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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 North Carolina.
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 North Carolina.
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 | Cornell University | 10400 | 92000 | 0.8866 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 2 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 3 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12400 | 29900 | 0.5852 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5686 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 5 | Bacone College | 12600 | 36800 | 0.6578 | 106 | 875 | 0.545 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12800 | 37100 | 0.6545 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 7 | Utah State University | 13000 | 30000 | 0.5659 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 8 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 10 | Louisiana Tech University | 13900 | 24900 | 0.4411 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 11 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 27000 | 0.4813 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 12 | Kansas State University | 14200 | 26100 | 0.4563 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 13 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14300 | 26500 | 0.4594 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 14 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 29300 | 0.507 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 14 | University of Idaho | 14400 | 26400 | 0.4542 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 16 | University of North Texas | 15200 | 25400 | 0.4022 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 17 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16600 | 0.0757 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 18 | California State University-Long Beach | 15500 | 25800 | 0.3993 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 18 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 15500 | 45700 | 0.6609 | 3,361 | 1160 | 0.7887 | |
| 20 | Florida State University | 15700 | 23100 | 0.3203 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 21 | Alcorn State University | 16000 | 24400 | 0.3446 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 22 | Lamar University | 16200 | 22900 | 0.2922 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 23 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16400 | 30700 | 0.4662 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 23 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 16400 | 19400 | 0.156 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 25 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 26 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 17800 | 32100 | 0.4461 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 27 | University of Rhode Island | 17900 | 34400 | 0.4794 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 28 | University of Arkansas | 18000 | 27700 | 0.3491 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 28 | University of Maine | 18000 | 29000 | 0.3797 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 30 | Georgia Southern University | 18200 | 23800 | 0.2357 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 31 | Benedict College | 18900 | 38300 | 0.5071 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 32 | Gallaudet University | 19300 | 44200 | 0.5628 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 33 | Kentucky State University | 19400 | 27600 | 0.2976 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 34 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 19900 | 24500 | 0.1874 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 35 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5856 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 36 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1701 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 37 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20600 | 30000 | 0.3138 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 37 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20600 | 38100 | 0.4588 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 39 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1818 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 40 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21400 | 24800 | 0.1388 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 41 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21500 | 35400 | 0.3932 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 42 | Illinois State University | 21600 | 35200 | 0.3871 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 43 | Houston Christian University | 22100 | 56800 | 0.6109 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 44 | Bradley University | 22400 | 50900 | 0.5599 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 45 | Columbia College | 22700 | 36800 | 0.3837 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 46 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 47 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 48 | Eastern Kentucky University | 23700 | 38000 | 0.3759 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 49 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24400 | 37400 | 0.3473 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 49 | Southern Virginia University | 24400 | 38200 | 0.3615 | 967 | 1070 | 0.9973 | |
| 51 | Stephens College | 24900 | 58600 | 0.5747 | 354 | 1185 | 0.9185 | |
| 52 | Rockford University | 25000 | 60300 | 0.5852 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 53 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1071 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 54 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26200 | 36500 | 0.2819 | 14,783 | 1140 | 0.8096 | |
| 54 | Indiana State University | 26200 | 30900 | 0.1523 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 56 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26500 | 48900 | 0.4578 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 56 | Texas Woman's University | 26500 | 41300 | 0.3584 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 56 | University of Mount Union | 26500 | 50900 | 0.4791 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 59 | University of Arizona | 26600 | 35200 | 0.2441 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 60 | California State University-San Bernardino | 26900 | 38000 | 0.2918 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 26900 | 35600 | 0.2442 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 62 | Southern Utah University | 27500 | 35600 | 0.2272 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 63 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27600 | 41900 | 0.3412 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 64 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 27700 | 31400 | 0.1178 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 65 | Seattle Pacific University | 27800 | 62600 | 0.556 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 66 | California State University-San Marcos | 28400 | 38400 | 0.2602 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 67 | Mitchell College | 28500 | 65900 | 0.5672 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 68 | Connecticut College | 28600 | 83300 | 0.657 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 69 | Westminster College | 29400 | 57500 | 0.4884 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 70 | Montclair State University | 29500 | 36300 | 0.1874 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 71 | California State University-East Bay | 29900 | 43000 | 0.3044 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 72 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 73 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30200 | 52900 | 0.4293 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 74 | Sonoma State University | 30300 | 40200 | 0.2464 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 75 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30600 | 46200 | 0.3372 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 76 | Baylor University | 31000 | 70800 | 0.5618 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 77 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3076 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 77 | University of Houston | 31100 | 35200 | 0.1166 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 79 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 80 | Samford University | 32000 | 65200 | 0.5091 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 81 | Southern Nazarene University | 32200 | 48400 | 0.334 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 82 | North Carolina A & T State University | 32300 | 36400 | 0.1125 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 83 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 34700 | 0.0633 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 84 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32700 | 44700 | 0.2684 | 2,978 | 1222 | 0.7223 | |
| 85 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 33000 | 44100 | 0.2516 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 87 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 88 | Anderson University | 33600 | 52400 | 0.3588 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 89 | Hope International University | 34200 | 56700 | 0.3971 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 90 | Nova Southeastern University | 34400 | 56300 | 0.3887 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 91 | University of Vermont | 34600 | 66300 | 0.4782 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 92 | University of Nevada-Reno | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 93 | Abilene Christian University | 35800 | 60700 | 0.4099 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 94 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2789 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 95 | Warner Pacific University | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1221 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
| 96 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 62000 | 0.3936 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 97 | University of Central Oklahoma | 37700 | 38500 | 0.0208 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 98 | Lesley University | 37800 | 54600 | 0.3075 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 98 | University of Connecticut | 37800 | 41800 | 0.0957 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 100 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 101 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 101 | SUNY Oneonta | 40500 | 45300 | 0.1059 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 101 | University of California-San Diego | 40500 | 61100 | 0.3373 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 104 | Temple University | 40600 | 56100 | 0.2762 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 105 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 41600 | 45200 | 0.0797 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 106 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42800 | 52100 | 0.1785 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 107 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4464 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 108 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43900 | 50300 | 0.1273 | 34,242 | 1260 | 0.7333 | |
| 109 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2742 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 110 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 111 | George Mason University | 49200 | 49200 | 0 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 112 | Binghamton University | 50000 | 52100 | 0.0398 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 113 | Howard University | 53600 | 61600 | 0.1299 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 114 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0351 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 115 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 116 | Berea College | 70100 | 70100 | 0 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.