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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 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 2 | Kentucky State University | 9700 | 17400 | 0.4413 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 3 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 4 | University of California-San Diego | 10800 | 39700 | 0.7278 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 5 | Texas Woman's University | 11300 | 23200 | 0.5125 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 5 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11300 | 41800 | 0.7295 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 7 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 8 | Indiana State University | 11700 | 25900 | 0.5491 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 9 | Southern Utah University | 12200 | 44000 | 0.7223 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 10 | University of Houston | 12900 | 23100 | 0.4417 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 11 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 54500 | 0.7614 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13700 | 46000 | 0.7018 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 14 | Louisiana Tech University | 14000 | 36900 | 0.6205 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 15 | California State University-San Marcos | 14400 | 38300 | 0.6238 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 16 | Northern Illinois University | 14500 | 30700 | 0.5293 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 17 | California State University-San Bernardino | 15000 | 43900 | 0.6589 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 18 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15200 | 27600 | 0.4494 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 19 | Florida State University | 15400 | 22900 | 0.3271 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 20 | Alcorn State University | 15700 | 23700 | 0.3376 | 2,532 | 935 | 0.4533 | |
| 20 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 22 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16100 | 42600 | 0.6223 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 23 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16200 | 23200 | 0.3017 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 24 | Lamar University | 16800 | 41900 | 0.599 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 24 | Texas State University | 16800 | 26800 | 0.3727 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 24 | University of Rhode Island | 16800 | 33900 | 0.5045 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 27 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16900 | 34000 | 0.5025 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 28 | Greensboro College | 17000 | 37800 | 0.5502 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 29 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17300 | 34200 | 0.494 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 30 | Houston Christian University | 17600 | 56800 | 0.6901 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 30 | University of Arkansas | 17600 | 27700 | 0.3657 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 32 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 17700 | 48000 | 0.6308 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 33 | Georgia Southern University | 17800 | 23800 | 0.2525 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 34 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18100 | 42800 | 0.5765 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 35 | California State University-East Bay | 18300 | 30100 | 0.3926 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 35 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 37 | Eastern Kentucky University | 18600 | 34400 | 0.4587 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 38 | Benedict College | 18700 | 41100 | 0.5456 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 39 | Connecticut College | 19400 | 115500 | 0.8318 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 40 | Gallaudet University | 19700 | 44900 | 0.5614 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 41 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 42 | Rutgers University-Newark | 20300 | 38000 | 0.4656 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 42 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20300 | 40200 | 0.4952 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 42 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20300 | 31000 | 0.3456 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 42 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 38200 | 0.4685 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 46 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20400 | 34400 | 0.4069 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 46 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 20400 | 42500 | 0.5206 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 48 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 49 | University of Central Oklahoma | 20800 | 22700 | 0.0837 | 10,454 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 50 | Bradley University | 21000 | 50800 | 0.5865 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 50 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 52 | Rockford University | 21400 | 68200 | 0.6866 | 968 | 980 | 0.5704 | |
| 53 | Illinois State University | 21500 | 35200 | 0.3888 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 21800 | 45300 | 0.5183 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 55 | Columbia College | 22200 | 39700 | 0.4413 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 55 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 22200 | 47900 | 0.5362 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 57 | Stephens College | 22300 | 60900 | 0.6334 | 354 | 1045 | 0.9185 | |
| 58 | SUNY Oneonta | 23300 | 49300 | 0.5279 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 59 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 23400 | 48900 | 0.5211 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 60 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3859 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 61 | Southern Virginia University | 23900 | 46000 | 0.4804 | 967 | 1094 | 0.9973 | |
| 62 | Rivier University | 24200 | 73300 | 0.6696 | 1,335 | 1060 | 0.8176 | |
| 63 | University of Mount Union | 24800 | 50900 | 0.512 | 1,927 | 1240 | 0.8013 | |
| 64 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 25100 | 47400 | 0.4707 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 65 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 25700 | 59900 | 0.5708 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 65 | Seattle Pacific University | 25700 | 77000 | 0.6666 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 67 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 68 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6714 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 68 | University of Arizona | 27300 | 38500 | 0.2906 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 70 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 71 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28000 | 46000 | 0.3915 | 3,361 | 1075 | 0.7887 | |
| 72 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1279 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 73 | Kansas State University | 28700 | 41600 | 0.3085 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 74 | Montclair State University | 28900 | 36300 | 0.204 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 74 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2142 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 76 | University of Connecticut | 29300 | 33700 | 0.1307 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 77 | Westminster College | 29600 | 57600 | 0.4861 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 78 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 79 | University of North Texas | 30100 | 37400 | 0.1951 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 80 | Samford University | 30200 | 78000 | 0.6125 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 81 | Kean University | 31100 | 39600 | 0.2147 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.759 | |
| 81 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3089 | 2,012 | 1138 | 0.9707 | |
| 83 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.3316 | 887 | 1100 | 1 | |
| 84 | Liberty University | 32000 | 44300 | 0.2777 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 85 | Southern Nazarene University | 32200 | 48400 | 0.3353 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 86 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32300 | 34400 | 0.062 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 87 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32900 | 44700 | 0.2639 | 2,978 | 1219 | 0.7223 | |
| 88 | Anderson University | 33300 | 52500 | 0.3659 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 89 | Sonoma State University | 33400 | 41200 | 0.1893 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 90 | Hope International University | 33900 | 69600 | 0.5129 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 91 | Baylor University | 34800 | 70300 | 0.5049 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 92 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35300 | 42800 | 0.1754 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 93 | Abilene Christian University | 35500 | 60700 | 0.4148 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 94 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66500 | 0.4448 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 95 | California State University-Long Beach | 37100 | 38600 | 0.0389 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 96 | Lesley University | 37600 | 54700 | 0.3127 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 97 | Oakwood University | 38600 | 43300 | 0.1071 | 1,279 | 1020 | 0.507 | |
| 97 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 99 | Texas Tech University | 38800 | 41000 | 0.0537 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 99 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38800 | 53400 | 0.2735 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 101 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1134 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 102 | Temple University | 40800 | 55300 | 0.2624 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 103 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42600 | 53700 | 0.2066 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 104 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 105 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 106 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 107 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 108 | Binghamton University | 50700 | 52800 | 0.0404 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 109 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 110 | George Mason University | 53800 | 61000 | 0.1181 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 111 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 112 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 112 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0361 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 114 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 115 | Howard University | 58400 | 76900 | 0.2405 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 116 | Berea College | 69000 | 69000 | 0 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.