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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 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 6900 | 41500 | 0.8345 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 3 | California State University-East Bay | 8700 | 45100 | 0.8075 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 3 | Lamar University | 8700 | 22900 | 0.6193 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 5 | Kentucky State University | 9400 | 27400 | 0.6569 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 6 | Berea College | 9700 | 69400 | 0.8603 | 1,529 | 1209 | 0.1567 | |
| 7 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7362 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 8 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10500 | 27300 | 0.6164 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 9 | Southern Utah University | 10600 | 51400 | 0.7937 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 10 | University of California-San Diego | 11200 | 41600 | 0.7312 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 11 | Kean University | 12300 | 39200 | 0.6862 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 12 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12600 | 26500 | 0.5239 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 13 | Louisiana Tech University | 12900 | 42900 | 0.6992 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 14 | University of Arizona | 13000 | 31000 | 0.5803 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 16 | California State University-San Marcos | 13900 | 38300 | 0.6369 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 16 | Texas Woman's University | 13900 | 23200 | 0.4002 | 9,962 | 1010 | 0.9658 | |
| 16 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 13900 | 31000 | 0.5523 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 19 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14100 | 32700 | 0.5686 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 20 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14400 | 50100 | 0.7122 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 21 | Sonoma State University | 14500 | 41200 | 0.6481 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 21 | Texas State University | 14500 | 26700 | 0.4562 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 23 | Greensboro College | 15400 | 38300 | 0.5974 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 24 | Kansas State University | 15600 | 26400 | 0.41 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 25 | Alcorn State University | 15800 | 22200 | 0.2877 | 2,469 | 905 | 0.3675 | |
| 25 | Indiana State University | 15800 | 32400 | 0.5126 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 27 | Georgia Southern University | 16300 | 49700 | 0.6722 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 28 | California State University-Long Beach | 16400 | 25800 | 0.3644 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 28 | Montclair State University | 16400 | 36000 | 0.5451 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 30 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16800 | 33900 | 0.5042 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 31 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17300 | 44000 | 0.6064 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 32 | University of Arkansas | 17600 | 28500 | 0.3842 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 33 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 18000 | 48900 | 0.6315 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 34 | Columbia College | 18200 | 60700 | 0.6996 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 35 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 36 | Stephens College | 18600 | 70100 | 0.7345 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7709 | |
| 37 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18700 | 54000 | 0.6534 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 38 | Connecticut College | 19000 | 93000 | 0.7954 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 39 | Stockton University | 19300 | 45800 | 0.5788 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 40 | University of Houston | 19400 | 28400 | 0.3173 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 41 | SUNY Oneonta | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3344 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 41 | University of Rhode Island | 19500 | 47400 | 0.5887 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 43 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19700 | 40200 | 0.5101 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 44 | Rutgers University-Newark | 20200 | 39200 | 0.4852 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 44 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 46 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 46 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 39200 | 0.4824 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 48 | Southern Virginia University | 20700 | 53200 | 0.6114 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9659 | |
| 49 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 21300 | 49600 | 0.5702 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 50 | Utah State University | 21800 | 38800 | 0.4382 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 51 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 22100 | 42500 | 0.48 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 52 | Florida State University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 52 | Rockford University | 22200 | 80500 | 0.7241 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 54 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22300 | 37600 | 0.4069 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 54 | Seattle Pacific University | 22300 | 98900 | 0.7748 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 54 | The University of Alabama | 22300 | 33400 | 0.3322 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 57 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 58 | Illinois State University | 22800 | 36400 | 0.3742 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 59 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 23000 | 44800 | 0.4862 | 3,604 | 1069 | 0.9761 | |
| 60 | University of North Texas | 23500 | 37400 | 0.3714 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23700 | 47900 | 0.5048 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 62 | Abilene Christian University | 24200 | 58800 | 0.5886 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 63 | Temple University | 24400 | 36100 | 0.3243 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 64 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24600 | 36800 | 0.3317 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 65 | Westminster College | 25600 | 57600 | 0.5555 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 66 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 25900 | 40600 | 0.362 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 68 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1824 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 69 | University of Mount Union | 27000 | 56300 | 0.5211 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 70 | University of Central Oklahoma | 27100 | 33800 | 0.198 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 71 | North Dakota State University | 27400 | 30400 | 0.0976 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 72 | University of Utah | 28400 | 32000 | 0.1114 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 73 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30600 | 45000 | 0.3185 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 74 | Houston Christian University | 30700 | 60500 | 0.4928 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 74 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 76 | Kent State University at Kent | 30900 | 37500 | 0.1751 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 77 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31100 | 47100 | 0.3408 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 78 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31800 | 54400 | 0.4154 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 78 | Southern Nazarene University | 31800 | 48400 | 0.3442 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 80 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 81 | Anderson University | 32300 | 54700 | 0.4098 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 81 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32300 | 43900 | 0.2643 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 83 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 84 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 84 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32500 | 35000 | 0.0732 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 86 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32900 | 44700 | 0.2639 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 87 | Baylor University | 33600 | 70400 | 0.523 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 88 | Bridgewater College | 33900 | 42500 | 0.2018 | 1,412 | 1115 | 0.903 | |
| 89 | Samford University | 34400 | 93800 | 0.6333 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 90 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 91 | University of Nevada-Reno | 34700 | 45800 | 0.2425 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 92 | Bradley University | 35100 | 60300 | 0.418 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 93 | Texas Tech University | 35300 | 41000 | 0.1391 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 94 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 35500 | 39700 | 0.1058 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 95 | University of Connecticut | 36900 | 66200 | 0.4429 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 95 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66700 | 0.4469 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 97 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 98 | Hope International University | 38000 | 58600 | 0.351 | 649 | 995 | 0.6253 | |
| 99 | Oakwood University | 38200 | 43300 | 0.117 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 100 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 101 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 102 | University of Wyoming | 39700 | 45300 | 0.1229 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 103 | University of Maine | 40000 | 42800 | 0.0655 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 104 | Lesley University | 42500 | 57500 | 0.2609 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 105 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 106 | George Mason University | 43900 | 61400 | 0.2852 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 107 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2766 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 108 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 109 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 49300 | 64400 | 0.2344 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 110 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 111 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 112 | Howard University | 60000 | 88500 | 0.3222 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60800 | 63600 | 0.044 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.