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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 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 2 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 8900 | 38900 | 0.7716 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 3 | California State University-East Bay | 9300 | 62400 | 0.8503 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 4 | Kentucky State University | 10300 | 28200 | 0.635 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 4 | Southern Utah University | 10300 | 22200 | 0.5371 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 6 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11100 | 33800 | 0.672 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 7 | Indiana State University | 11400 | 25900 | 0.5607 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 8 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11800 | 22900 | 0.4856 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 9 | Texas Woman's University | 12000 | 28200 | 0.5745 | 9,962 | 1010 | 0.9658 | |
| 10 | Lamar University | 12400 | 22900 | 0.458 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 11 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12800 | 26500 | 0.5164 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 12 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13200 | 19400 | 0.3197 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 14 | University of Houston | 13800 | 21800 | 0.3669 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 14 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 16 | Louisiana Tech University | 13900 | 43500 | 0.6804 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 17 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14100 | 31000 | 0.5458 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 18 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14400 | 32700 | 0.5594 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 19 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14500 | 28600 | 0.4937 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 20 | California State University-San Marcos | 14600 | 24700 | 0.4097 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 21 | Sonoma State University | 14800 | 57500 | 0.743 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 22 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15000 | 31600 | 0.5259 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 23 | University of Maine | 15100 | 33300 | 0.5468 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 24 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15200 | 25700 | 0.4085 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 25 | Texas State University | 15700 | 25700 | 0.3897 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 26 | Northern Illinois University | 15900 | 30400 | 0.4777 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 27 | Alcorn State University | 16100 | 22200 | 0.2742 | 2,469 | 905 | 0.3675 | |
| 28 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16500 | 39900 | 0.5858 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 29 | Georgia Southern University | 16700 | 20100 | 0.1687 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 30 | Greensboro College | 17700 | 38300 | 0.5374 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 31 | University of Arkansas | 17800 | 36800 | 0.5156 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 32 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 33 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18200 | 27700 | 0.3428 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 33 | Texas Tech University | 18200 | 27100 | 0.3283 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 35 | University of Rhode Island | 18500 | 81200 | 0.7721 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 36 | Columbia College | 18600 | 60700 | 0.6931 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 37 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 18700 | 71500 | 0.738 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 38 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 39 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19200 | 28200 | 0.3189 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 40 | Connecticut College | 19300 | 93000 | 0.7922 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 40 | Stephens College | 19300 | 50400 | 0.6176 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7709 | |
| 42 | SUNY Oneonta | 19500 | 28800 | 0.3227 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 43 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 19600 | 26900 | 0.2714 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 44 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 45 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 46 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 46 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45100 | 0.5531 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 48 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20700 | 39200 | 0.4722 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 49 | Southern Virginia University | 21000 | 39400 | 0.4678 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9659 | |
| 50 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21100 | 47800 | 0.5587 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 50 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 52 | Florida State University | 22400 | 23000 | 0.0261 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 52 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 22400 | 42500 | 0.4729 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 54 | The University of Alabama | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3859 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 55 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 23200 | 44800 | 0.4818 | 3,604 | 1069 | 0.9761 | |
| 56 | Abilene Christian University | 23300 | 58800 | 0.6039 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 56 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 23300 | 33600 | 0.3063 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 58 | Stockton University | 24100 | 32100 | 0.2491 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 59 | Temple University | 24800 | 36100 | 0.3132 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 60 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 61 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 61 | Seattle Pacific University | 25700 | 70000 | 0.6328 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 61 | Westminster College | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5535 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 64 | University of North Texas | 25800 | 26100 | 0.0115 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 65 | Rockford University | 25900 | 59600 | 0.5657 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26100 | 50000 | 0.4777 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 67 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26300 | 36800 | 0.2855 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 68 | Houston Christian University | 26500 | 60500 | 0.5623 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 69 | University of Mount Union | 27100 | 56300 | 0.5183 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 70 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 71 | California State University-Long Beach | 27300 | 43100 | 0.367 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 72 | University of Central Oklahoma | 27600 | 44800 | 0.384 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 73 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0886 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 74 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2153 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 75 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 53200 | 0.4512 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 76 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 30500 | 44300 | 0.3112 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 77 | Bridgewater College | 30900 | 42500 | 0.2718 | 1,412 | 1115 | 0.903 | |
| 77 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30900 | 45000 | 0.3123 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 79 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 80 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3349 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 81 | Southern Nazarene University | 32000 | 48400 | 0.3385 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 82 | Anderson University | 32300 | 53600 | 0.3973 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 83 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32700 | 58900 | 0.4445 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 83 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32700 | 35000 | 0.0654 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 85 | Liberty University | 33100 | 43400 | 0.2361 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 86 | Baylor University | 33500 | 70400 | 0.5244 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 87 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 88 | Samford University | 34600 | 93800 | 0.6312 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 89 | University of Idaho | 34800 | 48700 | 0.2854 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 90 | Bradley University | 35400 | 60000 | 0.4103 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 91 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 36000 | 57000 | 0.3681 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 92 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36400 | 53600 | 0.321 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 93 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 36900 | 47900 | 0.2294 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 94 | Hope International University | 38300 | 58600 | 0.3463 | 649 | 995 | 0.6253 | |
| 95 | Oakwood University | 38500 | 43300 | 0.1107 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 96 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 97 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 98 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 47000 | 0.1065 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 99 | Old Dominion University | 42300 | 50500 | 0.1624 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 100 | Lesley University | 42500 | 71100 | 0.4021 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 101 | University of Arizona | 42800 | 43800 | 0.0228 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 102 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 103 | Kansas State University | 43700 | 47900 | 0.0882 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 104 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.067 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 105 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 106 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 107 | University of California-San Diego | 55700 | 90100 | 0.3818 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 108 | George Mason University | 58000 | 61400 | 0.0554 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 109 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63500 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 110 | Howard University | 59900 | 67300 | 0.1099 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 111 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60600 | 65000 | 0.0677 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 112 | University of California-Davis | 68400 | 90000 | 0.2399 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 113 | Berea College | 68800 | 69000 | 0.0029 | 1,529 | 1209 | 0.1567 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.