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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 Virginia.
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 Virginia.
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 | Cornell University | 10700 | 92000 | 0.8834 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 4 | Kentucky State University | 10800 | 17400 | 0.3782 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 5 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11100 | 22900 | 0.5162 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 7 | Bacone College | 12500 | 36800 | 0.6605 | 106 | 875 | 0.545 | |
| 8 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13100 | 37100 | 0.6464 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 9 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 11 | Louisiana Tech University | 13900 | 24800 | 0.4401 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 12 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 26800 | 0.4772 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 12 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14000 | 19400 | 0.2784 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 14 | Northern Illinois University | 14300 | 29300 | 0.5119 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 14 | University of Idaho | 14300 | 26400 | 0.458 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 16 | Texas Woman's University | 14700 | 23200 | 0.3661 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 16 | University of Houston | 14700 | 23600 | 0.3776 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 18 | Alcorn State University | 16000 | 24400 | 0.3446 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 19 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16800 | 30700 | 0.4531 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 20 | University of Georgia | 17200 | 27100 | 0.3634 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 21 | Illinois State University | 18000 | 29300 | 0.3851 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 22 | University of Maine | 18200 | 29000 | 0.3709 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 23 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18500 | 33600 | 0.4491 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 24 | Benedict College | 18900 | 38300 | 0.5071 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 24 | Houston Christian University | 18900 | 56800 | 0.6672 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 26 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3396 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 27 | Brigham Young University | 19100 | 29000 | 0.3411 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 27 | Gallaudet University | 19100 | 44200 | 0.5673 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 29 | Davis & Elkins College | 20200 | 47500 | 0.5742 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 30 | Iowa State University | 20300 | 24200 | 0.1626 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 31 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20500 | 43700 | 0.532 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 32 | South Dakota State University | 20800 | 25200 | 0.1739 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 32 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20800 | 30000 | 0.3071 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 34 | North Dakota State University | 21200 | 25700 | 0.1744 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 35 | Bradley University | 22200 | 50900 | 0.5638 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 36 | Columbia College | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3864 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 37 | Florida State University | 22700 | 23100 | 0.0173 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 38 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 39 | Georgia Southern University | 23600 | 23800 | 0.0084 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 40 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23700 | 24500 | 0.0326 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 41 | George Mason University | 24100 | 33500 | 0.2815 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 42 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24300 | 37400 | 0.3499 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 42 | Southern Virginia University | 24300 | 36300 | 0.3313 | 967 | 1070 | 0.9973 | |
| 44 | Stephens College | 24700 | 58600 | 0.5781 | 354 | 1185 | 0.9185 | |
| 45 | Rockford University | 24900 | 60300 | 0.5868 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 46 | University of North Texas | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 47 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25800 | 36500 | 0.2928 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 47 | University of Arkansas | 25800 | 27700 | 0.068 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 49 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26300 | 48900 | 0.4619 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 50 | University of Arizona | 26500 | 35200 | 0.247 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 51 | University of Mount Union | 26600 | 50900 | 0.4771 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 52 | Lamar University | 26700 | 37700 | 0.2915 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 53 | California State University-San Bernardino | 26800 | 38000 | 0.2945 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 54 | Indiana State University | 26900 | 30900 | 0.1296 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 55 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 55 | Southern Utah University | 27400 | 35600 | 0.2301 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 57 | Southern Wesleyan University | 27600 | 43500 | 0.3656 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 58 | Seattle Pacific University | 27700 | 62600 | 0.5576 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 59 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 27900 | 31400 | 0.1115 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 60 | California State University-Long Beach | 28000 | 38400 | 0.2712 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 60 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28000 | 45700 | 0.3874 | 3,361 | 1160 | 0.7887 | |
| 62 | California State University-San Marcos | 28300 | 38400 | 0.2628 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 62 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 28300 | 35400 | 0.2008 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 64 | Mitchell College | 28400 | 65900 | 0.5687 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 65 | Connecticut College | 28900 | 83300 | 0.6534 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 65 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2125 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 67 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 29300 | 44700 | 0.3444 | 2,978 | 1222 | 0.7223 | |
| 68 | Oklahoma Christian University | 29500 | 43100 | 0.3164 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 69 | California State University-East Bay | 29800 | 43000 | 0.3067 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 69 | Westminster College | 29800 | 57500 | 0.4814 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 71 | The University of Alabama | 29900 | 29900 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 71 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29900 | 52900 | 0.435 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 73 | Sonoma State University | 30200 | 40200 | 0.2489 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 74 | Syracuse University | 30400 | 83100 | 0.6342 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 75 | University of Rhode Island | 31300 | 46700 | 0.3298 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 76 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 77 | Samford University | 31800 | 65200 | 0.5122 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 77 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 31800 | 33700 | 0.056 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 79 | Old Dominion University | 32100 | 32100 | 0.0009 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 79 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32100 | 44800 | 0.2835 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 81 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32200 | 39200 | 0.1788 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 82 | Southern Nazarene University | 32400 | 48400 | 0.3301 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 83 | Liberty University | 32700 | 43100 | 0.24 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 32900 | 44100 | 0.2539 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 85 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 86 | Anderson University | 33600 | 52400 | 0.3588 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 87 | Hope International University | 34200 | 56700 | 0.3971 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 88 | Nova Southeastern University | 34300 | 56300 | 0.3905 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 89 | Baylor University | 34600 | 70800 | 0.511 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 90 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 90 | University of Vermont | 34700 | 66300 | 0.4767 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 92 | University of Nevada-Reno | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 93 | Abilene Christian University | 35700 | 60700 | 0.4115 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 94 | Mississippi State University | 36600 | 50500 | 0.2752 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 95 | Warner Pacific University | 36700 | 41600 | 0.1175 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
| 96 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 36900 | 40900 | 0.0979 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 97 | University of Central Oklahoma | 37600 | 38500 | 0.0234 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 98 | Lesley University | 37700 | 54600 | 0.3093 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 99 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38400 | 44400 | 0.1352 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 100 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 101 | University of California-San Diego | 40300 | 61100 | 0.3405 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 102 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 102 | SUNY Oneonta | 40500 | 45300 | 0.1059 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 104 | Temple University | 40800 | 56100 | 0.2726 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 105 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 41400 | 45200 | 0.0841 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 106 | Montclair State University | 42400 | 46600 | 0.0901 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 107 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42500 | 52100 | 0.1843 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 108 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42600 | 55100 | 0.227 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 109 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43300 | 46200 | 0.0624 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 110 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43500 | 50300 | 0.1352 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 111 | Merrimack College | 43700 | 78800 | 0.4453 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 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 | 58400 | 61600 | 0.052 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 115 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 116 | Berea College | 68800 | 70100 | 0.0186 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.