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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 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 2 | Kentucky State University | 10100 | 17400 | 0.4184 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 3 | Eastern Washington University | 11700 | 31200 | 0.6251 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 4 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 5 | Texas Woman's University | 12300 | 28200 | 0.5639 | 9,962 | 1010 | 0.9658 | |
| 6 | Lamar University | 12900 | 22900 | 0.4361 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 6 | University of Arizona | 12900 | 30900 | 0.5835 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 8 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13600 | 19400 | 0.299 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 10 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 11 | University of Georgia | 14000 | 26600 | 0.4737 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 12 | Western Washington University | 14600 | 31400 | 0.5355 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 13 | Northern Illinois University | 14700 | 30400 | 0.5174 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 14 | Sonoma State University | 14800 | 26700 | 0.4457 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 15 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15000 | 29600 | 0.4939 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 16 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15200 | 31600 | 0.5196 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 17 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 18 | Florida State University | 15800 | 22900 | 0.3097 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 18 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 20 | Alcorn State University | 16200 | 25900 | 0.3745 | 2,469 | 905 | 0.3675 | |
| 21 | University of North Texas | 16300 | 26100 | 0.3761 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 22 | University of Maine | 16900 | 29300 | 0.4235 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 23 | Georgia Southern University | 17000 | 20100 | 0.1539 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 23 | Houston Christian University | 17000 | 56800 | 0.7007 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 23 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17000 | 40600 | 0.5807 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 26 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 27 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 28 | Greensboro College | 18200 | 37800 | 0.5184 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 29 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18300 | 27700 | 0.3392 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 30 | Texas Tech University | 18700 | 27100 | 0.3105 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 31 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 19100 | 31000 | 0.3843 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 32 | Connecticut College | 19200 | 95300 | 0.7982 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 33 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 19300 | 31400 | 0.3854 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 34 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19500 | 28200 | 0.3083 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 35 | Stephens College | 19800 | 49900 | 0.6034 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7709 | |
| 36 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 37 | Columbia College | 20100 | 35800 | 0.4386 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 38 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 39 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 40 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 41 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 42 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 43 | Southern Virginia University | 21200 | 46700 | 0.546 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9659 | |
| 44 | Louisiana Tech University | 21700 | 26100 | 0.1687 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 45 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 21800 | 48900 | 0.5538 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 46 | Bradley University | 22100 | 50800 | 0.5649 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 47 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 48 | The University of Alabama | 22900 | 31000 | 0.2611 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 49 | Abilene Christian University | 23500 | 59000 | 0.6013 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 50 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24000 | 34400 | 0.3023 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 51 | Indiana State University | 24700 | 32400 | 0.2377 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 52 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25200 | 38400 | 0.3441 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 53 | Temple University | 25300 | 36100 | 0.2994 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 54 | Westminster College | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5538 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 55 | Rockford University | 25800 | 59600 | 0.5673 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 26100 | 37500 | 0.3044 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 57 | Seattle Pacific University | 26300 | 70000 | 0.6243 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 58 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.0793 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 59 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 30600 | 0.1244 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 60 | University of Mount Union | 27100 | 56300 | 0.5183 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27300 | 41500 | 0.342 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 62 | Kansas State University | 27400 | 30400 | 0.0995 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 62 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 64 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27500 | 37700 | 0.2708 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 65 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0886 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 66 | California State University-San Marcos | 27900 | 28500 | 0.021 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 66 | Texas State University | 27900 | 28000 | 0.0036 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 68 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28000 | 46000 | 0.3915 | 3,604 | 1069 | 0.9761 | |
| 69 | California State University-San Bernardino | 28100 | 35400 | 0.2063 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 70 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 29100 | 39700 | 0.2671 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 71 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 72 | California State University-East Bay | 29500 | 45100 | 0.3461 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 29900 | 48100 | 0.3787 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 74 | Southern Utah University | 30200 | 40800 | 0.2599 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 75 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30700 | 39200 | 0.2171 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 76 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 76 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30900 | 45000 | 0.3123 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 78 | George Mason University | 31100 | 35700 | 0.1287 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 78 | Illinois State University | 31100 | 36400 | 0.1453 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 80 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 81 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3349 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 82 | Southern Nazarene University | 32000 | 48400 | 0.3385 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 83 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32600 | 44700 | 0.2706 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 84 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32700 | 35000 | 0.0654 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 85 | Samford University | 32800 | 64600 | 0.4924 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 86 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 87 | Baylor University | 33300 | 70300 | 0.5261 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 88 | Bridgewater College | 34200 | 42500 | 0.1953 | 1,412 | 1115 | 0.903 | |
| 89 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 34400 | 41000 | 0.1615 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 90 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 91 | University of Rhode Island | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 92 | Stockton University | 35400 | 44500 | 0.2046 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 93 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53100 | 0.3162 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 94 | Lesley University | 37100 | 54700 | 0.3219 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 95 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66300 | 0.427 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 96 | Hope International University | 38300 | 58600 | 0.3463 | 649 | 995 | 0.6253 | |
| 97 | Oakwood University | 38500 | 43300 | 0.1107 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 98 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 99 | SUNY Oneonta | 39600 | 41700 | 0.0503 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 100 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40000 | 50000 | 0.2002 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 100 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 102 | Montclair State University | 41500 | 46600 | 0.1095 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 103 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41800 | 53600 | 0.2203 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 104 | Anderson University | 42200 | 53600 | 0.2127 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 105 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 56200 | 0.2456 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 106 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 107 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 108 | University of California-San Diego | 46400 | 77200 | 0.399 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 109 | Binghamton University | 50500 | 52800 | 0.0433 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 110 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 111 | Howard University | 55200 | 66500 | 0.17 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 112 | University of California-Davis | 68200 | 69800 | 0.0229 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 113 | Berea College | 68500 | 69000 | 0.0072 | 1,529 | 1209 | 0.1567 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.