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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 | Kentucky State University | 9700 | 17400 | 0.4413 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 2 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 37800 | 0.7293 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 3 | Cornell University | 10300 | 92000 | 0.8877 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 4 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 10500 | 34300 | 0.6935 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 5 | Brigham Young University | 10700 | 29000 | 0.6306 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 6 | Bacone College | 12200 | 36800 | 0.6686 | 106 | 875 | 0.545 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12400 | 37100 | 0.6653 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 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 | 0.5263 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 12 | University of Idaho | 14000 | 26400 | 0.4694 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 13 | Kansas State University | 14100 | 26100 | 0.4588 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 13 | Texas Tech University | 14100 | 27000 | 0.4776 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 15 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14200 | 26500 | 0.463 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 16 | University of North Texas | 14500 | 25400 | 0.4298 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 17 | Florida State University | 15500 | 23100 | 0.3289 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 18 | Alcorn State University | 15800 | 24400 | 0.3528 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 19 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16100 | 30700 | 0.4759 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 20 | Sonoma State University | 16500 | 26700 | 0.3821 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 21 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 22 | California State University-East Bay | 17500 | 29700 | 0.4113 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 23 | Georgia Southern University | 17700 | 23800 | 0.2567 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 24 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 25 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 26 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18500 | 27500 | 0.3272 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 27 | Benedict College | 18700 | 38300 | 0.5123 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 28 | Texas State University | 18900 | 28900 | 0.3455 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 29 | Gallaudet University | 19000 | 44200 | 0.5695 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 30 | Rutgers University-Newark | 19200 | 37900 | 0.4932 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 31 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19400 | 26900 | 0.2787 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 32 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 33 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 43700 | 0.5405 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 34 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 35 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21400 | 35400 | 0.396 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 36 | Bradley University | 21700 | 50900 | 0.5737 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 37 | Houston Christian University | 22000 | 56800 | 0.6126 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 38 | Columbia College | 22200 | 36800 | 0.3973 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 39 | Eastern Kentucky University | 23100 | 38000 | 0.3917 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 40 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23500 | 24500 | 0.0407 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 40 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 42 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24000 | 37400 | 0.358 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 43 | Southern Virginia University | 24200 | 38200 | 0.3667 | 967 | 1070 | 0.9973 | |
| 44 | Stephens College | 24300 | 58600 | 0.5849 | 354 | 1185 | 0.9185 | |
| 45 | Temple University | 24500 | 36300 | 0.3253 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 46 | Rockford University | 24600 | 60300 | 0.5918 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 47 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 48 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25600 | 36500 | 0.2983 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 49 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 25900 | 48900 | 0.47 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 49 | Texas Woman's University | 25900 | 41300 | 0.3729 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 51 | University of Arizona | 26200 | 35200 | 0.2555 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 52 | California State University-San Bernardino | 26300 | 38000 | 0.3076 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 52 | Lamar University | 26300 | 37700 | 0.3021 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 54 | Indiana State University | 26400 | 30900 | 0.1458 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 54 | University of Mount Union | 26400 | 50900 | 0.4805 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 56 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 30800 | 0.1399 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 57 | Southern Utah University | 27200 | 35600 | 0.2357 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 58 | Seattle Pacific University | 27300 | 62600 | 0.564 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 59 | California State University-Long Beach | 27700 | 38400 | 0.279 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 59 | California State University-San Marcos | 27700 | 38400 | 0.2784 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 59 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 65900 | 0.5793 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 62 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0858 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 63 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28100 | 45700 | 0.3852 | 3,361 | 1160 | 0.7887 | |
| 64 | Connecticut College | 28500 | 83300 | 0.6583 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 65 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3381 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 66 | Montclair State University | 28900 | 36300 | 0.204 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 66 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2147 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 68 | Westminster College | 29500 | 57500 | 0.4866 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 69 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 70 | University of Houston | 30400 | 35200 | 0.1365 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 71 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30500 | 46200 | 0.34 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 72 | University of Rhode Island | 30900 | 46700 | 0.3383 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 73 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31000 | 45000 | 0.3105 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 74 | Samford University | 31400 | 65200 | 0.5183 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 75 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 31900 | 39200 | 0.1865 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 76 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32000 | 44800 | 0.2857 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 77 | Southern Nazarene University | 32100 | 48400 | 0.3367 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 78 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32200 | 34400 | 0.064 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 79 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 32400 | 44100 | 0.2652 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 80 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 81 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32900 | 44700 | 0.2639 | 2,978 | 1222 | 0.7223 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 33500 | 40900 | 0.1811 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 83 | Anderson University | 33700 | 52400 | 0.3568 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 84 | Hope International University | 33900 | 56700 | 0.4024 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 85 | Nova Southeastern University | 34100 | 56300 | 0.3941 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 86 | Baylor University | 34700 | 70800 | 0.5096 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 87 | University of Nevada-Reno | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 88 | Abilene Christian University | 35500 | 60700 | 0.4148 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 88 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35500 | 43500 | 0.184 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 90 | University of Maine | 35800 | 45100 | 0.2062 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 91 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 92 | Warner Pacific University | 36400 | 41600 | 0.1252 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
| 93 | University of Central Oklahoma | 37300 | 38500 | 0.0312 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 94 | Lesley University | 37500 | 54600 | 0.313 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 95 | University of Connecticut | 37700 | 41800 | 0.0981 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 96 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 97 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 98 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38900 | 52900 | 0.2645 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 99 | Kean University | 39300 | 48300 | 0.1864 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 100 | University of California-San Diego | 39800 | 61100 | 0.3487 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 101 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 102 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 103 | SUNY Oneonta | 40400 | 45300 | 0.1081 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 104 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 105 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 41100 | 45200 | 0.0908 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 106 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41700 | 52100 | 0.1996 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 107 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42000 | 55100 | 0.2379 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 108 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 109 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 110 | Illinois State University | 45100 | 47300 | 0.0466 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 111 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 112 | George Mason University | 49200 | 49200 | 0 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 113 | Binghamton University | 50600 | 52800 | 0.0417 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 114 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57000 | 59200 | 0.0372 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 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.