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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 | Utah State University | 7900 | 24900 | 0.6836 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 2 | Cornell University | 10400 | 92000 | 0.8866 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 3 | Eastern Washington University | 11600 | 28600 | 0.5966 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 4 | University of California-San Diego | 12000 | 34000 | 0.6466 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 5 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12200 | 29900 | 0.5919 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 6 | Brigham Young University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5686 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 7 | Bacone College | 12700 | 36800 | 0.655 | 106 | 875 | 0.545 | |
| 8 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12900 | 37100 | 0.6518 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 10 | Texas Tech University | 13900 | 27000 | 0.485 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 11 | Louisiana Tech University | 14100 | 24900 | 0.433 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 12 | Texas Woman's University | 14200 | 23200 | 0.3876 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 13 | University of Idaho | 14600 | 31300 | 0.534 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 14 | Northern Illinois University | 14800 | 29300 | 0.4965 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 15 | California State University-San Marcos | 15100 | 24700 | 0.3894 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 16 | University of North Texas | 15200 | 25400 | 0.4022 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 17 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 15300 | 25700 | 0.4042 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 18 | Florida State University | 15700 | 23100 | 0.3203 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 19 | Alcorn State University | 16100 | 24400 | 0.3405 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 20 | Western Washington University | 16400 | 31600 | 0.4819 | 13,752 | 1218 | 0.9325 | |
| 21 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 22 | Georgia Southern University | 17900 | 23800 | 0.2483 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 23 | SUNY Oneonta | 18400 | 29300 | 0.372 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 24 | Benedict College | 18800 | 38300 | 0.5097 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 25 | Texas State University | 18900 | 28900 | 0.3455 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 26 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3411 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 27 | Gallaudet University | 19200 | 44200 | 0.565 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 28 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 29 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19500 | 28200 | 0.3085 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 30 | Kentucky State University | 19700 | 27600 | 0.2867 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 31 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19900 | 26900 | 0.2601 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 32 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5856 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 33 | George Mason University | 20500 | 33500 | 0.3882 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 34 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20800 | 30000 | 0.3071 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 35 | University of Central Oklahoma | 21000 | 22700 | 0.0749 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 36 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21500 | 35400 | 0.3932 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 37 | Houston Christian University | 22100 | 56800 | 0.6109 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 38 | Bradley University | 22800 | 50900 | 0.5521 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 38 | Columbia College | 22800 | 36800 | 0.381 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 40 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 41 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 42 | Eastern Kentucky University | 23900 | 38000 | 0.3706 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 43 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 24000 | 24500 | 0.0204 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 44 | Southern Virginia University | 24400 | 38200 | 0.3615 | 967 | 1070 | 0.9973 | |
| 45 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24600 | 37400 | 0.3419 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 46 | Rockford University | 25100 | 60300 | 0.5835 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 47 | Stephens College | 25200 | 58600 | 0.5695 | 354 | 1185 | 0.9185 | |
| 48 | Temple University | 25300 | 36300 | 0.3033 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 49 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1071 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 50 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26000 | 36500 | 0.2873 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 51 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 26300 | 38200 | 0.3115 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 52 | University of Mount Union | 26500 | 50900 | 0.4791 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 53 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26800 | 48900 | 0.4516 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 54 | California State University-San Bernardino | 27000 | 29000 | 0.0689 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 54 | University of Arizona | 27000 | 37700 | 0.2842 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 54 | University of Arkansas | 27000 | 30800 | 0.1227 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 57 | Lamar University | 27100 | 37700 | 0.2809 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 58 | Indiana State University | 27500 | 30900 | 0.1101 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 59 | Southern Utah University | 27700 | 35600 | 0.2216 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 60 | North Dakota State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.0815 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 61 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28100 | 45700 | 0.3852 | 3,361 | 1160 | 0.7887 | |
| 62 | Seattle Pacific University | 28200 | 62600 | 0.5496 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 63 | California State University-Long Beach | 28300 | 38400 | 0.2634 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 63 | Mississippi State University | 28300 | 32300 | 0.126 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 65 | Connecticut College | 28500 | 83300 | 0.6583 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 66 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3351 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 67 | Mitchell College | 28900 | 65900 | 0.5611 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 68 | Westminster College | 29400 | 57500 | 0.4884 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 69 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 70 | California State University-East Bay | 30100 | 43000 | 0.2997 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 71 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 30200 | 34000 | 0.1117 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 72 | Sonoma State University | 30500 | 40200 | 0.2414 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 73 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30600 | 46200 | 0.3372 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 74 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30800 | 52900 | 0.4179 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 75 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3076 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 76 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 77 | University of Houston | 31500 | 35200 | 0.1052 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 78 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 31600 | 33700 | 0.0617 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 79 | University of Rhode Island | 31900 | 46700 | 0.3169 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 80 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32100 | 44800 | 0.2835 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 81 | Southern Nazarene University | 32200 | 48400 | 0.334 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 82 | Samford University | 32300 | 65200 | 0.5045 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 83 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32600 | 44700 | 0.2706 | 2,978 | 1222 | 0.7223 | |
| 84 | Liberty University | 32700 | 43900 | 0.2551 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 85 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 33400 | 44100 | 0.2425 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 87 | Anderson University | 33500 | 52400 | 0.3607 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 33500 | 40900 | 0.1811 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 89 | Hope International University | 34300 | 56700 | 0.3953 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 90 | Baylor University | 34500 | 70800 | 0.5124 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 90 | Nova Southeastern University | 34500 | 56300 | 0.387 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 92 | University of Vermont | 34600 | 66300 | 0.4782 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 93 | Abilene Christian University | 35900 | 60700 | 0.4082 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 94 | University of Maine | 36400 | 45100 | 0.1929 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 95 | Warner Pacific University | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1221 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
| 96 | University of Connecticut | 37700 | 41800 | 0.0981 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 97 | Lesley University | 38000 | 54600 | 0.3038 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 97 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 62000 | 0.3872 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 99 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 100 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 101 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38900 | 52900 | 0.2645 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 102 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 103 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 104 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 105 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 106 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43200 | 55100 | 0.2161 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 107 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4464 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 108 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43800 | 50300 | 0.1293 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 109 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2742 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 110 | Illinois State University | 45200 | 47300 | 0.0439 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 111 | Montclair State University | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 112 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 113 | Binghamton University | 50000 | 52100 | 0.0398 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 114 | Howard University | 53600 | 61600 | 0.1299 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 115 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 116 | Berea College | 70000 | 70100 | 0.0014 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.