 | 33000 | 0.445 | 1,628 | 915 | 0.957 | |
| 33 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 35 | Gallaudet University | 19400 | 44600 | 0.5649 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 36 | SUNY Oneonta | 19700 | 29300 | 0.3276 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 36 | University of Rhode Island | 19700 | 33900 | 0.419 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 38 | Stephens College | 19800 | 49900 | 0.6034 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7722 | |
| 39 | Georgia Southern University | 19900 | 20100 | 0.0099 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 39 | University of Arizona | 19900 | 30900 | 0.3566 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 41 | Columbia College | 20100 | 35800 | 0.4386 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 42 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20500 | 23200 | 0.1164 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 43 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1844 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 44 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2594 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 45 | University of Mississippi | 21000 | 27100 | 0.2238 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 46 | Southern Virginia University | 21200 | 46700 | 0.546 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9642 | |
| 47 | Louisiana Tech University | 21800 | 25300 | 0.1384 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 48 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 22200 | 48900 | 0.5456 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 49 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 50 | Florida State University | 22500 | 22900 | 0.0174 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 51 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23200 | 0.0016 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 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 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.0776 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 57 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25800 | 38400 | 0.3285 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 57 | Rockford University | 25800 | 59600 | 0.5673 | 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 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 36800 | 0.2719 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 63 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 64 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 65 | Mississippi State University | 27200 | 32300 | 0.1592 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 65 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 27200 | 48100 | 0.4348 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9806 | |
| 67 | Kansas State University | 27400 | 30400 | 0.0991 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27600 | 37700 | 0.2681 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 69 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 70 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.084 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 71 | California State University-San Marcos | 28400 | 38300 | 0.2584 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 71 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28400 | 46000 | 0.3828 | 3,424 | 1209 | 0.7887 | |
| 73 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3368 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 74 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0984 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 75 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 76 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29700 | 34000 | 0.1264 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 77 | Montclair State University | 29900 | 36300 | 0.1764 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 77 | Rivier University | 29900 | 65700 | 0.5448 | 1,252 | 1120 | 0.8259 | |
| 79 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 80 | Southern Utah University | 30200 | 40800 | 0.2599 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 81 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 55800 | 0.4442 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 82 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3092 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 83 | Illinois State University | 31300 | 36400 | 0.1414 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 84 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.332 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 85 | Lamar University | 31600 | 38300 | 0.175 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 86 | Baylor University | 31800 | 70300 | 0.5475 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 87 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32600 | 44700 | 0.2706 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 88 | Samford University | 32800 | 64600 | 0.4924 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 89 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32900 | 35000 | 0.0614 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 90 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 90 | State University of New York at Oswego | 33100 | 40200 | 0.1767 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 92 | Hope International University | 34100 | 60500 | 0.4366 | 564 | 1027 | 0.3298 | |
| 93 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 94 | Temple University | 35500 | 56400 | 0.3707 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 95 | Lesley University | 37100 | 54700 | 0.3219 | 1,229 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 96 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 96 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66300 | 0.427 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 98 | Southern Nazarene University | 38200 | 48400 | 0.2117 | 1,456 | 0 | 0 | |
| 98 | Washington State University | 38200 | 53900 | 0.2906 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 100 | Oakwood University | 38600 | 43300 | 0.1074 | 1,177 | 1005 | 0.4522 | |
| 101 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40500 | 44100 | 0.0817 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 102 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 40800 | 42500 | 0.04 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 103 | Anderson University | 42200 | 53600 | 0.2127 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 104 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 53900 | 0.2132 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 105 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 106 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2746 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 107 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0517 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 108 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 109 | Binghamton University | 50700 | 52800 | 0.0407 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 110 | George Mason University | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1246 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 111 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57000 | 59200 | 0.0363 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 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.