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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 West 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 West 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 | Cornell University | 10300 | 92000 | 0.8877 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 11100 | 29000 | 0.6168 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 3 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 12200 | 34300 | 0.6439 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 4 | Utah State University | 12300 | 20300 | 0.3936 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 5 | Bacone College | 12700 | 36800 | 0.655 | 106 | 875 | 0.545 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12900 | 37100 | 0.6518 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 7 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 9 | Texas Tech University | 13900 | 26800 | 0.4809 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 10 | Kansas State University | 14100 | 26100 | 0.4588 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 10 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14100 | 19400 | 0.2733 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 12 | Louisiana Tech University | 14200 | 24800 | 0.428 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 13 | University of Idaho | 14600 | 26400 | 0.4466 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 14 | Northern Illinois University | 14800 | 29300 | 0.4963 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 14 | West Virginia University | 14800 | 23400 | 0.3661 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 16 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 15600 | 25700 | 0.3925 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 17 | Florida State University | 15800 | 23100 | 0.3159 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 18 | California State University-San Bernardino | 15900 | 25200 | 0.3691 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 19 | Alcorn State University | 16000 | 24400 | 0.3446 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 20 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16200 | 28800 | 0.4373 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 21 | University of Arizona | 16500 | 30900 | 0.4668 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 22 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 16700 | 25700 | 0.3502 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 23 | Sonoma State University | 17100 | 26700 | 0.3596 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 24 | University of Georgia | 17200 | 27100 | 0.363 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 25 | University of Arkansas | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3466 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 26 | University of Maine | 18300 | 29000 | 0.3693 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 27 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27500 | 0.3235 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 28 | Benedict College | 18800 | 38300 | 0.5097 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 29 | Gallaudet University | 19100 | 44200 | 0.5673 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 30 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 31 | Kentucky State University | 19700 | 27600 | 0.2867 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 32 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 33 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20100 | 24500 | 0.1792 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 33 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 43700 | 0.5405 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20600 | 26900 | 0.2341 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 36 | George Mason University | 20900 | 33500 | 0.3762 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 37 | Marshall University | 21000 | 36300 | 0.4218 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 37 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 39 | Houston Christian University | 22000 | 56800 | 0.6126 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 40 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22100 | 34400 | 0.3575 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 41 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 22400 | 33000 | 0.3209 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 42 | Bradley University | 22800 | 50900 | 0.5521 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 42 | Columbia College | 22800 | 36800 | 0.381 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 44 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 45 | Georgia Southern University | 23600 | 23800 | 0.0084 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 45 | The University of Alabama | 23600 | 29900 | 0.211 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 45 | University of Houston | 23600 | 23600 | 0 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 48 | Eastern Kentucky University | 24000 | 38000 | 0.368 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 49 | Southern Virginia University | 24400 | 38200 | 0.3615 | 967 | 1070 | 0.9973 | |
| 50 | Rockford University | 25100 | 60300 | 0.5835 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 51 | Stephens College | 25200 | 58600 | 0.5695 | 354 | 1185 | 0.9185 | |
| 52 | Temple University | 25300 | 36300 | 0.3033 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 53 | University of North Texas | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 54 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 55 | University of Mount Union | 26400 | 50900 | 0.4805 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 56 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26800 | 48900 | 0.4516 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 56 | Texas Woman's University | 26800 | 41300 | 0.3511 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 26900 | 38200 | 0.2957 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 59 | Lamar University | 27100 | 37700 | 0.2809 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 60 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 27400 | 35600 | 0.2302 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 62 | Indiana State University | 27500 | 30900 | 0.1101 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 63 | Southern Utah University | 27700 | 35600 | 0.2216 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 64 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0858 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 65 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28000 | 45700 | 0.3874 | 3,361 | 1160 | 0.7887 | |
| 66 | Seattle Pacific University | 28200 | 62600 | 0.5496 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 67 | California State University-Long Beach | 28300 | 38400 | 0.2634 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 67 | Connecticut College | 28300 | 83300 | 0.6607 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 69 | California State University-San Marcos | 28500 | 38400 | 0.2576 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 70 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3381 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 71 | Mitchell College | 28900 | 65900 | 0.5611 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 71 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2147 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 73 | Westminster College | 29300 | 57500 | 0.4901 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 74 | University of Connecticut | 29500 | 33200 | 0.1116 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 75 | California State University-East Bay | 30100 | 43000 | 0.2997 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 76 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 30200 | 34000 | 0.1117 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 77 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30500 | 46200 | 0.34 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 78 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31000 | 45000 | 0.3105 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 79 | University of Rhode Island | 31900 | 46700 | 0.3169 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 80 | Southern Nazarene University | 32100 | 48400 | 0.3367 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 81 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32200 | 39200 | 0.1788 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 81 | Samford University | 32200 | 65200 | 0.5061 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 81 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32200 | 44800 | 0.2812 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 81 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32200 | 34400 | 0.064 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 85 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32600 | 44700 | 0.2706 | 2,978 | 1222 | 0.7223 | |
| 86 | Liberty University | 32700 | 43900 | 0.2551 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 87 | Anderson University | 33500 | 52400 | 0.3607 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 88 | Hope International University | 34300 | 56700 | 0.3953 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 89 | Baylor University | 34500 | 70800 | 0.5124 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 89 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4793 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 91 | Nova Southeastern University | 34600 | 56300 | 0.3852 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 92 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 93 | University of Nevada-Reno | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 94 | Abilene Christian University | 35900 | 60700 | 0.4082 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 94 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35900 | 43500 | 0.1748 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 96 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 97 | Warner Pacific University | 36400 | 41600 | 0.1252 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
| 98 | Lesley University | 38000 | 54600 | 0.3038 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 98 | University of Central Oklahoma | 38000 | 38500 | 0.013 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 100 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 101 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 102 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 103 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 103 | SUNY Oneonta | 40500 | 45300 | 0.1059 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 105 | University of California-San Diego | 40900 | 61100 | 0.3307 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 106 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 107 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 108 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43200 | 55100 | 0.2161 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 109 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 110 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43800 | 50300 | 0.1293 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 111 | Illinois State University | 45100 | 47300 | 0.0466 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 112 | Montclair State University | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 113 | Binghamton University | 50600 | 52800 | 0.0417 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 114 | Howard University | 58300 | 61600 | 0.0536 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 115 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 116 | Berea College | 70100 | 70100 | 0 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.