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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 Texas.
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 Texas.
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 | University of Connecticut | 0 | 33200 | 1 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 1 | Utah State University | 0 | 30000 | 1 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 3 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 37800 | 0.732 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 4 | Cornell University | 10700 | 92000 | 0.8834 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 5 | Lone Star College System | 11400 | 21400 | 0.4676 | 84,822 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Bacone College | 12700 | 36800 | 0.655 | 106 | 875 | 0.545 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13100 | 37100 | 0.6464 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 8 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13200 | 25700 | 0.4863 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 8 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4327 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 11 | Louisiana Tech University | 14200 | 24800 | 0.428 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas at Austin | 14200 | 30700 | 0.5372 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 13 | Texas Woman's University | 14600 | 23300 | 0.3731 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 13 | University of Idaho | 14600 | 26400 | 0.4466 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 15 | Northern Illinois University | 14700 | 29300 | 0.4982 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 16 | California State University-San Bernardino | 15500 | 25200 | 0.385 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 17 | University of North Texas | 15600 | 25500 | 0.3889 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 18 | Florida State University | 15900 | 23100 | 0.3116 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 18 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15900 | 28800 | 0.4478 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 20 | Alcorn State University | 16000 | 24400 | 0.3446 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 21 | Lamar University | 16300 | 23000 | 0.2889 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 22 | University of Houston | 17400 | 23600 | 0.2631 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 23 | California State University-East Bay | 17800 | 29700 | 0.4012 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 24 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 17900 | 32100 | 0.443 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 25 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 26 | Benedict College | 18800 | 38300 | 0.5097 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 27 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3401 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 28 | Brigham Young University | 19100 | 29000 | 0.3411 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 28 | Gallaudet University | 19100 | 44200 | 0.5673 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 30 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19500 | 28200 | 0.3085 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 31 | Kentucky State University | 19600 | 27600 | 0.2903 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 32 | Davis & Elkins College | 20200 | 47500 | 0.5742 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 33 | South Dakota State University | 20800 | 25200 | 0.1739 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 33 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20800 | 30000 | 0.3071 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 35 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 36 | North Dakota State University | 21200 | 25700 | 0.1744 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 37 | University of Georgia | 21300 | 27100 | 0.2113 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 38 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 22000 | 33000 | 0.333 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 39 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22200 | 34400 | 0.3546 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 40 | Bradley University | 22800 | 50900 | 0.5521 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 40 | Columbia College | 22800 | 36800 | 0.381 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 42 | Houston Christian University | 23300 | 55600 | 0.5809 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 43 | Texas Tech University | 23500 | 27000 | 0.1289 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 44 | Georgia Southern University | 23600 | 23800 | 0.0084 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 45 | Eastern Kentucky University | 23900 | 38000 | 0.3706 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 46 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 24000 | 24500 | 0.0204 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 47 | Iowa State University | 24200 | 41500 | 0.4176 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 48 | Southern Virginia University | 24400 | 38200 | 0.3615 | 967 | 1070 | 0.9973 | |
| 49 | Rockford University | 25100 | 60300 | 0.5835 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 49 | Stephens College | 25100 | 58600 | 0.5712 | 354 | 1185 | 0.9185 | |
| 51 | University of Arkansas | 25800 | 27700 | 0.068 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 52 | University of Mount Union | 26600 | 50900 | 0.4771 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 53 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26700 | 48900 | 0.4537 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 26800 | 38200 | 0.2984 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 55 | University of Arizona | 26900 | 35200 | 0.2356 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 27300 | 35600 | 0.233 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 57 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 58 | Indiana State University | 27500 | 30900 | 0.1101 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 59 | Southern Wesleyan University | 27600 | 43500 | 0.3656 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 60 | Southern Utah University | 27700 | 35600 | 0.2216 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27800 | 41900 | 0.3364 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 62 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28000 | 45700 | 0.3874 | 3,361 | 1160 | 0.7887 | |
| 63 | Seattle Pacific University | 28200 | 62600 | 0.5496 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 64 | California State University-Long Beach | 28300 | 38400 | 0.2634 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 65 | California State University-San Marcos | 28500 | 38400 | 0.2576 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 65 | Mississippi State University | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1201 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 67 | Connecticut College | 28800 | 83300 | 0.6546 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 67 | Mitchell College | 28800 | 65900 | 0.5626 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 69 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 29200 | 44700 | 0.3467 | 2,978 | 1222 | 0.7223 | |
| 70 | Oklahoma Christian University | 29500 | 43100 | 0.3164 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 71 | Westminster College | 29600 | 57500 | 0.4849 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 72 | The University of Alabama | 29900 | 29900 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 73 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 30200 | 34000 | 0.1117 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 74 | Syracuse University | 30400 | 83100 | 0.6342 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 75 | Sonoma State University | 30500 | 40200 | 0.2414 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 76 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30800 | 52900 | 0.4179 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 77 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 78 | University of Rhode Island | 31800 | 46700 | 0.319 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 78 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 31800 | 33700 | 0.056 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 80 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32200 | 39200 | 0.1788 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 80 | Samford University | 32200 | 65200 | 0.5061 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 82 | Southern Nazarene University | 32400 | 48400 | 0.3301 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 83 | Liberty University | 32700 | 43900 | 0.2551 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 84 | Anderson University | 33500 | 52400 | 0.3607 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 85 | Hope International University | 34300 | 56700 | 0.3953 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 86 | Nova Southeastern University | 34600 | 56300 | 0.3852 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 87 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 88 | Abilene Christian University | 36200 | 58000 | 0.3763 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 89 | University of Maine | 36300 | 45100 | 0.1952 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 90 | Warner Pacific University | 36700 | 41600 | 0.1175 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
| 91 | University of Central Oklahoma | 37900 | 38500 | 0.0156 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 92 | Lesley University | 38000 | 54600 | 0.3038 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 92 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 62000 | 0.3872 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 94 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38400 | 44400 | 0.135 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 94 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 96 | Washington State University | 38800 | 53900 | 0.2799 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 97 | Illinois State University | 39000 | 45900 | 0.152 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 98 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 99 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 99 | SUNY Oneonta | 40500 | 45300 | 0.1059 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 101 | Temple University | 40700 | 56100 | 0.2744 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 102 | University of California-San Diego | 40900 | 61100 | 0.3307 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 103 | Montclair State University | 42400 | 46600 | 0.0901 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 103 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 105 | Baylor University | 42500 | 67000 | 0.3651 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 106 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43300 | 46200 | 0.0624 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 107 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 52100 | 0.167 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 108 | Merrimack College | 43700 | 78800 | 0.4453 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 109 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43800 | 50300 | 0.1293 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 110 | Oregon State University | 45000 | 61900 | 0.2733 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 111 | George Mason University | 49200 | 49200 | 0 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 112 | Binghamton University | 50200 | 52100 | 0.0362 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 113 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57300 | 59200 | 0.0318 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 114 | Howard University | 58300 | 61600 | 0.0536 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 115 | Berea College | 68500 | 70100 | 0.0228 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.