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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 Alabama.
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 Alabama.
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 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12400 | 29900 | 0.5852 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 4 | Bacone College | 12700 | 36800 | 0.655 | 106 | 875 | 0.545 | |
| 5 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12900 | 37100 | 0.6518 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 6 | Utah State University | 13000 | 30000 | 0.5659 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 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 | |
| 11 | Louisiana Tech University | 14200 | 24800 | 0.428 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 12 | University of Idaho | 14600 | 26400 | 0.4466 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 13 | Northern Illinois University | 14800 | 29300 | 0.4963 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 14 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 25400 | 0.3943 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 15 | California State University-San Marcos | 15500 | 24700 | 0.3732 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 16 | California State University-San Bernardino | 15900 | 25200 | 0.3691 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 16 | Troy University | 15900 | 26800 | 0.4056 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 18 | Alcorn State University | 16000 | 24400 | 0.3446 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 19 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16200 | 28800 | 0.4373 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 20 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 16700 | 25700 | 0.3502 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 21 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 18000 | 32100 | 0.4399 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 22 | University of Arkansas | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3466 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 23 | University of Rhode Island | 18400 | 34400 | 0.4649 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 24 | Benedict College | 18800 | 38300 | 0.5097 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 25 | Gallaudet University | 19100 | 44200 | 0.5673 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 26 | Kentucky State University | 19700 | 27600 | 0.2867 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 27 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 28 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 43700 | 0.5405 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 29 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20600 | 26900 | 0.2341 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 30 | University of Georgia | 21300 | 27100 | 0.2113 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 31 | Houston Christian University | 22000 | 56800 | 0.6126 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 32 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22100 | 34400 | 0.3575 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 33 | Florida State University | 22500 | 23100 | 0.026 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 34 | Bradley University | 22800 | 50900 | 0.5521 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 34 | Columbia College | 22800 | 36800 | 0.381 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 36 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 37 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 38 | Georgia Southern University | 23600 | 23800 | 0.0084 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 38 | University of Houston | 23600 | 23600 | 0 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 40 | Eastern Kentucky University | 23900 | 38000 | 0.3706 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 41 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 24000 | 24500 | 0.0204 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 42 | Southern Virginia University | 24400 | 38200 | 0.3615 | 967 | 1070 | 0.9973 | |
| 43 | Rockford University | 25100 | 60300 | 0.5835 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 44 | Stephens College | 25200 | 58600 | 0.5695 | 354 | 1185 | 0.9185 | |
| 45 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 46 | University of Mount Union | 26400 | 50900 | 0.4805 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 47 | University of North Alabama | 26600 | 41500 | 0.3592 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 48 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26800 | 48900 | 0.4516 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 48 | Texas Woman's University | 26800 | 41300 | 0.3511 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 50 | University of Arizona | 26900 | 35200 | 0.2356 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 51 | Lamar University | 27100 | 37700 | 0.2809 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 52 | Indiana State University | 27500 | 30900 | 0.1101 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 53 | Southern Utah University | 27700 | 35600 | 0.2216 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 54 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0858 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 54 | The University of Alabama | 27800 | 29900 | 0.071 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 56 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 27900 | 31400 | 0.1115 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 57 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28100 | 45700 | 0.3852 | 3,361 | 1160 | 0.7887 | |
| 58 | Seattle Pacific University | 28200 | 62600 | 0.5496 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 59 | California State University-Long Beach | 28300 | 38400 | 0.2634 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 59 | Connecticut College | 28300 | 83300 | 0.6607 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28300 | 41900 | 0.3245 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 62 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3381 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 63 | Mitchell College | 28900 | 65900 | 0.5611 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 64 | Westminster College | 29300 | 57500 | 0.4901 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 65 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 66 | California State University-East Bay | 30100 | 43000 | 0.2997 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 67 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 30200 | 34000 | 0.1117 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 68 | Sonoma State University | 30500 | 40200 | 0.2414 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 68 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30500 | 46200 | 0.34 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 70 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30800 | 52900 | 0.4179 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 71 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31000 | 45000 | 0.3105 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 72 | Samford University | 31400 | 65200 | 0.5184 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 72 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 74 | Southern Nazarene University | 32100 | 48400 | 0.3367 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 75 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32200 | 34400 | 0.064 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 76 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 34700 | 0.0691 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 77 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32600 | 44700 | 0.2706 | 2,978 | 1222 | 0.7223 | |
| 78 | Liberty University | 32700 | 43900 | 0.2551 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 79 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 33400 | 40900 | 0.1835 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 33400 | 44100 | 0.2425 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 82 | Anderson University | 33500 | 52400 | 0.3607 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 83 | Hope International University | 34300 | 56700 | 0.3953 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 84 | Baylor University | 34500 | 70800 | 0.5124 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 84 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4793 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 86 | Nova Southeastern University | 34600 | 56300 | 0.3852 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 87 | University of Nevada-Reno | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 88 | Abilene Christian University | 35900 | 60700 | 0.4082 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 88 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35900 | 43500 | 0.1748 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 90 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 91 | University of Maine | 36400 | 45100 | 0.1929 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 91 | Warner Pacific University | 36400 | 41600 | 0.1252 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
| 93 | University of Connecticut | 37600 | 41800 | 0.1005 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 94 | Lesley University | 38000 | 54600 | 0.3038 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 94 | University of Central Oklahoma | 38000 | 38500 | 0.013 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 96 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 97 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 98 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 99 | Temple University | 40300 | 56100 | 0.2815 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 100 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 100 | SUNY Oneonta | 40500 | 45300 | 0.1059 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 102 | University of California-San Diego | 40900 | 61100 | 0.3307 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 103 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 41900 | 45200 | 0.0731 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 104 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 105 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 52100 | 0.167 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 106 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 107 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43800 | 50300 | 0.1293 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 108 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2748 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 109 | Illinois State University | 45100 | 47300 | 0.0466 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 110 | Montclair State University | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 111 | George Mason University | 49200 | 49200 | 0 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 112 | Binghamton University | 50600 | 52800 | 0.0417 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 113 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57000 | 59200 | 0.0372 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 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.