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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 Washington.
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 Washington.
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 | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 2 | California State University-East Bay | 9200 | 45100 | 0.7964 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 3 | Kentucky State University | 9500 | 27400 | 0.6532 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 4 | Berea College | 9600 | 69400 | 0.8617 | 1,529 | 1209 | 0.1567 | |
| 4 | Lamar University | 9600 | 22900 | 0.5801 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 6 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7362 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 7 | Indiana State University | 10600 | 25900 | 0.5917 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 8 | Southern Utah University | 11100 | 51400 | 0.784 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 9 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11200 | 27300 | 0.5908 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 10 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 28700 | 0.5996 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 11 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12000 | 32800 | 0.6338 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 12 | Louisiana Tech University | 12700 | 42900 | 0.7038 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 13 | University of Arizona | 13000 | 31000 | 0.5803 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 14 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 26500 | 0.5051 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 15 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13600 | 19400 | 0.299 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 17 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 18 | Texas Woman's University | 14400 | 23200 | 0.3787 | 9,962 | 1010 | 0.9658 | |
| 18 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14400 | 31000 | 0.5361 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 20 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14700 | 40100 | 0.6337 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 21 | California State University-San Marcos | 15000 | 24700 | 0.3935 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 21 | Sonoma State University | 15000 | 41200 | 0.636 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 23 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15300 | 50100 | 0.6943 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 23 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15300 | 28200 | 0.4571 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 25 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15500 | 26000 | 0.4034 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 25 | Texas State University | 15500 | 26700 | 0.4188 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 27 | Florida State University | 15800 | 23000 | 0.3133 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 28 | Alcorn State University | 16200 | 22200 | 0.2697 | 2,469 | 905 | 0.3675 | |
| 29 | Greensboro College | 16400 | 38300 | 0.5713 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 30 | Bellevue College | 16900 | 35500 | 0.5245 | 12,485 | 0 | 1 | |
| 30 | California State University-Long Beach | 16900 | 25800 | 0.345 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 30 | Georgia Southern University | 16900 | 49700 | 0.6601 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 33 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17500 | 33900 | 0.4836 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 34 | State University of New York at Oswego | 17700 | 27700 | 0.3609 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 35 | University of Arkansas | 18100 | 28500 | 0.3667 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 36 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 37 | Columbia College | 18300 | 60700 | 0.698 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 37 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18300 | 44000 | 0.5837 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 37 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 40 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18800 | 54000 | 0.6515 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 41 | Connecticut College | 18900 | 93000 | 0.7965 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 42 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 19400 | 48900 | 0.6029 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 43 | SUNY Oneonta | 19700 | 29300 | 0.3276 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 44 | Stephens College | 19800 | 70100 | 0.7174 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7709 | |
| 45 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19900 | 45100 | 0.559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 46 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 47 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 48 | Stockton University | 20400 | 32100 | 0.3643 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 49 | University of Houston | 20500 | 28400 | 0.2785 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 49 | University of Rhode Island | 20500 | 47400 | 0.5676 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 51 | Iowa State University | 21100 | 25700 | 0.1794 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 52 | Southern Virginia University | 21200 | 53200 | 0.6019 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9659 | |
| 53 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21700 | 25900 | 0.1598 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 22000 | 49600 | 0.5561 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 55 | Rockford University | 22300 | 80500 | 0.7228 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 56 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 57 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 22800 | 42500 | 0.4635 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 58 | The University of Alabama | 22900 | 33400 | 0.3142 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 59 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 23100 | 44800 | 0.484 | 3,604 | 1069 | 0.9761 | |
| 60 | Seattle Pacific University | 23500 | 98900 | 0.7627 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 61 | University of North Texas | 24300 | 37400 | 0.35 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 24400 | 47900 | 0.4902 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 63 | Kent State University at Kent | 24900 | 28400 | 0.1253 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 64 | Abilene Christian University | 25000 | 58800 | 0.5749 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 65 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25200 | 36800 | 0.3154 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 66 | Westminster College | 25600 | 57600 | 0.5555 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 67 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 68 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1812 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 69 | University of Mount Union | 27000 | 56300 | 0.5211 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 70 | North Dakota State University | 27400 | 30400 | 0.0976 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 71 | University of Central Oklahoma | 28000 | 33800 | 0.1714 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 72 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2171 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 73 | University of Connecticut | 29100 | 55500 | 0.4755 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 74 | Houston Christian University | 30600 | 60500 | 0.4945 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 74 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30600 | 45000 | 0.3185 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 76 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31100 | 47100 | 0.3408 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 77 | Southern Nazarene University | 31800 | 48400 | 0.3442 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 78 | Anderson University | 32100 | 54700 | 0.4134 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 79 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 79 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32400 | 43900 | 0.2621 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 81 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 82 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32600 | 44700 | 0.2706 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 83 | University of Idaho | 32700 | 34100 | 0.041 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 84 | Baylor University | 33400 | 70400 | 0.5258 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 85 | Bridgewater College | 33900 | 42500 | 0.2018 | 1,412 | 1115 | 0.903 | |
| 86 | Samford University | 34800 | 93800 | 0.6291 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 87 | Temple University | 35500 | 57200 | 0.3791 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 88 | Bradley University | 35800 | 60300 | 0.4064 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 89 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35900 | 54000 | 0.3352 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 90 | Texas Tech University | 36000 | 41000 | 0.122 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 91 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 36300 | 39700 | 0.0857 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 92 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 93 | Hope International University | 38000 | 58600 | 0.351 | 649 | 995 | 0.6253 | |
| 94 | Oakwood University | 38200 | 43300 | 0.117 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 95 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 96 | University of Wyoming | 39700 | 45300 | 0.1229 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 97 | University of Maine | 40600 | 42800 | 0.0514 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 98 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 63300 | 0.3318 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 99 | Lesley University | 42500 | 57500 | 0.2609 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 100 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 101 | George Mason University | 43600 | 61400 | 0.2901 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 102 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.093 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 103 | Montclair State University | 44500 | 47000 | 0.0532 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 104 | Illinois State University | 45500 | 49100 | 0.0726 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 105 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 106 | University of California-San Diego | 49300 | 79600 | 0.3805 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 107 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 108 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 109 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 110 | Howard University | 55200 | 88500 | 0.3764 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 111 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63600 | 0.0818 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 112 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60700 | 63600 | 0.0456 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.