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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 | Old Dominion University | 0 | 32400 | 1 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 3 | Kentucky State University | 9800 | 29700 | 0.6711 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10000 | 22900 | 0.5643 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 5 | University of California-San Diego | 11300 | 39700 | 0.7152 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 6 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 7 | Texas Woman's University | 11700 | 23200 | 0.4953 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 8 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 12200 | 41800 | 0.708 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 9 | Indiana State University | 12500 | 31200 | 0.6 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 9 | Southern Utah University | 12500 | 44000 | 0.7155 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 11 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 54500 | 0.7577 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 12 | University of Houston | 13500 | 23100 | 0.4157 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14100 | 46000 | 0.6931 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 15 | Louisiana Tech University | 14300 | 36900 | 0.6124 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 16 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14500 | 43900 | 0.6703 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 16 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 18 | University of Georgia | 14800 | 26600 | 0.4446 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 19 | Northern Illinois University | 14900 | 30700 | 0.5149 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 20 | University of North Texas | 15000 | 25700 | 0.4169 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 21 | California State University-San Marcos | 15300 | 24700 | 0.3813 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 22 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15500 | 27600 | 0.4385 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 23 | Florida State University | 15600 | 22900 | 0.3184 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 24 | California State University-Long Beach | 15800 | 25800 | 0.3877 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 25 | Alcorn State University | 15900 | 23700 | 0.3291 | 2,532 | 935 | 0.4533 | |
| 26 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 27 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16400 | 42600 | 0.6153 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 28 | Sonoma State University | 16800 | 26700 | 0.3708 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 29 | University of Maine | 16900 | 29300 | 0.4235 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 30 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17000 | 52500 | 0.6761 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 31 | Lamar University | 17200 | 41900 | 0.5895 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 32 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17300 | 34000 | 0.4908 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 33 | Greensboro College | 17400 | 37800 | 0.5396 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 34 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17500 | 34200 | 0.4881 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 35 | Houston Christian University | 17600 | 56800 | 0.6901 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 36 | Georgia Southern University | 17900 | 23800 | 0.2483 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 36 | University of Rhode Island | 17900 | 46400 | 0.6137 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 38 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 39 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18600 | 42800 | 0.5648 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 40 | California State University-East Bay | 18700 | 30100 | 0.3793 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 41 | Benedict College | 18800 | 41100 | 0.5431 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 42 | Connecticut College | 19300 | 115500 | 0.8326 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 43 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 44 | Texas Tech University | 19700 | 27900 | 0.2942 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 45 | Gallaudet University | 19800 | 44900 | 0.5592 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 46 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 20200 | 31400 | 0.3567 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 47 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20300 | 40200 | 0.4952 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 48 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20400 | 45200 | 0.5499 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 49 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 49 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20500 | 31000 | 0.3391 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 51 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20600 | 34400 | 0.4011 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 51 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 53 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2588 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 54 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 55 | University of Central Oklahoma | 21100 | 22700 | 0.0705 | 10,454 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 56 | Bradley University | 21500 | 50800 | 0.5767 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 56 | Illinois State University | 21500 | 35200 | 0.3888 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 58 | Rockford University | 21800 | 68200 | 0.6807 | 968 | 980 | 0.5704 | |
| 59 | Columbia College | 22700 | 39700 | 0.4287 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 60 | Stephens College | 22800 | 60900 | 0.6252 | 354 | 1045 | 0.9185 | |
| 61 | SUNY Oneonta | 23400 | 49300 | 0.5258 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 62 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 23500 | 50000 | 0.5298 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 63 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3859 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 64 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 23900 | 48900 | 0.5109 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 65 | Southern Virginia University | 24000 | 46000 | 0.4787 | 967 | 1094 | 0.9973 | |
| 66 | Miami University-Oxford | 24800 | 28400 | 0.1267 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 66 | University of Mount Union | 24800 | 50900 | 0.512 | 1,927 | 1240 | 0.8013 | |
| 68 | Rivier University | 25000 | 73300 | 0.6587 | 1,335 | 1060 | 0.8176 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 25500 | 47400 | 0.4623 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 70 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.077 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 71 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 72 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 25900 | 59900 | 0.5675 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 73 | Seattle Pacific University | 26100 | 77000 | 0.6614 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 74 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 75 | University of Arizona | 27200 | 38500 | 0.2932 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 76 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27300 | 47900 | 0.4298 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 77 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 78 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 79 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28100 | 46000 | 0.3893 | 3,361 | 1075 | 0.7887 | |
| 80 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1279 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 81 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3365 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 82 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2142 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 82 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.098 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 84 | Kansas State University | 29200 | 41600 | 0.2978 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 84 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 33700 | 0.1337 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 86 | Montclair State University | 29500 | 36300 | 0.1874 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 86 | Westminster College | 29500 | 57600 | 0.4879 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 88 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 89 | Samford University | 30600 | 78000 | 0.6074 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 90 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 56000 | 0.4463 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 91 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3089 | 2,012 | 1138 | 0.9707 | |
| 92 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.3316 | 887 | 1100 | 1 | |
| 93 | Liberty University | 31900 | 43400 | 0.2637 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 94 | Southern Nazarene University | 32200 | 48400 | 0.3353 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 95 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32300 | 34400 | 0.062 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 96 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 97 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32700 | 44700 | 0.2684 | 2,978 | 1219 | 0.7223 | |
| 98 | Anderson University | 33200 | 52500 | 0.3678 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 99 | University of Central Missouri | 33700 | 35800 | 0.0596 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 100 | Hope International University | 34100 | 69600 | 0.51 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 101 | Baylor University | 34700 | 70300 | 0.5063 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 102 | Abilene Christian University | 35700 | 60700 | 0.4115 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 103 | Lesley University | 37800 | 54700 | 0.3091 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 104 | Oakwood University | 38600 | 43300 | 0.1071 | 1,279 | 1020 | 0.507 | |
| 104 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 106 | Temple University | 40600 | 55300 | 0.266 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 107 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 57700 | 0.2615 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 108 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 53700 | 0.1917 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 109 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 110 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 111 | George Mason University | 57900 | 61000 | 0.0508 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 112 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 113 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 114 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60800 | 64100 | 0.0514 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 115 | Berea College | 69000 | 69000 | 0 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 | |
| 116 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.