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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 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 3 | Kentucky State University | 10100 | 17400 | 0.4184 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 4 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 5 | Southern Utah University | 10400 | 22200 | 0.5325 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky University | 12100 | 22900 | 0.4725 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 7 | Texas Woman's University | 12200 | 28200 | 0.5675 | 10,039 | 1035 | 0.9612 | |
| 8 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12500 | 25700 | 0.513 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 10 | University of Georgia | 13900 | 26600 | 0.4775 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 11 | University of Houston | 14100 | 22000 | 0.3584 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 12 | University of Idaho | 14300 | 25800 | 0.446 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 13 | Northern Illinois University | 14500 | 30400 | 0.5222 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 14 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14900 | 29600 | 0.4973 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 15 | Texas State University | 15500 | 25500 | 0.3924 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 16 | Florida State University | 15700 | 22900 | 0.3141 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 17 | University of North Texas | 16100 | 26100 | 0.3838 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 18 | Alcorn State University | 16200 | 25900 | 0.3745 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 18 | California State University-Long Beach | 16200 | 25800 | 0.3722 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 20 | Arkansas State University | 16600 | 28100 | 0.4105 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 20 | Connecticut College | 16600 | 95300 | 0.8254 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 22 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16800 | 40600 | 0.5856 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 22 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16800 | 31000 | 0.4574 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 24 | Houston Christian University | 16900 | 56800 | 0.7024 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 25 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 26 | Greensboro College | 18000 | 37800 | 0.5237 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 27 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 27 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 29 | Benedict College | 18300 | 33000 | 0.445 | 1,628 | 915 | 0.957 | |
| 30 | Texas Tech University | 18500 | 27100 | 0.3179 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 31 | University of Arkansas | 19000 | 27800 | 0.3162 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 31 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 19000 | 31000 | 0.3876 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 33 | University of Central Oklahoma | 19400 | 22700 | 0.1454 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 33 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19400 | 28200 | 0.3118 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 35 | Gallaudet University | 19500 | 44600 | 0.5627 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 35 | University of Rhode Island | 19500 | 33900 | 0.4249 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 37 | Stephens College | 19600 | 49900 | 0.6075 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7722 | |
| 37 | SUNY Oneonta | 19600 | 29300 | 0.331 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 39 | Georgia Southern University | 19900 | 20100 | 0.0099 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 40 | Columbia College | 20000 | 35800 | 0.4414 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 41 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 42 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 43 | University of Wyoming | 20600 | 27900 | 0.264 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 44 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20900 | 39200 | 0.4671 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 45 | Southern Virginia University | 21100 | 46700 | 0.5481 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9642 | |
| 46 | Louisiana Tech University | 21600 | 25300 | 0.1464 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 47 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 22000 | 48900 | 0.5497 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 48 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 49 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23900 | 34400 | 0.3052 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 50 | Abilene Christian University | 24300 | 59000 | 0.5877 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 50 | University of Central Missouri | 24300 | 35800 | 0.3222 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 52 | Bradley University | 24400 | 50800 | 0.5196 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 53 | Indiana State University | 24500 | 32400 | 0.2439 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 54 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1143 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 55 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 56 | Westminster College | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5521 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 57 | Rockford University | 25900 | 59600 | 0.5656 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 58 | Seattle Pacific University | 26200 | 70000 | 0.6257 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 59 | University of Mount Union | 26400 | 50900 | 0.4812 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 60 | University of Arizona | 27000 | 38100 | 0.2915 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 60 | University of Central Arkansas | 27000 | 31200 | 0.137 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 27100 | 48100 | 0.4369 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9806 | |
| 63 | Kansas State University | 27300 | 30400 | 0.1044 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 64 | California State University-San Bernardino | 27500 | 39100 | 0.2966 | 15,365 | 990 | 0.9374 | |
| 65 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0882 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 66 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6653 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 67 | California State University-San Marcos | 28300 | 38300 | 0.261 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 67 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28300 | 46000 | 0.3849 | 3,424 | 1209 | 0.7887 | |
| 69 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.3398 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 70 | California State University-East Bay | 29500 | 45100 | 0.3461 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 71 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29600 | 34000 | 0.1293 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 71 | Sonoma State University | 29600 | 41200 | 0.2816 | 5,272 | 1050 | 0.9343 | |
| 73 | Montclair State University | 29700 | 36300 | 0.1819 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 74 | Rivier University | 29800 | 65700 | 0.5463 | 1,252 | 1120 | 0.8259 | |
| 75 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 76 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30600 | 39200 | 0.2197 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 77 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30900 | 45000 | 0.3121 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 78 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 51900 | 0.4024 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 79 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3347 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 80 | Lamar University | 31500 | 38300 | 0.1777 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 81 | Baylor University | 31800 | 70300 | 0.5475 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 82 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32100 | 34400 | 0.0662 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32400 | 40900 | 0.2078 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 84 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32600 | 44700 | 0.2706 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 85 | Samford University | 32700 | 64600 | 0.4939 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 86 | State University of New York at Oswego | 33000 | 40200 | 0.1792 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 87 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 88 | Hope International University | 34200 | 60500 | 0.435 | 564 | 1027 | 0.3298 | |
| 89 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 90 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 91 | Temple University | 35400 | 56400 | 0.3724 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 92 | Mississippi State University | 36200 | 50500 | 0.283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 93 | Lesley University | 37000 | 54700 | 0.3237 | 1,229 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 94 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 95 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37800 | 66300 | 0.43 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 96 | Southern Nazarene University | 38000 | 48400 | 0.2144 | 1,456 | 0 | 0 | |
| 97 | Oakwood University | 38500 | 43300 | 0.1105 | 1,177 | 1005 | 0.4522 | |
| 98 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38700 | 38700 | 0 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 99 | University of Maine | 40100 | 45200 | 0.1129 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 100 | Washington State University | 40600 | 56300 | 0.28 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 101 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 40700 | 42500 | 0.0424 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 102 | Anderson University | 42200 | 53600 | 0.2127 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 103 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4477 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 104 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 105 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.0668 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 106 | University of California-San Diego | 46200 | 74200 | 0.3772 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 107 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0543 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 108 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 109 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0425 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 110 | George Mason University | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1246 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 111 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 53900 | 59200 | 0.0892 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 112 | Howard University | 55100 | 66500 | 0.1715 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 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 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60300 | 64100 | 0.0592 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 116 | Berea College | 68500 | 69000 | 0.0072 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.