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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 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 2 | Kentucky State University | 10100 | 17400 | 0.4184 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 3 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 4 | Southern Utah University | 10500 | 22200 | 0.528 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 5 | Eastern Washington University | 11700 | 31200 | 0.6251 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky University | 12200 | 22900 | 0.4681 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 7 | Texas Woman's University | 12300 | 28200 | 0.5639 | 10,039 | 1035 | 0.9612 | |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 9 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 26500 | 0.5089 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 10 | California State University-San Bernardino | 13200 | 30800 | 0.5721 | 15,365 | 990 | 0.9374 | |
| 11 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13600 | 19400 | 0.299 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 12 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 13 | University of Georgia | 14000 | 26600 | 0.4737 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 14 | University of Houston | 14300 | 22000 | 0.3493 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 15 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4478 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 16 | Northern Illinois University | 14700 | 30400 | 0.5173 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 17 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14900 | 37400 | 0.601 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 18 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 19 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 20 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3949 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 21 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15900 | 38400 | 0.5856 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 22 | Alcorn State University | 16200 | 25900 | 0.3745 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 23 | University of North Texas | 16300 | 26100 | 0.3761 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 24 | Connecticut College | 16700 | 95300 | 0.8244 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 25 | University of Maine | 16900 | 29300 | 0.4235 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 26 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 27 | Houston Christian University | 17600 | 56800 | 0.6901 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 28 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17800 | 43500 | 0.5903 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 29 | Greensboro College | 18100 | 37800 | 0.5211 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 30 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 30 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 32 | Benedict College | 18300 | 33000 | 0.445 | 1,628 | 915 | 0.957 | |
| 32 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18300 | 27700 | 0.3392 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 32 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 35 | Texas Tech University | 18700 | 27100 | 0.3105 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 36 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 37 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 19100 | 31000 | 0.3843 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 38 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 19300 | 31400 | 0.3854 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 39 | Gallaudet University | 19400 | 44600 | 0.5649 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 39 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 41 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19500 | 28200 | 0.3083 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 42 | Stephens College | 19800 | 49900 | 0.6034 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7722 | |
| 43 | University of Arizona | 19900 | 30900 | 0.3566 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 44 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1732 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 45 | Columbia College | 20100 | 35800 | 0.4386 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 46 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20500 | 23200 | 0.1164 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 47 | Southern Virginia University | 21200 | 46700 | 0.546 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9642 | |
| 47 | Washington State University | 21200 | 36200 | 0.4131 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 49 | Louisiana Tech University | 21800 | 26100 | 0.1649 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 50 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 22200 | 48900 | 0.5456 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 51 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22300 | 25900 | 0.1373 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 52 | Florida State University | 22600 | 32400 | 0.3029 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 53 | The University of Alabama | 22900 | 31000 | 0.2611 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23900 | 38200 | 0.3742 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9806 | |
| 55 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24000 | 34400 | 0.3023 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 55 | Central Washington University | 24000 | 27900 | 0.14 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 57 | Abilene Christian University | 24300 | 59000 | 0.5877 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 58 | Bradley University | 24500 | 50800 | 0.5177 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 59 | Indiana State University | 24600 | 32400 | 0.2408 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 60 | Temple University | 25300 | 36100 | 0.2994 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 61 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1097 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 62 | Rockford University | 25900 | 59600 | 0.5656 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 63 | Westminster College | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5486 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 64 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 26100 | 37500 | 0.3044 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 65 | Seattle Pacific University | 26500 | 70000 | 0.6214 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 65 | University of Mount Union | 26500 | 50900 | 0.4799 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 67 | Georgia Southern University | 26600 | 26800 | 0.0075 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 68 | Southern University at New Orleans | 26700 | 42300 | 0.3686 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 68 | University of Arkansas | 26700 | 28900 | 0.0745 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 70 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 30600 | 0.1178 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 71 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27600 | 37700 | 0.2681 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 72 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 73 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.084 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 74 | Texas State University | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 75 | California State University-San Marcos | 28100 | 28500 | 0.014 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 76 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 77 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28400 | 46000 | 0.3828 | 3,424 | 1209 | 0.7887 | |
| 78 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0984 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 79 | California State University-East Bay | 29500 | 45100 | 0.3461 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 80 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29700 | 34000 | 0.1264 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 80 | Sonoma State University | 29700 | 41200 | 0.2791 | 5,272 | 1050 | 0.9343 | |
| 82 | Montclair State University | 29900 | 36300 | 0.1764 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 83 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 84 | Rivier University | 30100 | 65700 | 0.5418 | 1,252 | 1120 | 0.8259 | |
| 85 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 86 | George Mason University | 31100 | 35700 | 0.1287 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 86 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3092 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 88 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.332 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 89 | Lamar University | 31600 | 38300 | 0.175 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 90 | Baylor University | 31800 | 70300 | 0.5475 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 91 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32600 | 44700 | 0.2706 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 92 | Samford University | 32800 | 64600 | 0.4924 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 93 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 94 | University of Rhode Island | 33400 | 46400 | 0.2799 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 95 | Hope International University | 34100 | 60500 | 0.4366 | 564 | 1027 | 0.3298 | |
| 96 | Lesley University | 37100 | 54700 | 0.3219 | 1,229 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 97 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3062 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 98 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66300 | 0.427 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 99 | Southern Nazarene University | 38200 | 48400 | 0.2117 | 1,456 | 0 | 0 | |
| 100 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38500 | 53100 | 0.2748 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 101 | Oakwood University | 38600 | 43300 | 0.1074 | 1,177 | 1005 | 0.4522 | |
| 102 | University of Wyoming | 40100 | 45300 | 0.1137 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 103 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41600 | 53600 | 0.224 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 104 | SUNY Oneonta | 41700 | 41700 | 0 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 105 | Anderson University | 42200 | 53600 | 0.2127 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 106 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 56200 | 0.2439 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 107 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 108 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2746 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 109 | Illinois State University | 45900 | 49100 | 0.0642 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 110 | University of California-San Diego | 46400 | 76000 | 0.3894 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 111 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0517 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 112 | Binghamton University | 50700 | 52800 | 0.0407 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 113 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 114 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 115 | Howard University | 60000 | 66500 | 0.0978 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 116 | Berea College | 68700 | 69000 | 0.0043 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.