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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 | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 2 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 9500 | 38900 | 0.7561 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 3 | California State University-East Bay | 9600 | 62400 | 0.8455 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 4 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 5 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 49800 | 0.7964 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 6 | Kentucky State University | 10200 | 28200 | 0.6385 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 7 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11800 | 31400 | 0.6243 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 8 | Indiana State University | 11900 | 25900 | 0.5414 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 9 | Eastern Kentucky University | 12200 | 22900 | 0.4681 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 10 | Texas Woman's University | 12300 | 28200 | 0.5639 | 9,962 | 1010 | 0.9658 | |
| 11 | Lamar University | 12900 | 22900 | 0.4361 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 13 | Louisiana Tech University | 14300 | 43500 | 0.6712 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 14 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14600 | 32700 | 0.5533 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 15 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15000 | 28600 | 0.4762 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 15 | Sonoma State University | 15000 | 57500 | 0.7395 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 17 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15300 | 31600 | 0.5164 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 18 | Alcorn State University | 15600 | 21600 | 0.2784 | 2,469 | 905 | 0.3675 | |
| 19 | Florida State University | 15800 | 23000 | 0.3133 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 20 | Texas State University | 16200 | 25700 | 0.3702 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 21 | Northern Illinois University | 16300 | 30400 | 0.4642 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 22 | University of Arizona | 16800 | 41400 | 0.5937 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 23 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 17100 | 39900 | 0.5725 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 24 | Kansas State University | 17200 | 26400 | 0.3485 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 25 | Greensboro College | 18100 | 38300 | 0.5269 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 25 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 27 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18300 | 27700 | 0.3392 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 28 | Columbia College | 18500 | 60700 | 0.6947 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 29 | Texas Tech University | 18600 | 27100 | 0.3135 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 30 | University of Rhode Island | 19000 | 81200 | 0.766 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 31 | Connecticut College | 19200 | 93000 | 0.7932 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 32 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 19400 | 71500 | 0.7282 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 33 | Georgia Southern University | 19800 | 20100 | 0.0149 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 33 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 35 | Stephens College | 19900 | 50400 | 0.6057 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7709 | |
| 36 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20000 | 26900 | 0.2565 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 37 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45100 | 0.5547 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 38 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 39 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 40 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 41 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21000 | 39200 | 0.4645 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 42 | Southern Virginia University | 21200 | 40300 | 0.4745 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9659 | |
| 43 | University of Houston | 21800 | 21800 | 0 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 44 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 22000 | 46000 | 0.5219 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 45 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22100 | 25900 | 0.1449 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 46 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22400 | 35700 | 0.3722 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 47 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 23200 | 44800 | 0.4818 | 3,604 | 1069 | 0.9761 | |
| 48 | Abilene Christian University | 23300 | 58800 | 0.6039 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 49 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24100 | 34200 | 0.2956 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 50 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24300 | 30400 | 0.2017 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 51 | Stockton University | 24700 | 32100 | 0.2304 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 52 | Temple University | 25300 | 36100 | 0.2994 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 53 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 53 | Westminster College | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5535 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 55 | Rockford University | 25800 | 59600 | 0.5674 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 56 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 57 | Seattle Pacific University | 26300 | 70000 | 0.6243 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26400 | 50000 | 0.4717 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 59 | Houston Christian University | 26500 | 60500 | 0.5623 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 60 | University of Arkansas | 27100 | 52400 | 0.4831 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 60 | University of Mount Union | 27100 | 56300 | 0.5183 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 62 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 63 | California State University-Long Beach | 27600 | 43100 | 0.36 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 64 | University of Central Oklahoma | 28100 | 44800 | 0.3728 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 65 | California State University-San Marcos | 28200 | 38300 | 0.2636 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 66 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 67 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 68 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2153 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 69 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 53200 | 0.4512 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 70 | Southern Utah University | 30200 | 40800 | 0.2599 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 71 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30700 | 39400 | 0.2209 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 72 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30900 | 45000 | 0.3123 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 73 | Illinois State University | 31100 | 36400 | 0.1453 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 31100 | 44300 | 0.2977 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 75 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 76 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3349 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 77 | Southern Nazarene University | 32000 | 48400 | 0.3385 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 78 | Anderson University | 32200 | 53600 | 0.3992 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 78 | SUNY Oneonta | 32200 | 41400 | 0.2221 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 80 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32300 | 54400 | 0.4062 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 81 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32400 | 43200 | 0.2501 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 82 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 32500 | 44100 | 0.2632 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 83 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32600 | 58900 | 0.4462 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 84 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44700 | 0.2595 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 85 | Baylor University | 33400 | 70400 | 0.5258 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 86 | Bridgewater College | 34200 | 42500 | 0.1953 | 1,412 | 1115 | 0.903 | |
| 87 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 88 | University of Idaho | 34700 | 48700 | 0.2875 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 89 | Samford University | 34800 | 93800 | 0.6291 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 90 | Bradley University | 35800 | 60000 | 0.4036 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 91 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3229 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 91 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 36300 | 57000 | 0.3629 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 93 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 37100 | 47900 | 0.2253 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 94 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 37200 | 38800 | 0.0412 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 95 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 44800 | 0.1674 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 96 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 97 | Hope International University | 38300 | 58600 | 0.3463 | 649 | 995 | 0.6253 | |
| 98 | Oakwood University | 38500 | 43300 | 0.1107 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 98 | University of Mississippi | 38500 | 60300 | 0.3614 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 100 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 101 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 102 | University of Maine | 40600 | 56000 | 0.2752 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 103 | Montclair State University | 42400 | 47000 | 0.0979 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 104 | Lesley University | 42500 | 71100 | 0.4021 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 105 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 106 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 51300 | 72700 | 0.2943 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 107 | George Mason University | 53500 | 61400 | 0.1287 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 108 | The University of Alabama | 53700 | 66500 | 0.1925 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 109 | Howard University | 55100 | 67300 | 0.1812 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 110 | University of California-San Diego | 56200 | 90100 | 0.3762 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 111 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63500 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 112 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 113 | Berea College | 68500 | 69000 | 0.0072 | 1,529 | 1209 | 0.1567 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.