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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 Montana.
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 Montana.
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 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 3 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 4 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12200 | 25700 | 0.5247 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 5 | Lamar University | 12600 | 22900 | 0.4492 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 6 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12800 | 26500 | 0.5164 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 7 | California State University-San Bernardino | 13000 | 30800 | 0.5786 | 15,365 | 990 | 0.9374 | |
| 8 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13300 | 19400 | 0.3145 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 10 | University of Georgia | 13800 | 26600 | 0.4812 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 11 | Texas Woman's University | 14200 | 23200 | 0.3873 | 10,039 | 1035 | 0.9612 | |
| 11 | University of Idaho | 14200 | 25800 | 0.4504 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 13 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 30400 | 0.5268 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 14 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14600 | 37400 | 0.6091 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 14 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4478 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 16 | Kentucky State University | 15000 | 28900 | 0.4806 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 17 | Florida State University | 15600 | 22900 | 0.3184 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 18 | Alcorn State University | 16100 | 25900 | 0.3783 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 19 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16600 | 40600 | 0.5906 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 20 | Connecticut College | 16700 | 95300 | 0.8244 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 20 | Georgia Southern University | 16700 | 20100 | 0.1687 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 20 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16700 | 31000 | 0.4607 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 23 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 24 | Houston Christian University | 17600 | 56800 | 0.6901 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 25 | Greensboro College | 17900 | 37800 | 0.5264 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 26 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 26 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 28 | Benedict College | 18300 | 33000 | 0.445 | 1,628 | 915 | 0.957 | |
| 28 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 30 | Texas Tech University | 18400 | 27100 | 0.3216 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 31 | University of Central Oklahoma | 19200 | 22700 | 0.1542 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 32 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19300 | 28200 | 0.3154 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 33 | Stephens College | 19400 | 49900 | 0.6115 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7722 | |
| 33 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 35 | Gallaudet University | 19500 | 44600 | 0.5627 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 36 | Columbia College | 19900 | 35800 | 0.4442 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 37 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20500 | 23200 | 0.1164 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 38 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2594 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 39 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1847 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 39 | Southern Virginia University | 21000 | 46700 | 0.5503 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9642 | |
| 41 | Louisiana Tech University | 21500 | 26100 | 0.1764 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 42 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 21700 | 48900 | 0.5559 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 43 | South Dakota State University | 22100 | 25200 | 0.1249 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 44 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 44 | The University of Montana | 22400 | 25300 | 0.1147 | 7,891 | 1225 | 0.9586 | |
| 46 | The University of Alabama | 22700 | 31000 | 0.2675 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 47 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23800 | 34400 | 0.3081 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 48 | Montana State University | 23900 | 27200 | 0.1193 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 49 | Abilene Christian University | 24300 | 59000 | 0.5877 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 49 | Bradley University | 24300 | 50800 | 0.5216 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 49 | Indiana State University | 24300 | 32400 | 0.2501 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 52 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25600 | 38400 | 0.3337 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 53 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 25900 | 37500 | 0.3097 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 53 | Rockford University | 25900 | 59600 | 0.5656 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 55 | Seattle Pacific University | 26000 | 70000 | 0.6286 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 55 | Westminster College | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5486 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 57 | University of Mount Union | 26500 | 50900 | 0.4799 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 58 | University of Arkansas | 26700 | 28900 | 0.0745 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 26900 | 48100 | 0.4411 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9806 | |
| 60 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 37700 | 0.2815 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 61 | Kansas State University | 27200 | 30400 | 0.1083 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27300 | 37700 | 0.2761 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 63 | Texas State University | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 64 | California State University-San Marcos | 28100 | 28500 | 0.014 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 65 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 65 | Syracuse University | 28200 | 83100 | 0.6604 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 67 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28400 | 46000 | 0.3828 | 3,424 | 1209 | 0.7887 | |
| 68 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3368 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 69 | University of North Texas | 29000 | 37400 | 0.2244 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 70 | California State University-East Bay | 29400 | 45100 | 0.3483 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 71 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29500 | 34000 | 0.1322 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 71 | Montclair State University | 29500 | 36300 | 0.1874 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 71 | Sonoma State University | 29500 | 41200 | 0.284 | 5,272 | 1050 | 0.9343 | |
| 74 | Rivier University | 29900 | 65700 | 0.5448 | 1,252 | 1120 | 0.8259 | |
| 75 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 75 | Southern Utah University | 30000 | 40800 | 0.2648 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 77 | George Mason University | 30900 | 35700 | 0.1343 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 78 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 79 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3092 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 80 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.332 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 81 | Baylor University | 31900 | 70300 | 0.546 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 82 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 83 | Samford University | 32600 | 64600 | 0.4955 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 84 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32700 | 44700 | 0.2684 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 85 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32900 | 35000 | 0.0614 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 86 | State University of New York at Oswego | 33000 | 40200 | 0.1792 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 86 | University of Rhode Island | 33000 | 46400 | 0.2886 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 88 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 89 | University of Central Missouri | 33700 | 35800 | 0.06 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 90 | Hope International University | 34200 | 60500 | 0.435 | 564 | 1027 | 0.3298 | |
| 91 | Temple University | 35600 | 56400 | 0.3689 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 92 | Lesley University | 36900 | 54700 | 0.3255 | 1,229 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 93 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 53600 | 0.3043 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 94 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66300 | 0.433 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 95 | Southern Nazarene University | 38200 | 48400 | 0.2117 | 1,456 | 0 | 0 | |
| 95 | Washington State University | 38200 | 53900 | 0.2906 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 97 | Oakwood University | 38600 | 43300 | 0.1074 | 1,177 | 1005 | 0.4522 | |
| 98 | University of Maine | 40000 | 45200 | 0.1151 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 99 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40300 | 44100 | 0.0862 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 100 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 40500 | 42500 | 0.0471 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 101 | SUNY Oneonta | 41700 | 41700 | 0 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 102 | Anderson University | 42200 | 53600 | 0.2127 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 103 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 56200 | 0.2421 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 104 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 105 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2746 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 106 | Illinois State University | 45900 | 49100 | 0.0642 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 107 | University of California-San Diego | 46100 | 76000 | 0.3933 | 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 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.04 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 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 | Berea College | 68900 | 69000 | 0.0014 | 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.