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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 Tennessee.
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 Tennessee.
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 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 2 | Kentucky State University | 9500 | 27400 | 0.6532 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 3 | Berea College | 9600 | 69400 | 0.8617 | 1,529 | 1209 | 0.1567 | |
| 4 | Lamar University | 9700 | 22900 | 0.5757 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 5 | California State University-East Bay | 9800 | 30100 | 0.6754 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 6 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 38600 | 0.7387 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 10900 | 51400 | 0.7879 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 8 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11300 | 27300 | 0.5871 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 9 | Louisiana Tech University | 12800 | 42900 | 0.7015 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 10 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13700 | 19400 | 0.2939 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 12 | University of Georgia | 14000 | 27200 | 0.4846 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 13 | Texas Woman's University | 14300 | 28200 | 0.493 | 9,962 | 1010 | 0.9658 | |
| 14 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14400 | 26800 | 0.4633 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 15 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14500 | 31000 | 0.5329 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 16 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14700 | 32700 | 0.5502 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 17 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14800 | 25800 | 0.4235 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 17 | University of Memphis | 14800 | 29100 | 0.4916 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 19 | California State University-San Marcos | 15100 | 24700 | 0.3894 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 19 | Sonoma State University | 15100 | 41200 | 0.6335 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 21 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15400 | 28200 | 0.4535 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 22 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15500 | 50100 | 0.6903 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 23 | Texas State University | 15700 | 26100 | 0.3984 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 24 | Florida State University | 15900 | 23000 | 0.309 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 25 | Austin Peay State University | 16100 | 31400 | 0.489 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 26 | Alcorn State University | 16200 | 22200 | 0.2697 | 2,469 | 905 | 0.3675 | |
| 27 | Kansas State University | 16500 | 26400 | 0.3742 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 28 | Greensboro College | 16600 | 38300 | 0.5661 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 29 | California State University-Long Beach | 17000 | 25800 | 0.3412 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 29 | Indiana State University | 17000 | 32400 | 0.4755 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 31 | Georgia Southern University | 17200 | 20100 | 0.1439 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 32 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17600 | 33900 | 0.4807 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 33 | Montclair State University | 17800 | 36000 | 0.5061 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 33 | State University of New York at Oswego | 17800 | 27700 | 0.3573 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 35 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 35 | University of Arkansas | 18200 | 28500 | 0.3632 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 37 | Columbia College | 18300 | 60700 | 0.698 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 37 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 39 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18500 | 44000 | 0.5792 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 40 | Connecticut College | 18900 | 93000 | 0.7965 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 41 | University of Central Oklahoma | 19100 | 27500 | 0.3057 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 42 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 43 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 19700 | 48900 | 0.5967 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 43 | SUNY Oneonta | 19700 | 29300 | 0.3276 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 45 | Stephens College | 20000 | 70100 | 0.7146 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7709 | |
| 46 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 46 | University of Wyoming | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2742 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 48 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 49 | North Dakota State University | 20600 | 25700 | 0.2008 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 50 | University of Houston | 20700 | 21800 | 0.0504 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 50 | University of Rhode Island | 20700 | 47400 | 0.5634 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 52 | Iowa State University | 21100 | 25700 | 0.1794 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 53 | Southern Virginia University | 21200 | 53200 | 0.6019 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9659 | |
| 54 | Stockton University | 21300 | 45800 | 0.5351 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 55 | Utah State University | 21800 | 38800 | 0.4382 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 56 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22300 | 37600 | 0.4069 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 56 | Rockford University | 22300 | 80500 | 0.7228 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 58 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 59 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22800 | 34200 | 0.3336 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 60 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 23000 | 42500 | 0.4588 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 61 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 23100 | 44800 | 0.484 | 3,604 | 1069 | 0.9761 | |
| 62 | Seattle Pacific University | 23800 | 98900 | 0.7597 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 63 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 24500 | 47900 | 0.4881 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 63 | University of North Texas | 24500 | 26100 | 0.0613 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 65 | Abilene Christian University | 25100 | 58800 | 0.5732 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 65 | South Dakota State University | 25100 | 28700 | 0.1242 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 67 | Westminster College | 25600 | 57600 | 0.5555 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 68 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 69 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25800 | 39400 | 0.3453 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 70 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1815 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 71 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26500 | 49600 | 0.4654 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 72 | University of Mount Union | 27000 | 56300 | 0.5211 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 73 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 74 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2171 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 75 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30600 | 45000 | 0.3185 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 76 | Houston Christian University | 30700 | 60500 | 0.4928 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 77 | Kent State University at Kent | 30900 | 37500 | 0.1751 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 78 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31100 | 47100 | 0.3408 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 79 | George Mason University | 31200 | 35700 | 0.1259 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 80 | Southern Nazarene University | 31800 | 48400 | 0.3442 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 81 | Anderson University | 32000 | 54700 | 0.4152 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 82 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32300 | 43900 | 0.2643 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 83 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.2752 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 84 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 84 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32500 | 35000 | 0.0732 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 86 | Baylor University | 33300 | 70400 | 0.5273 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 87 | The University of Alabama | 33400 | 49600 | 0.3264 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 88 | Bridgewater College | 33900 | 42500 | 0.2018 | 1,412 | 1115 | 0.903 | |
| 88 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 33900 | 35300 | 0.0407 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 90 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 91 | Samford University | 34900 | 93800 | 0.628 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 92 | Temple University | 35500 | 57200 | 0.3791 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 93 | Bradley University | 35900 | 60300 | 0.4047 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 94 | University of Connecticut | 36800 | 66200 | 0.4444 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 95 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 96 | Hope International University | 38000 | 58600 | 0.351 | 649 | 995 | 0.6253 | |
| 97 | Oakwood University | 38200 | 43300 | 0.117 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 97 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 66700 | 0.4274 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 99 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 100 | University of Maine | 40800 | 42800 | 0.0468 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 101 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42200 | 63300 | 0.3334 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 102 | University of Arizona | 42400 | 48600 | 0.1275 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 103 | Lesley University | 42500 | 57500 | 0.2609 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 104 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 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 | 49400 | 79600 | 0.3793 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 108 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 109 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 51500 | 64400 | 0.2003 | 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 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60600 | 63600 | 0.0472 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.