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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 Arkansas.
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 Arkansas.
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 | 29700 | 0.6609 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 3 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 4 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 5 | University of Houston | 11900 | 23100 | 0.485 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 6 | Texas Woman's University | 12000 | 23200 | 0.4824 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 12200 | 44000 | 0.7223 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 8 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 12700 | 41800 | 0.696 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 9 | Indiana State University | 12900 | 31200 | 0.5871 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 10 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 54500 | 0.7577 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14000 | 46000 | 0.6953 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 12 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14000 | 19400 | 0.2784 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 14 | Louisiana Tech University | 14500 | 36900 | 0.6069 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 14 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 16 | Northern Illinois University | 15200 | 30700 | 0.5057 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 17 | California State University-San Bernardino | 15500 | 43900 | 0.6475 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 17 | California State University-San Marcos | 15500 | 24700 | 0.3732 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 19 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15700 | 27600 | 0.4313 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 20 | Alcorn State University | 15900 | 23700 | 0.3291 | 2,532 | 935 | 0.4533 | |
| 21 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16100 | 42600 | 0.6223 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 21 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 23 | Lamar University | 16500 | 22900 | 0.2791 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 24 | Arkansas State University | 17000 | 28100 | 0.3963 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 25 | University of Maine | 17100 | 29300 | 0.4166 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 26 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17400 | 34200 | 0.4911 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 27 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17500 | 34000 | 0.4849 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 28 | Greensboro College | 17600 | 37800 | 0.5343 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 28 | Houston Christian University | 17600 | 56800 | 0.6901 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 30 | University of Rhode Island | 17700 | 33900 | 0.478 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 31 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 17900 | 48000 | 0.6266 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 32 | California State University-East Bay | 18100 | 45100 | 0.5989 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 33 | Georgia Southern University | 18200 | 23800 | 0.2357 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 34 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 35 | Benedict College | 18800 | 41100 | 0.5431 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 36 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18900 | 42800 | 0.5578 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 37 | Connecticut College | 19300 | 115500 | 0.8326 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 37 | Eastern Kentucky University | 19300 | 34400 | 0.4384 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 39 | Gallaudet University | 19700 | 44900 | 0.5614 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 40 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 41 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20300 | 40200 | 0.4952 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 42 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 43 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 44 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20700 | 31000 | 0.3327 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 44 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2588 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 46 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20800 | 34400 | 0.3953 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 46 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 20800 | 42500 | 0.5111 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 48 | University of Central Oklahoma | 21300 | 22700 | 0.0617 | 10,454 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 49 | Bradley University | 21800 | 50800 | 0.5708 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 50 | Rockford University | 21900 | 68200 | 0.6793 | 968 | 980 | 0.5704 | |
| 50 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21900 | 25400 | 0.1388 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 52 | Florida State University | 22500 | 22900 | 0.0174 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 52 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 22500 | 45300 | 0.5028 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 54 | Columbia College | 22800 | 39700 | 0.4262 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 55 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 22900 | 47900 | 0.5216 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 56 | Stephens College | 23100 | 60900 | 0.6203 | 354 | 1045 | 0.9185 | |
| 57 | SUNY Oneonta | 23500 | 49300 | 0.5238 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 57 | The University of Alabama | 23500 | 31000 | 0.2418 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 59 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3859 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 60 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 24100 | 48900 | 0.5068 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 60 | Southern Virginia University | 24100 | 46000 | 0.4761 | 967 | 1094 | 0.9973 | |
| 62 | University of Central Arkansas | 24400 | 29500 | 0.174 | 8,268 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 62 | University of Central Missouri | 24400 | 35800 | 0.3181 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 64 | University of Mount Union | 24800 | 50900 | 0.512 | 1,927 | 1240 | 0.8013 | |
| 65 | Rivier University | 25500 | 73300 | 0.6519 | 1,335 | 1060 | 0.8176 | |
| 65 | University of Arkansas | 25500 | 29600 | 0.1395 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 67 | University of North Texas | 25700 | 25700 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 25800 | 47400 | 0.456 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 69 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26100 | 59900 | 0.5642 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 70 | Seattle Pacific University | 26500 | 77000 | 0.6562 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 71 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 72 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 38500 | 0.2958 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 73 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 74 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0835 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 74 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 76 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 77 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28100 | 46000 | 0.3893 | 3,361 | 1075 | 0.7887 | |
| 78 | Westminster College | 29400 | 57600 | 0.4896 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 79 | Kansas State University | 29500 | 41600 | 0.2903 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 80 | Illinois State University | 29600 | 35200 | 0.1599 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 81 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 82 | Samford University | 30900 | 78000 | 0.6035 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 83 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3089 | 2,012 | 1138 | 0.9707 | |
| 84 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.3316 | 887 | 1100 | 1 | |
| 85 | Liberty University | 31900 | 44300 | 0.2799 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 86 | Southern Nazarene University | 32200 | 48400 | 0.3353 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 87 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32600 | 44700 | 0.2706 | 2,978 | 1219 | 0.7223 | |
| 88 | Anderson University | 33100 | 52500 | 0.3697 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 89 | Sonoma State University | 33900 | 41200 | 0.1772 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 90 | Hope International University | 34200 | 69600 | 0.5085 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 91 | Baylor University | 34600 | 70300 | 0.5078 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 92 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 93 | Abilene Christian University | 35900 | 60700 | 0.4083 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 94 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 95 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 43900 | 0.1505 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 96 | California State University-Long Beach | 37600 | 38600 | 0.0259 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 97 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37800 | 66500 | 0.4313 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 98 | Lesley University | 38000 | 54700 | 0.3054 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 99 | Oakwood University | 38600 | 43300 | 0.1071 | 1,279 | 1020 | 0.507 | |
| 100 | Temple University | 40500 | 55300 | 0.2679 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 101 | Montclair State University | 42100 | 46200 | 0.0888 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 102 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 57700 | 0.2632 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 103 | University of Georgia | 43100 | 48800 | 0.1172 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 104 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 105 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 44000 | 53700 | 0.1806 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 106 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 107 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 108 | University of California-San Diego | 49700 | 77100 | 0.3552 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 109 | Binghamton University | 50700 | 52800 | 0.0404 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 110 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 111 | George Mason University | 53500 | 61000 | 0.123 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 112 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 54100 | 59200 | 0.0867 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 113 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 114 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 115 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 116 | Berea College | 68800 | 69000 | 0.0029 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.