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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 | Kentucky State University | 10300 | 17400 | 0.4069 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 2 | Cornell University | 10400 | 92000 | 0.8866 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 3 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11300 | 22900 | 0.5075 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 4 | University of California-San Diego | 12000 | 34000 | 0.6466 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 5 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 6 | Brigham Young University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5686 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 7 | Bacone College | 12600 | 36800 | 0.6578 | 106 | 875 | 0.545 | |
| 8 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12800 | 37100 | 0.6545 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 9 | Utah State University | 13000 | 30000 | 0.5659 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 10 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 12 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 26800 | 0.4772 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 13 | Louisiana Tech University | 14100 | 24800 | 0.4321 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 14 | Kansas State University | 14200 | 26100 | 0.4563 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 15 | University of Idaho | 14500 | 26400 | 0.4504 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 16 | Northern Illinois University | 14600 | 29300 | 0.5019 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 17 | Texas Woman's University | 14700 | 23200 | 0.3661 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 18 | University of North Texas | 15000 | 25400 | 0.4101 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 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 | |
| 20 | University of Arizona | 16200 | 30900 | 0.4765 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 22 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16400 | 30700 | 0.4662 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 23 | Sonoma State University | 16700 | 26700 | 0.3746 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 24 | University of Georgia | 16900 | 27100 | 0.3761 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 25 | Arkansas State University | 17000 | 28100 | 0.3963 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 26 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 27 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 28 | Benedict College | 18900 | 38300 | 0.5071 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 29 | University of Arkansas | 19000 | 27800 | 0.316 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 30 | Gallaudet University | 19200 | 44200 | 0.565 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 31 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 32 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5856 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 33 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1818 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 34 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21500 | 35400 | 0.3932 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 35 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22100 | 34400 | 0.3575 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 35 | Houston Christian University | 22100 | 56800 | 0.6109 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 37 | Bradley University | 22600 | 50900 | 0.556 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 37 | Florida State University | 22600 | 23100 | 0.0216 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 39 | Columbia College | 22700 | 36800 | 0.3837 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 40 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 41 | The University of Alabama | 23400 | 29900 | 0.2177 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 42 | Georgia Southern University | 23600 | 23800 | 0.0084 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 42 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 42 | University of Houston | 23600 | 23600 | 0 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 45 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23900 | 24500 | 0.0244 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 46 | Southern Virginia University | 24400 | 38200 | 0.3615 | 967 | 1070 | 0.9973 | |
| 47 | Rockford University | 25000 | 60300 | 0.5852 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 47 | Stephens College | 25000 | 58600 | 0.5729 | 354 | 1185 | 0.9185 | |
| 49 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1071 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 50 | University of Mount Union | 26500 | 50900 | 0.4791 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 51 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26600 | 48900 | 0.4557 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 52 | Lamar University | 26900 | 37700 | 0.2862 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 53 | California State University-San Bernardino | 27000 | 38000 | 0.2892 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 54 | Indiana State University | 27300 | 30900 | 0.1166 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 55 | Southern Utah University | 27600 | 35600 | 0.2244 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 56 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 27800 | 31400 | 0.1147 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 57 | Seattle Pacific University | 28000 | 62600 | 0.5528 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 58 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28100 | 45700 | 0.3852 | 3,361 | 1160 | 0.7887 | |
| 59 | California State University-Long Beach | 28200 | 38400 | 0.266 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 60 | Mississippi State University | 28300 | 32300 | 0.126 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 61 | California State University-San Marcos | 28400 | 38400 | 0.2602 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 62 | Connecticut College | 28500 | 83300 | 0.6583 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 63 | Mitchell College | 28700 | 65900 | 0.5641 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 64 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3351 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 65 | Westminster College | 29400 | 57500 | 0.4884 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 66 | Illinois State University | 29700 | 35200 | 0.1582 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 67 | California State University-East Bay | 30000 | 43000 | 0.3021 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 67 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 69 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30500 | 52900 | 0.4236 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 70 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30600 | 46200 | 0.3372 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 71 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3076 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 72 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 73 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 31600 | 33700 | 0.0617 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 74 | University of Rhode Island | 31700 | 46700 | 0.3212 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 75 | Samford University | 32100 | 65200 | 0.5076 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 75 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32100 | 44800 | 0.2835 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 77 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32200 | 39200 | 0.1788 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 77 | Southern Nazarene University | 32200 | 48400 | 0.334 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 79 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 34700 | 0.0633 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 80 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32600 | 44700 | 0.2706 | 2,978 | 1222 | 0.7223 | |
| 81 | Liberty University | 32700 | 43900 | 0.2551 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 33200 | 44100 | 0.2471 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 83 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 84 | Anderson University | 33500 | 52400 | 0.3607 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 85 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 33600 | 40900 | 0.1786 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 86 | Hope International University | 34200 | 56700 | 0.3971 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 87 | Baylor University | 34500 | 70800 | 0.5124 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 87 | Nova Southeastern University | 34500 | 56300 | 0.387 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 89 | University of Nevada-Reno | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 90 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35800 | 43500 | 0.1771 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 91 | Abilene Christian University | 35900 | 60700 | 0.4082 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 92 | University of Maine | 36300 | 45100 | 0.1952 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 93 | Warner Pacific University | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1221 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
| 94 | University of Connecticut | 37700 | 41800 | 0.0981 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 95 | University of Central Oklahoma | 37800 | 38500 | 0.0182 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 95 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37800 | 62000 | 0.3904 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 97 | Lesley University | 37900 | 54600 | 0.3057 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 98 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 99 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 100 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 101 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 101 | SUNY Oneonta | 40500 | 45300 | 0.1059 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 101 | Temple University | 40500 | 56100 | 0.278 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 104 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 41700 | 45200 | 0.0775 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 105 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43000 | 55100 | 0.2197 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 106 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43100 | 52100 | 0.1727 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 107 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4464 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 108 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43700 | 50300 | 0.1313 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 109 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2742 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 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 | 50000 | 52100 | 0.0398 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 113 | Howard University | 58300 | 61600 | 0.0536 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 114 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 115 | 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.