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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 Pennsylvania.
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 Pennsylvania.
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 | 9900 | 29700 | 0.6677 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 3 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 4 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 5 | Southern Utah University | 12500 | 44000 | 0.7155 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 6 | Indiana State University | 12600 | 31200 | 0.5968 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 7 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 54500 | 0.7669 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14000 | 46000 | 0.6953 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 10 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 14200 | 25700 | 0.4469 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 11 | Louisiana Tech University | 14400 | 36900 | 0.6097 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 11 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4563 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 13 | Northern Illinois University | 15000 | 30700 | 0.5106 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 14 | California State University-San Bernardino | 15400 | 43900 | 0.6498 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 14 | California State University-San Marcos | 15400 | 24700 | 0.3772 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 16 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,454 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 17 | Florida State University | 15600 | 22900 | 0.3184 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 17 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15600 | 27600 | 0.4349 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 19 | Alcorn State University | 15900 | 23700 | 0.3291 | 2,532 | 935 | 0.4533 | |
| 19 | California State University-Long Beach | 15900 | 25800 | 0.3838 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 21 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 22 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16500 | 31600 | 0.4784 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 22 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16500 | 42600 | 0.6129 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 24 | Texas State University | 16800 | 26800 | 0.3727 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 25 | University of Maine | 17000 | 29300 | 0.42 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 26 | Lamar University | 17300 | 41900 | 0.5871 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 27 | Greensboro College | 17500 | 37800 | 0.537 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 28 | Houston Christian University | 17600 | 56800 | 0.6901 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 29 | Georgia Southern University | 18100 | 23800 | 0.2399 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 29 | Southern University at New Orleans | 18100 | 34200 | 0.4706 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 29 | University of Rhode Island | 18100 | 46400 | 0.6094 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 32 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18400 | 42500 | 0.5682 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 32 | Texas Woman's University | 18400 | 28200 | 0.3476 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 34 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27700 | 0.3284 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 35 | University of Arizona | 18700 | 30900 | 0.3955 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 36 | Benedict College | 18800 | 41100 | 0.5431 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 36 | California State University-East Bay | 18800 | 30100 | 0.3759 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 38 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 18900 | 0.0004 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 39 | Eastern Kentucky University | 19200 | 34400 | 0.4413 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 40 | Connecticut College | 19300 | 115500 | 0.8326 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 41 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 42 | Gallaudet University | 19800 | 44900 | 0.5592 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 43 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 44 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | 20700 | 33400 | 0.3819 | 8,012 | 1139 | 1 | |
| 44 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 20700 | 42500 | 0.5135 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 46 | Illinois State University | 21500 | 35200 | 0.3888 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 46 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21500 | 42700 | 0.4966 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 48 | Bradley University | 21600 | 50800 | 0.5747 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 49 | Rockford University | 21900 | 68200 | 0.6793 | 968 | 980 | 0.5704 | |
| 49 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21900 | 25400 | 0.1388 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 51 | Columbia College | 22700 | 39700 | 0.4287 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 52 | Stephens College | 22900 | 60900 | 0.6236 | 354 | 1045 | 0.9185 | |
| 53 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 23100 | 47900 | 0.5174 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 53 | Westminster College | 23100 | 56900 | 0.5946 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 55 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23400 | 36800 | 0.3643 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 55 | The University of Alabama | 23400 | 31000 | 0.245 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 57 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 23500 | 50000 | 0.5298 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 57 | SUNY Oneonta | 23500 | 49300 | 0.5238 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 59 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3859 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 60 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 24000 | 48900 | 0.5088 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 60 | Southern Virginia University | 24000 | 46000 | 0.4782 | 967 | 1094 | 0.9973 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 24200 | 46100 | 0.4746 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 63 | University of Mount Union | 24800 | 50900 | 0.512 | 1,927 | 1240 | 0.8013 | |
| 64 | Rivier University | 25200 | 73300 | 0.656 | 1,335 | 1060 | 0.8176 | |
| 65 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26000 | 59900 | 0.5658 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 66 | Seattle Pacific University | 26300 | 77000 | 0.6588 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 67 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 29600 | 0.0957 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 68 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 69 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 70 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0835 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 70 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 72 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28100 | 46000 | 0.3893 | 3,361 | 1075 | 0.7887 | |
| 73 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1279 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 74 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3365 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 75 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2142 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 76 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 33700 | 0.1337 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 77 | Kansas State University | 29300 | 41600 | 0.2943 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 78 | Montclair State University | 29700 | 36300 | 0.1819 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 79 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 80 | Samford University | 30700 | 78000 | 0.6061 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 80 | University of North Texas | 30700 | 37400 | 0.179 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 82 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30800 | 62800 | 0.5092 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 83 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3089 | 2,012 | 1138 | 0.9707 | |
| 84 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.3316 | 887 | 1100 | 1 | |
| 85 | Liberty University | 31900 | 44300 | 0.2799 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 86 | Southern Nazarene University | 32200 | 48400 | 0.3353 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 87 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 32600 | 39900 | 0.1829 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 88 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32700 | 44700 | 0.2684 | 2,978 | 1219 | 0.7223 | |
| 89 | Anderson University | 33200 | 52500 | 0.3678 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 90 | University of Central Missouri | 33700 | 35800 | 0.0596 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 91 | Sonoma State University | 33800 | 41200 | 0.1796 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 92 | Hope International University | 34200 | 69600 | 0.5085 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 93 | Temple University | 34400 | 55300 | 0.3783 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 94 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4787 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 95 | Baylor University | 34600 | 70300 | 0.5078 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 96 | Abilene Christian University | 35800 | 60700 | 0.4099 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 97 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66500 | 0.4343 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 98 | Lesley University | 37900 | 54700 | 0.3073 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 99 | Oakwood University | 38600 | 43300 | 0.1071 | 1,279 | 1020 | 0.507 | |
| 99 | Texas Tech University | 38600 | 41000 | 0.0586 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 99 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53400 | 0.2773 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 99 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 103 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1134 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 104 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 57700 | 0.2632 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 105 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 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 | University of California-San Diego | 49500 | 77100 | 0.3577 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 109 | Binghamton University | 50700 | 52800 | 0.0404 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 110 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 111 | George Mason University | 53600 | 61000 | 0.1213 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 112 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 56000 | 64100 | 0.1264 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 113 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 114 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 115 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60800 | 64100 | 0.0514 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 116 | Berea College | 68900 | 69000 | 0.0014 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 | |
| 117 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.