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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 South Carolina.
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 South Carolina.
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 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18400 | 0.6091 | 11,999 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 3 | Kentucky State University | 9500 | 27400 | 0.6532 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 4 | Berea College | 9600 | 69400 | 0.8617 | 1,529 | 1209 | 0.1567 | |
| 4 | California State University-East Bay | 9600 | 30100 | 0.682 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 6 | Indiana State University | 10400 | 25900 | 0.5994 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 11000 | 51400 | 0.7859 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 8 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11100 | 22900 | 0.5162 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 9 | University of Arizona | 13000 | 31000 | 0.5803 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 10 | Louisiana Tech University | 13500 | 42900 | 0.6852 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 11 | University of Georgia | 13700 | 27200 | 0.4956 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 13 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14000 | 26800 | 0.4797 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 14 | Texas Woman's University | 14100 | 28200 | 0.5001 | 9,962 | 1010 | 0.9658 | |
| 15 | Coastal Carolina University | 14300 | 27200 | 0.475 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 15 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14300 | 31000 | 0.5394 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 17 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14500 | 32700 | 0.5564 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 17 | California State University-San Marcos | 14500 | 38300 | 0.6212 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 19 | Sonoma State University | 14900 | 41200 | 0.6384 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 20 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15200 | 31600 | 0.5196 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 20 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15200 | 50100 | 0.6963 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 20 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15200 | 28200 | 0.4606 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 23 | Texas State University | 15400 | 26100 | 0.4099 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 24 | Alcorn State University | 16100 | 22200 | 0.2742 | 2,469 | 905 | 0.3675 | |
| 25 | Kansas State University | 16200 | 26400 | 0.3854 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 26 | Greensboro College | 16300 | 38300 | 0.5739 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 27 | Georgia Southern University | 16800 | 20100 | 0.1638 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 28 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16900 | 26500 | 0.3632 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 29 | Columbia College | 17700 | 60800 | 0.7081 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 30 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18100 | 44000 | 0.5883 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 31 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18800 | 27500 | 0.3166 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 32 | Connecticut College | 18900 | 93000 | 0.7965 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 33 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 19200 | 48900 | 0.6069 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 33 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 35 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 19300 | 40900 | 0.5287 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 36 | Stephens College | 19600 | 70100 | 0.7203 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7709 | |
| 37 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19900 | 40200 | 0.5051 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 38 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 38 | University of Houston | 20300 | 21800 | 0.0688 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 38 | University of Rhode Island | 20300 | 47400 | 0.5719 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 38 | University of Wyoming | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2742 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 42 | SUNY Oneonta | 20600 | 55300 | 0.6281 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 42 | Washington State University | 20600 | 35900 | 0.4276 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 44 | Stockton University | 20800 | 45800 | 0.546 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 45 | Iowa State University | 21100 | 25700 | 0.1794 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 45 | Southern Virginia University | 21100 | 53200 | 0.6038 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9659 | |
| 47 | Utah State University | 21800 | 38800 | 0.4382 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 48 | Florida State University | 22200 | 23000 | 0.0348 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 49 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22300 | 37600 | 0.4069 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 49 | Rockford University | 22300 | 80500 | 0.7228 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 51 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 52 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 22700 | 42500 | 0.4659 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 53 | The University of Alabama | 22800 | 33400 | 0.3172 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 54 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 23100 | 44800 | 0.484 | 3,604 | 1069 | 0.9761 | |
| 55 | Seattle Pacific University | 23300 | 98900 | 0.7647 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 56 | Southern Wesleyan University | 23600 | 47100 | 0.4998 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 57 | Lamar University | 23800 | 37700 | 0.3685 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 24200 | 47900 | 0.4943 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 58 | University of North Texas | 24200 | 26100 | 0.0727 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 60 | Anderson University | 24300 | 52100 | 0.5335 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 61 | Abilene Christian University | 24800 | 58800 | 0.5783 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 62 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25100 | 36800 | 0.3181 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 62 | South Dakota State University | 25100 | 28700 | 0.1242 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 62 | Temple University | 25100 | 36100 | 0.3049 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 65 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25600 | 39400 | 0.3504 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 65 | Westminster College | 25600 | 57600 | 0.5555 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 67 | University of Arkansas | 26000 | 28500 | 0.0899 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 68 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.181 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26300 | 49600 | 0.4694 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 70 | University of Mount Union | 27000 | 56300 | 0.5211 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 71 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 72 | California State University-Long Beach | 27400 | 38800 | 0.2937 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 72 | North Dakota State University | 27400 | 30400 | 0.0976 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 74 | University of Utah | 28400 | 32000 | 0.1114 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 75 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 55500 | 0.4737 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 76 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 29800 | 44700 | 0.3332 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 77 | Mississippi State University | 29900 | 34400 | 0.1326 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 78 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30600 | 45000 | 0.3185 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 79 | Houston Christian University | 30700 | 60500 | 0.4928 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 80 | Kent State University at Kent | 30900 | 37500 | 0.1751 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 81 | Southern Nazarene University | 31800 | 48400 | 0.3442 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 82 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32200 | 54400 | 0.408 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 83 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32300 | 43900 | 0.2643 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 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 | Baylor University | 33400 | 70400 | 0.5258 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 87 | Bridgewater College | 33900 | 42500 | 0.2018 | 1,412 | 1115 | 0.903 | |
| 88 | University of Vermont | 34300 | 66300 | 0.4821 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 89 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 90 | Samford University | 34800 | 93800 | 0.6291 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 91 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35200 | 35200 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 92 | Bradley University | 35600 | 60300 | 0.4097 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 93 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37800 | 66700 | 0.4334 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 94 | Hope International University | 38000 | 58600 | 0.351 | 649 | 995 | 0.6253 | |
| 95 | Oakwood University | 38200 | 43300 | 0.117 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 96 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 97 | University of Maine | 40500 | 42800 | 0.0538 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 98 | College of Charleston | 42000 | 62300 | 0.3257 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 99 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 63300 | 0.3318 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 100 | Lesley University | 42500 | 57500 | 0.2609 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 101 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 102 | George Mason University | 43600 | 61400 | 0.2901 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 103 | Montclair State University | 44500 | 47000 | 0.0532 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 104 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2766 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 105 | Illinois State University | 45500 | 49100 | 0.0726 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 106 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 107 | University of California-San Diego | 49100 | 79600 | 0.383 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 108 | Binghamton University | 50300 | 52800 | 0.0486 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 109 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 50800 | 64400 | 0.2112 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 110 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 111 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63600 | 0.0818 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 112 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 113 | Howard University | 60000 | 88500 | 0.3222 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 114 | University of California-Davis | 68000 | 69900 | 0.0272 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.