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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 | 28600 | 0.7211 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 2 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 3 | Kentucky State University | 9900 | 29700 | 0.6677 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 4 | University of California-San Diego | 11400 | 44900 | 0.7461 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 5 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 6 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 12500 | 44000 | 0.7155 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 8 | Bacone College | 12600 | 36800 | 0.6578 | 106 | 875 | 0.545 | |
| 8 | Indiana State University | 12600 | 31200 | 0.5968 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 10 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 54500 | 0.7577 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 11 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 31700 | 0.5674 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14200 | 46000 | 0.6909 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 14 | Northern Illinois University | 14300 | 30700 | 0.5348 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 15 | Louisiana Tech University | 14400 | 36900 | 0.6097 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 15 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4582 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 17 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14600 | 52500 | 0.7226 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 18 | California State University-San Marcos | 14900 | 28500 | 0.4769 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 18 | University of Georgia | 14900 | 26600 | 0.4414 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 20 | University of North Texas | 15100 | 25700 | 0.413 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 21 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15700 | 42500 | 0.6307 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 22 | Alcorn State University | 16000 | 23700 | 0.3249 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 22 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16000 | 42600 | 0.6247 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 22 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16000 | 23200 | 0.3103 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 25 | Lamar University | 16300 | 22900 | 0.2879 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 26 | Texas State University | 16800 | 26800 | 0.3727 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 27 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 28 | Houston Christian University | 17300 | 56800 | 0.6954 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 29 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17400 | 34000 | 0.4878 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 30 | University of Rhode Island | 17500 | 33900 | 0.4839 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 31 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 17800 | 48000 | 0.6287 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 32 | University of Arkansas | 17900 | 27700 | 0.3538 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 33 | California State University-East Bay | 18000 | 45100 | 0.6012 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 33 | Georgia Southern University | 18000 | 26800 | 0.3289 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 35 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 36 | Texas Woman's University | 18400 | 44600 | 0.5877 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 37 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18700 | 42800 | 0.5625 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 37 | University of Arizona | 18700 | 30900 | 0.3955 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 39 | Benedict College | 18800 | 41100 | 0.5431 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 40 | Connecticut College | 19200 | 115500 | 0.8335 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 40 | Eastern Kentucky University | 19200 | 34400 | 0.4413 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 42 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19300 | 31800 | 0.3933 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 43 | Gallaudet University | 19400 | 44900 | 0.5681 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 44 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19700 | 26900 | 0.2675 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 45 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 46 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 47 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 20300 | 31400 | 0.3535 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 48 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20400 | 40200 | 0.4927 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 49 | South Dakota State University | 20500 | 25200 | 0.1866 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 50 | Kansas State University | 20600 | 28800 | 0.2836 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 51 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20700 | 34400 | 0.3982 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 52 | North Dakota State University | 20900 | 25700 | 0.1868 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 53 | University of Central Oklahoma | 21200 | 22700 | 0.0661 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 54 | Illinois State University | 21500 | 35200 | 0.3907 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 54 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21500 | 42700 | 0.4966 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 56 | Bradley University | 21600 | 50800 | 0.5747 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 57 | Rockford University | 22000 | 68200 | 0.6778 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 58 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22200 | 59900 | 0.6293 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 59 | Florida State University | 22500 | 32500 | 0.3077 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 60 | Columbia College | 22700 | 39700 | 0.4287 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 22700 | 47900 | 0.5257 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 62 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 63 | Montana State University | 23200 | 27200 | 0.1451 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 64 | SUNY Oneonta | 23500 | 49300 | 0.5238 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 65 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 24000 | 48900 | 0.5088 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 65 | Southern Virginia University | 24000 | 46000 | 0.4782 | 967 | 1070 | 0.9973 | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 24200 | 45300 | 0.4654 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 68 | Stephens College | 24900 | 60900 | 0.5907 | 354 | 1185 | 0.9185 | |
| 69 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 70 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 25700 | 47400 | 0.4581 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 71 | Seattle Pacific University | 26300 | 77000 | 0.6588 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 72 | University of Mount Union | 26400 | 50900 | 0.4805 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 73 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 30600 | 0.1178 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 74 | Mitchell College | 28600 | 75200 | 0.62 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 75 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3381 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 76 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2147 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 77 | Westminster College | 29300 | 57600 | 0.4913 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 78 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29500 | 42400 | 0.3041 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 79 | University of Connecticut | 29600 | 33700 | 0.1218 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 80 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 81 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 30500 | 46000 | 0.3371 | 3,361 | 1160 | 0.7887 | |
| 81 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30500 | 46200 | 0.34 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 83 | Samford University | 30800 | 78000 | 0.6048 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 84 | George Mason University | 30900 | 35700 | 0.1343 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 85 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31000 | 45000 | 0.3105 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 86 | Liberty University | 32000 | 60900 | 0.4748 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 87 | Southern Nazarene University | 32100 | 48400 | 0.3367 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 88 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32200 | 34400 | 0.064 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 89 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32700 | 44700 | 0.2684 | 2,978 | 1222 | 0.7223 | |
| 89 | Nova Southeastern University | 32700 | 56300 | 0.4189 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 91 | Anderson University | 33200 | 52500 | 0.3678 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 92 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 93 | Sonoma State University | 33800 | 41200 | 0.1796 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 94 | Hope International University | 34200 | 69600 | 0.5085 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 95 | Baylor University | 34600 | 70300 | 0.5078 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 96 | Abilene Christian University | 35800 | 60700 | 0.4099 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 97 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 98 | Warner Pacific University | 36400 | 41600 | 0.1252 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
| 99 | California State University-Long Beach | 37500 | 38600 | 0.0285 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 99 | The University of Montana | 37500 | 45900 | 0.1832 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 101 | Lesley University | 37900 | 54700 | 0.3073 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 102 | Texas Tech University | 38600 | 41000 | 0.0586 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 102 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 104 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38800 | 53400 | 0.2735 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 105 | Temple University | 40500 | 55300 | 0.2679 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 105 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 107 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46200 | 0.091 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 108 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 109 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43600 | 53700 | 0.188 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 110 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 111 | Binghamton University | 50600 | 52800 | 0.0417 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 112 | Howard University | 53500 | 76900 | 0.3042 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 113 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57000 | 59200 | 0.0372 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 114 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 115 | Berea College | 68700 | 69000 | 0.0043 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 | |
| 116 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.