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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 | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 2 | California State University-East Bay | 9200 | 62400 | 0.8519 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 3 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 49800 | 0.7964 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 4 | Kentucky State University | 10200 | 28200 | 0.6385 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 5 | Southern Utah University | 10600 | 22200 | 0.5235 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 6 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11900 | 31400 | 0.6211 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29600 | 0.5802 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 8 | Lamar University | 13100 | 22900 | 0.4274 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 8 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 26500 | 0.5051 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 10 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 11 | Louisiana Tech University | 14500 | 43500 | 0.6667 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 11 | Texas Woman's University | 14500 | 23200 | 0.3744 | 9,962 | 1010 | 0.9658 | |
| 13 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14700 | 32700 | 0.5502 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 13 | University of Memphis | 14700 | 37800 | 0.6115 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 15 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14800 | 25800 | 0.4235 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 16 | California State University-San Marcos | 15100 | 24700 | 0.3894 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 16 | Sonoma State University | 15100 | 57500 | 0.7378 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 18 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15600 | 25700 | 0.393 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 19 | Alcorn State University | 16200 | 22200 | 0.2697 | 2,469 | 905 | 0.3675 | |
| 20 | Texas State University | 16400 | 25700 | 0.3624 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 21 | Northern Illinois University | 16500 | 30400 | 0.4594 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 22 | California State University-Long Beach | 17000 | 33300 | 0.4896 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 23 | Georgia Southern University | 17100 | 20100 | 0.1489 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 24 | Kansas State University | 17300 | 26400 | 0.3429 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 24 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 17300 | 39900 | 0.5678 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 26 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17600 | 33900 | 0.4807 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 27 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 28 | University of Arkansas | 18200 | 36800 | 0.5047 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 29 | Greensboro College | 18300 | 38300 | 0.5217 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 29 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 31 | Columbia College | 18500 | 60700 | 0.6947 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 32 | Austin Peay State University | 18700 | 31600 | 0.4088 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 33 | Texas Tech University | 18800 | 27100 | 0.3061 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 34 | University of Rhode Island | 19100 | 81200 | 0.7647 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 35 | Connecticut College | 19200 | 93000 | 0.7932 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 36 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 19700 | 71500 | 0.724 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 36 | SUNY Oneonta | 19700 | 28800 | 0.3158 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 38 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 39 | Stephens College | 20100 | 50400 | 0.6017 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7709 | |
| 40 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 41 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 42 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 43 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 44 | Southern Virginia University | 21300 | 40300 | 0.472 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9659 | |
| 45 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21600 | 47800 | 0.5482 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 46 | University of Houston | 21800 | 21800 | 0 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 47 | Florida State University | 22400 | 23000 | 0.0261 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 48 | Montclair State University | 22700 | 36800 | 0.3834 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 49 | The University of Alabama | 23000 | 36800 | 0.375 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 50 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 23200 | 44800 | 0.4818 | 3,604 | 1069 | 0.9761 | |
| 51 | Abilene Christian University | 23300 | 58800 | 0.6039 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 52 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23800 | 26900 | 0.1152 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 53 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24200 | 34200 | 0.2927 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 54 | Indiana State University | 24800 | 32400 | 0.2347 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 55 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25300 | 38400 | 0.3415 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 56 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 56 | Temple University | 25400 | 36100 | 0.2966 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 58 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 58 | Westminster College | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5535 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 60 | Rockford University | 25800 | 59600 | 0.5674 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 61 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 62 | Houston Christian University | 26500 | 60500 | 0.5623 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26500 | 50000 | 0.4697 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 64 | Seattle Pacific University | 26600 | 70000 | 0.62 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 65 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 26900 | 40700 | 0.3389 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 66 | University of Mount Union | 27100 | 56300 | 0.5183 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 67 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 68 | University of Central Oklahoma | 28200 | 44800 | 0.3706 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 69 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 70 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 71 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 53200 | 0.4512 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 72 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 73 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30900 | 45000 | 0.3123 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 74 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 74 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 31200 | 44300 | 0.2955 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 76 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3349 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 77 | Southern Nazarene University | 32000 | 48400 | 0.3385 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 78 | Anderson University | 32200 | 53600 | 0.3992 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 79 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32400 | 43200 | 0.2501 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 80 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32500 | 58900 | 0.4479 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 81 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 32600 | 44100 | 0.2609 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 82 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32700 | 35000 | 0.0654 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 83 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32900 | 40200 | 0.1817 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 84 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44700 | 0.2595 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 85 | Baylor University | 33300 | 70400 | 0.5273 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 86 | Bridgewater College | 34200 | 42500 | 0.1953 | 1,412 | 1115 | 0.903 | |
| 87 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34400 | 35200 | 0.0238 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 88 | University of Idaho | 34700 | 48700 | 0.2875 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 89 | Samford University | 34900 | 93800 | 0.628 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 90 | Bradley University | 35900 | 60000 | 0.402 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 91 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 36300 | 57000 | 0.3629 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 92 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 37200 | 47900 | 0.2232 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 93 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 44800 | 0.1674 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 94 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 37400 | 38800 | 0.0361 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 95 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38100 | 66600 | 0.4277 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 96 | Hope International University | 38300 | 58600 | 0.3463 | 649 | 995 | 0.6253 | |
| 97 | Stockton University | 38400 | 45300 | 0.1525 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 98 | Oakwood University | 38500 | 43300 | 0.1107 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 99 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 100 | University of Maine | 40800 | 56000 | 0.2716 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 101 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 57200 | 0.2605 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 102 | Lesley University | 42500 | 71100 | 0.4021 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 103 | University of Arizona | 42800 | 43800 | 0.0228 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 104 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 105 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 106 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.067 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 107 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 51700 | 72700 | 0.2888 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 108 | George Mason University | 53400 | 61400 | 0.1304 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 109 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 110 | Howard University | 55200 | 67300 | 0.1797 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 111 | University of California-San Diego | 56400 | 90100 | 0.374 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 112 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63500 | 0.0819 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60500 | 65000 | 0.0692 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 114 | 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.