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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 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 2 | Kentucky State University | 10100 | 17400 | 0.4184 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 3 | Eastern Kentucky University | 12300 | 22900 | 0.4637 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 3 | Texas Woman's University | 12300 | 28200 | 0.5639 | 9,962 | 1010 | 0.9658 | |
| 5 | Lamar University | 13100 | 22900 | 0.4274 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 5 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 26500 | 0.5051 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 8 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 9 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4515 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 9 | University of Houston | 14500 | 22000 | 0.3403 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 11 | Northern Illinois University | 14800 | 30400 | 0.5127 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 12 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14900 | 37400 | 0.601 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 12 | Sonoma State University | 14900 | 26700 | 0.442 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 14 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 15 | Texas State University | 15900 | 25500 | 0.3767 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 16 | Alcorn State University | 16300 | 25900 | 0.3706 | 2,469 | 905 | 0.3675 | |
| 16 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16300 | 26800 | 0.3922 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 18 | California State University-Long Beach | 16400 | 25800 | 0.3644 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 19 | University of North Texas | 16500 | 26100 | 0.3684 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 20 | Houston Christian University | 17000 | 56800 | 0.7007 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 20 | University of Maine | 17000 | 29300 | 0.42 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 22 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 22 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17200 | 40600 | 0.5758 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 24 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 25 | Greensboro College | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5158 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 26 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18400 | 27700 | 0.3356 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 27 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18900 | 32000 | 0.4098 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 28 | Connecticut College | 19100 | 95300 | 0.7992 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 29 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 19500 | 31400 | 0.379 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 30 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19600 | 28200 | 0.3047 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 31 | University of Central Oklahoma | 19700 | 22700 | 0.1322 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 32 | University of Rhode Island | 19800 | 33900 | 0.416 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 33 | Stephens College | 20000 | 49900 | 0.5994 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7709 | |
| 34 | Columbia College | 20300 | 35800 | 0.433 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 34 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 36 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 37 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 38 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 39 | Southern Virginia University | 21300 | 46700 | 0.5438 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9659 | |
| 40 | Louisiana Tech University | 21800 | 26100 | 0.1649 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 41 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 22000 | 48900 | 0.5497 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 42 | Bradley University | 22300 | 50800 | 0.561 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 43 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32400 | 0.3091 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 44 | University of South Dakota | 22700 | 26000 | 0.1265 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 45 | Abilene Christian University | 23400 | 59000 | 0.603 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 46 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24200 | 34400 | 0.2965 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 47 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 37700 | 0.3533 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 48 | Indiana State University | 24800 | 32400 | 0.2347 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 49 | North Dakota State University | 24900 | 27600 | 0.0975 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 50 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 51 | Westminster College | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5538 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 52 | Rockford University | 25800 | 59600 | 0.5673 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 53 | Georgia Southern University | 26400 | 26800 | 0.015 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 54 | Seattle Pacific University | 26600 | 70000 | 0.62 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 54 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.0793 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 56 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 30600 | 0.1244 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 57 | University of Mount Union | 27100 | 56300 | 0.5183 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 58 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 59 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 27700 | 30000 | 0.0763 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 60 | California State University-San Marcos | 27800 | 28500 | 0.0245 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 61 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28000 | 46000 | 0.3915 | 3,604 | 1069 | 0.9761 | |
| 61 | Iowa State University | 28000 | 42800 | 0.3446 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 63 | California State University-San Bernardino | 28200 | 35400 | 0.2035 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 64 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 65 | California State University-East Bay | 29600 | 45100 | 0.3438 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 66 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29800 | 34000 | 0.1234 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 30000 | 48100 | 0.3766 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 68 | Montclair State University | 30100 | 36300 | 0.1709 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 69 | Southern Utah University | 30300 | 40800 | 0.2575 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 70 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30900 | 45000 | 0.3123 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 71 | George Mason University | 31200 | 35700 | 0.1259 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 71 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 73 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3349 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 74 | Southern Nazarene University | 32000 | 48400 | 0.3385 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 75 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 76 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32600 | 40900 | 0.2029 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 77 | Samford University | 32900 | 64600 | 0.4908 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 78 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 79 | Baylor University | 33300 | 70300 | 0.5261 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 80 | Bridgewater College | 34200 | 42500 | 0.1953 | 1,412 | 1115 | 0.903 | |
| 81 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 82 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 35400 | 38700 | 0.0853 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 83 | Stockton University | 35700 | 44500 | 0.1979 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 84 | Temple University | 35800 | 56400 | 0.3654 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 85 | Texas Tech University | 36100 | 38900 | 0.072 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 86 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36200 | 53100 | 0.3181 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 87 | Lesley University | 37300 | 54700 | 0.3182 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 88 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 66300 | 0.4239 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 89 | Hope International University | 38300 | 58600 | 0.3463 | 649 | 995 | 0.6253 | |
| 90 | Oakwood University | 38500 | 43300 | 0.1107 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 91 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 92 | SUNY Oneonta | 39600 | 41700 | 0.0503 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 93 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40000 | 50000 | 0.2002 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 94 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40500 | 44100 | 0.0817 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 95 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42100 | 53600 | 0.2147 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 96 | Anderson University | 42200 | 53600 | 0.2127 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 97 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 56200 | 0.2474 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 98 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 99 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 100 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.067 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 101 | University of California-San Diego | 46600 | 77200 | 0.3964 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 102 | University of Georgia | 49600 | 51600 | 0.0387 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 103 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 104 | Binghamton University | 50500 | 52800 | 0.0433 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 105 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 106 | Howard University | 55300 | 66500 | 0.1685 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 107 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 58500 | 0.0478 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 108 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58100 | 64100 | 0.0936 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 109 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 110 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60600 | 64100 | 0.0546 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 111 | University of California-Davis | 68100 | 69800 | 0.0243 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 112 | Berea College | 68400 | 69000 | 0.0087 | 1,529 | 1209 | 0.1567 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.