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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 Dakota.
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 Dakota.
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 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 3 | Kentucky State University | 10100 | 17400 | 0.4184 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 4 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 5 | Lamar University | 13100 | 22900 | 0.4274 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 6 | California State University-San Bernardino | 13300 | 30800 | 0.5688 | 15,365 | 990 | 0.9374 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 8 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13800 | 19400 | 0.2887 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 9 | Texas Woman's University | 14500 | 23200 | 0.3744 | 10,039 | 1035 | 0.9612 | |
| 9 | University of Houston | 14500 | 22000 | 0.3403 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 11 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4513 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 12 | Northern Illinois University | 14800 | 30400 | 0.5126 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 13 | Sonoma State University | 14900 | 26700 | 0.442 | 5,272 | 1050 | 0.9343 | |
| 14 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15000 | 37400 | 0.5984 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 15 | California State University-San Marcos | 15100 | 24700 | 0.3894 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 16 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15300 | 31600 | 0.5164 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 17 | Florida State University | 15800 | 22900 | 0.3097 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 17 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 17 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 20 | California State University-East Bay | 15900 | 30100 | 0.4724 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 21 | Alcorn State University | 16200 | 25900 | 0.3745 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 22 | University of North Texas | 16500 | 26100 | 0.3684 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 23 | Connecticut College | 16600 | 95300 | 0.8254 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 24 | Houston Christian University | 16900 | 56800 | 0.7024 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 25 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17100 | 31000 | 0.4478 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 26 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 26 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17200 | 40600 | 0.5758 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 28 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 29 | Benedict College | 18300 | 33000 | 0.445 | 1,628 | 915 | 0.957 | |
| 29 | Greensboro College | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5158 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 31 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18900 | 32000 | 0.4098 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 32 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 19200 | 31000 | 0.3811 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 33 | Gallaudet University | 19300 | 44600 | 0.5672 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 34 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 19500 | 31400 | 0.379 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 35 | SUNY Oneonta | 19700 | 29300 | 0.3276 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 35 | University of Central Oklahoma | 19700 | 22700 | 0.1322 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 37 | Stephens College | 20000 | 49900 | 0.5994 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7722 | |
| 38 | University of Arizona | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3501 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 38 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 40 | Columbia College | 20300 | 35800 | 0.433 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 40 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 42 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1898 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 43 | Southern Virginia University | 21300 | 46700 | 0.5438 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9642 | |
| 44 | Louisiana Tech University | 21900 | 26100 | 0.1611 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 45 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 22500 | 48900 | 0.5395 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 46 | University of South Dakota | 22700 | 26000 | 0.1261 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 47 | Washington State University | 23600 | 38700 | 0.3897 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 48 | Abilene Christian University | 24200 | 59000 | 0.5894 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 48 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24200 | 34400 | 0.2965 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 50 | University of Central Missouri | 24300 | 35800 | 0.3222 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 51 | Bradley University | 24700 | 50800 | 0.5137 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 52 | Indiana State University | 24800 | 32400 | 0.2347 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 53 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1143 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 53 | Temple University | 25400 | 36100 | 0.2966 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 55 | Rockford University | 25800 | 59600 | 0.5673 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 55 | Westminster College | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5521 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 57 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25900 | 38400 | 0.3258 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 58 | University of Mount Union | 26400 | 50900 | 0.4812 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 59 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26800 | 0.0112 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 60 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.079 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 61 | Seattle Pacific University | 26700 | 70000 | 0.6186 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 62 | University of Idaho | 26900 | 30600 | 0.1211 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 63 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 27200 | 29500 | 0.0773 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 64 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 27300 | 48100 | 0.4328 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9806 | |
| 65 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6653 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 66 | Iowa State University | 28000 | 42800 | 0.3444 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 66 | Texas State University | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 68 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.1323 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 69 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28300 | 46000 | 0.3849 | 3,424 | 1209 | 0.7887 | |
| 70 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2152 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 71 | Rivier University | 29900 | 65700 | 0.5448 | 1,252 | 1120 | 0.8259 | |
| 72 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 73 | Southern Utah University | 30300 | 40800 | 0.2575 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 74 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30700 | 39200 | 0.2171 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 75 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 75 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30900 | 45000 | 0.3121 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 77 | Illinois State University | 31100 | 36400 | 0.145 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 78 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3347 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 79 | Baylor University | 31800 | 70300 | 0.5475 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 80 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 81 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 81 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32600 | 40900 | 0.2029 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 84 | Samford University | 32900 | 64600 | 0.4908 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 85 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 85 | State University of New York at Oswego | 33100 | 40200 | 0.1767 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 87 | University of Rhode Island | 33600 | 46400 | 0.2756 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 88 | Hope International University | 34100 | 60500 | 0.4366 | 564 | 1027 | 0.3298 | |
| 89 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 90 | Texas Tech University | 36100 | 38900 | 0.072 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 91 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 92 | Lesley University | 37300 | 54700 | 0.3182 | 1,229 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 93 | Southern Nazarene University | 38000 | 48400 | 0.2144 | 1,456 | 0 | 0 | |
| 94 | Oakwood University | 38500 | 43300 | 0.1105 | 1,177 | 1005 | 0.4522 | |
| 95 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1166 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 96 | University of Maine | 40300 | 45200 | 0.1085 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 97 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40700 | 50000 | 0.1862 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 98 | Montclair State University | 41800 | 46600 | 0.103 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 99 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42000 | 53600 | 0.2165 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 100 | Anderson University | 42100 | 53600 | 0.2145 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 101 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 56200 | 0.2456 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 102 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4477 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 103 | University of California-San Diego | 46500 | 74600 | 0.3764 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 104 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0543 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 105 | University of Georgia | 48600 | 51600 | 0.0581 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 106 | Binghamton University | 50500 | 52800 | 0.0432 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 107 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0425 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 108 | George Mason University | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 109 | Howard University | 55300 | 66500 | 0.1685 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 110 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 55800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 111 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 56900 | 59200 | 0.0385 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 112 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58100 | 64100 | 0.0936 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 114 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60200 | 64100 | 0.0608 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 115 | Berea College | 68300 | 69000 | 0.0101 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.