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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 New Jersey.
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 New Jersey.
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 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10200 | 22900 | 0.5556 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 1 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 37800 | 0.7293 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 3 | Cornell University | 10400 | 92000 | 0.8866 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 4 | Bacone College | 12200 | 36800 | 0.6686 | 106 | 875 | 0.545 | |
| 5 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12400 | 37100 | 0.6653 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 7 | Brigham Young University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5686 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 8 | Indiana State University | 12900 | 25900 | 0.5027 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 9 | Utah State University | 13000 | 30000 | 0.5659 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 10 | Louisiana Tech University | 13500 | 24900 | 0.4571 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 11 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 29300 | 0.5266 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 12 | University of Idaho | 14000 | 26400 | 0.4694 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 13 | Texas Tech University | 14100 | 27000 | 0.4776 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 14 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14300 | 26500 | 0.4594 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 15 | Texas Woman's University | 14600 | 23200 | 0.3704 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 16 | Florida State University | 15400 | 23100 | 0.3332 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 17 | California State University-San Bernardino | 15700 | 25200 | 0.377 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 18 | Alcorn State University | 15800 | 24400 | 0.3528 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 19 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16200 | 28800 | 0.4373 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 20 | Sonoma State University | 17000 | 26700 | 0.3633 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 21 | University of Maine | 17500 | 29000 | 0.3969 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 22 | California State University-East Bay | 18000 | 29700 | 0.3944 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 22 | Georgia Southern University | 18000 | 23800 | 0.2441 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 24 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1260 | 0.7333 | |
| 25 | Benedict College | 18700 | 38300 | 0.5123 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 25 | Kentucky State University | 18700 | 27600 | 0.323 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 25 | Rutgers University-Newark | 18700 | 37900 | 0.5064 | 7,417 | 1159 | 0.7873 | |
| 28 | Texas State University | 18900 | 28900 | 0.3455 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 29 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3401 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 30 | Gallaudet University | 19100 | 44200 | 0.5673 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 31 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19200 | 28200 | 0.3192 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 32 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 33 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 19700 | 24500 | 0.1955 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 34 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5856 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 35 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1701 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 36 | George Mason University | 20200 | 33500 | 0.3971 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 36 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20200 | 38100 | 0.4693 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 38 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1814 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 38 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20600 | 26900 | 0.2341 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 38 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20600 | 30000 | 0.3138 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 41 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21500 | 35400 | 0.3932 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 42 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 21600 | 34400 | 0.372 | 14,783 | 1140 | 0.8096 | |
| 42 | Illinois State University | 21600 | 35200 | 0.3871 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 42 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 21600 | 33000 | 0.3451 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 45 | Bradley University | 21700 | 50900 | 0.5737 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 46 | Columbia College | 22100 | 36800 | 0.4 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 46 | Houston Christian University | 22100 | 56800 | 0.6109 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 48 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 49 | The University of Alabama | 23500 | 29900 | 0.2144 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 50 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 51 | Southern Virginia University | 24200 | 38200 | 0.3667 | 967 | 1070 | 0.9973 | |
| 52 | Stephens College | 24300 | 58600 | 0.5849 | 354 | 1185 | 0.9185 | |
| 53 | Rockford University | 24600 | 60300 | 0.5918 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 54 | Binghamton University | 25000 | 32000 | 0.2206 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 55 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 25900 | 48900 | 0.47 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 56 | University of Arizona | 26200 | 35200 | 0.2555 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 57 | Lamar University | 26300 | 37700 | 0.3021 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 26400 | 38200 | 0.3088 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 59 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 30800 | 0.1389 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 59 | University of Mount Union | 26500 | 50900 | 0.4791 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 27200 | 35600 | 0.2358 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 61 | Seattle Pacific University | 27200 | 62600 | 0.5656 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 61 | Southern Utah University | 27200 | 35600 | 0.2357 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 61 | University of North Texas | 27200 | 37400 | 0.2729 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 65 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 66 | Mitchell College | 27600 | 65900 | 0.5808 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27600 | 41900 | 0.3412 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 68 | California State University-Long Beach | 27700 | 38400 | 0.279 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 68 | California State University-San Marcos | 27700 | 38400 | 0.2784 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 70 | North Dakota State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.0815 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 70 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 27900 | 31400 | 0.1115 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 72 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28100 | 45700 | 0.3852 | 3,361 | 1160 | 0.7887 | |
| 73 | Mississippi State University | 28300 | 32300 | 0.126 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 74 | Connecticut College | 28700 | 83300 | 0.6558 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 75 | Montclair State University | 28900 | 36300 | 0.204 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 75 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2138 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 77 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29100 | 52900 | 0.4501 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 78 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29500 | 34000 | 0.1322 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 79 | Westminster College | 29600 | 57500 | 0.4849 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 80 | University of Houston | 30400 | 35200 | 0.1365 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 81 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30600 | 46200 | 0.3372 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 82 | University of Rhode Island | 30800 | 46700 | 0.3405 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 83 | Kean University | 31100 | 39600 | 0.2147 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 83 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3076 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 85 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31300 | 38300 | 0.1825 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 86 | Samford University | 31400 | 65200 | 0.5183 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 87 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 31600 | 33700 | 0.0617 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 88 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 31900 | 39200 | 0.1865 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 89 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32000 | 44800 | 0.2857 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 90 | Southern Nazarene University | 32200 | 48400 | 0.334 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 91 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 34700 | 0.0633 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 92 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 93 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32900 | 44700 | 0.2639 | 2,978 | 1222 | 0.7223 | |
| 94 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 95 | Anderson University | 33700 | 52400 | 0.3568 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 96 | Hope International University | 33900 | 56700 | 0.4024 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 97 | Nova Southeastern University | 34000 | 56300 | 0.3958 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 98 | University of Vermont | 34600 | 66300 | 0.4782 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 99 | Baylor University | 34700 | 70800 | 0.5096 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 100 | Abilene Christian University | 35500 | 60700 | 0.4148 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 101 | Warner Pacific University | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1221 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
| 102 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 62000 | 0.4049 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 103 | University of Central Oklahoma | 37300 | 38500 | 0.0312 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 104 | Lesley University | 37500 | 54600 | 0.313 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 105 | University of Connecticut | 37800 | 41800 | 0.0957 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 106 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 107 | University of California-San Diego | 39800 | 61100 | 0.3487 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 108 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 109 | SUNY Oneonta | 40400 | 45300 | 0.1081 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 110 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 111 | Temple University | 40800 | 56100 | 0.2726 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 112 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41700 | 52100 | 0.1996 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 113 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43200 | 46200 | 0.0665 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 114 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4464 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 115 | Howard University | 58400 | 61600 | 0.052 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 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.