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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 | Kentucky State University | 10100 | 17400 | 0.4184 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 3 | Southern Utah University | 10500 | 22200 | 0.528 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 4 | Indiana State University | 11900 | 25900 | 0.5414 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 5 | Eastern Kentucky University | 12200 | 22900 | 0.4681 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 7 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 26500 | 0.5089 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 8 | California State University-San Bernardino | 13200 | 30800 | 0.5721 | 15,365 | 990 | 0.9374 | |
| 9 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13500 | 25700 | 0.4747 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 10 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13600 | 19400 | 0.299 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 11 | 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 | University of Houston | 14300 | 22000 | 0.3493 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 14 | Texas Woman's University | 14400 | 23200 | 0.3787 | 10,039 | 1035 | 0.9612 | |
| 15 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4513 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 16 | Northern Illinois University | 14700 | 30400 | 0.5174 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 17 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15000 | 29600 | 0.4939 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 18 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15200 | 31600 | 0.5196 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 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 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 22 | California State University-East Bay | 15800 | 30100 | 0.4757 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 22 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 24 | California State University-Long Beach | 16300 | 25800 | 0.3683 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 25 | Connecticut College | 16600 | 95300 | 0.8254 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 26 | Houston Christian University | 16900 | 56800 | 0.7024 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 26 | University of Maine | 16900 | 29300 | 0.4235 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 28 | University of Mississippi | 17400 | 45000 | 0.6138 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17700 | 43500 | 0.5926 | 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 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 19100 | 31000 | 0.3843 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 36 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 19300 | 31400 | 0.3854 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 37 | Gallaudet University | 19400 | 44600 | 0.5649 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 38 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19500 | 28200 | 0.3083 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 39 | SUNY Oneonta | 19700 | 29300 | 0.3276 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 40 | Stephens College | 19800 | 49900 | 0.6034 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7722 | |
| 41 | Georgia Southern University | 19900 | 20100 | 0.0099 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 41 | University of Arizona | 19900 | 30900 | 0.3566 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 43 | Columbia College | 20100 | 35800 | 0.4386 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 44 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 45 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.1896 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 46 | University of Wyoming | 20600 | 27900 | 0.264 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 47 | Southern Virginia University | 21200 | 46700 | 0.546 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9642 | |
| 48 | Louisiana Tech University | 21800 | 25300 | 0.1384 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 49 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 22200 | 48900 | 0.5456 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 50 | Florida State University | 22400 | 22900 | 0.0218 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 50 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 52 | The University of Alabama | 22900 | 31000 | 0.2611 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 53 | Abilene Christian University | 24300 | 59000 | 0.5877 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 54 | Bradley University | 24500 | 50800 | 0.5177 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 55 | University of Arkansas | 25400 | 27700 | 0.0823 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 56 | Texas State University | 25500 | 25500 | 0 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 57 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 58 | Rockford University | 25800 | 59600 | 0.5673 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 58 | Westminster College | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5521 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 26100 | 37500 | 0.3044 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 60 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 62 | Seattle Pacific University | 26400 | 70000 | 0.6228 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 62 | University of Mount Union | 26400 | 50900 | 0.4812 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 64 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 65 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 36800 | 0.2719 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 65 | Southern University at New Orleans | 26800 | 42300 | 0.3662 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 65 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 45200 | 0.4067 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 68 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 27200 | 48100 | 0.4348 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9806 | |
| 70 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6713 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 71 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27500 | 37700 | 0.2708 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 72 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0882 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 73 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28300 | 46000 | 0.3849 | 3,424 | 1209 | 0.7887 | |
| 74 | California State University-San Marcos | 28400 | 38300 | 0.2584 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 75 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.3398 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 76 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2152 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 77 | Sonoma State University | 29700 | 41200 | 0.2791 | 5,272 | 1050 | 0.9343 | |
| 78 | Rivier University | 29800 | 65700 | 0.5463 | 1,252 | 1120 | 0.8259 | |
| 79 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 80 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30900 | 45000 | 0.3121 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 81 | George Mason University | 31100 | 35700 | 0.1287 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 81 | Illinois State University | 31100 | 36400 | 0.145 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 83 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3347 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 84 | Lamar University | 31600 | 38300 | 0.175 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 85 | Baylor University | 31800 | 70300 | 0.5475 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 86 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32100 | 34400 | 0.0662 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 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 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 89 | State University of New York at Oswego | 33100 | 40200 | 0.1767 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 91 | University of Rhode Island | 33400 | 46400 | 0.2799 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 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 | 35400 | 56400 | 0.3724 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 95 | Mississippi State University | 36200 | 50500 | 0.283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 96 | Lesley University | 37100 | 54700 | 0.3219 | 1,229 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 96 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 98 | Southern Nazarene University | 38000 | 48400 | 0.2144 | 1,456 | 0 | 0 | |
| 98 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66300 | 0.427 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 100 | Oakwood University | 38500 | 43300 | 0.1105 | 1,177 | 1005 | 0.4522 | |
| 101 | Washington State University | 40600 | 56300 | 0.28 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 102 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41600 | 53600 | 0.224 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 103 | Montclair State University | 41900 | 46600 | 0.1009 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 104 | Anderson University | 42200 | 53600 | 0.2127 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 105 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 53900 | 0.215 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 106 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4477 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 107 | University of California-San Diego | 46400 | 74200 | 0.3745 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 108 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0543 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 109 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 110 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0425 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 111 | Howard University | 55200 | 66500 | 0.17 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 112 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 56900 | 59200 | 0.0385 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 113 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 114 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 115 | Berea College | 68400 | 69000 | 0.0087 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 | |
| 116 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.