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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 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 4 | Southern Utah University | 10400 | 22200 | 0.5325 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 5 | Indiana State University | 11700 | 25900 | 0.5491 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 6 | University of Houston | 11900 | 22000 | 0.4582 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 7 | Eastern Kentucky University | 12100 | 22900 | 0.4725 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 8 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12500 | 25700 | 0.513 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 9 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13500 | 19400 | 0.3042 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 11 | Texas Woman's University | 14300 | 23200 | 0.383 | 10,039 | 1035 | 0.9612 | |
| 11 | University of Idaho | 14300 | 25800 | 0.446 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 13 | Northern Illinois University | 14500 | 30400 | 0.5221 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 14 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4478 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 15 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14700 | 37400 | 0.6064 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 16 | Kentucky State University | 15000 | 28900 | 0.4806 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 17 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15100 | 31600 | 0.5228 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 18 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 19 | Alcorn State University | 16100 | 25900 | 0.3783 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 19 | University of North Texas | 16100 | 26100 | 0.3838 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 21 | Connecticut College | 16700 | 95300 | 0.8244 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 22 | University of Maine | 16800 | 29300 | 0.4269 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 23 | Georgia Southern University | 16900 | 20100 | 0.1588 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 24 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 25 | Houston Christian University | 17600 | 56800 | 0.6901 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 25 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17600 | 43500 | 0.5949 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 27 | Greensboro College | 18000 | 37800 | 0.5237 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 28 | 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 | University of Arkansas | 19000 | 27800 | 0.3151 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 30 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 19000 | 31000 | 0.3876 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 32 | Gallaudet University | 19500 | 44600 | 0.5627 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 33 | Stephens College | 19600 | 49900 | 0.6075 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7722 | |
| 34 | Columbia College | 20000 | 35800 | 0.4414 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 35 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20500 | 23200 | 0.1164 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 36 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1844 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 37 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1847 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 38 | Southern Virginia University | 21100 | 46700 | 0.5481 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9642 | |
| 39 | Louisiana Tech University | 21600 | 25300 | 0.1464 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 40 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 22000 | 48900 | 0.5497 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 41 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 42 | Florida State University | 22500 | 22900 | 0.0174 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 43 | Abilene Christian University | 24300 | 59000 | 0.5877 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 44 | Bradley University | 24400 | 50800 | 0.5196 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 44 | University of Central Missouri | 24400 | 35800 | 0.3185 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 46 | Temple University | 25100 | 36100 | 0.3049 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 47 | Texas State University | 25500 | 25500 | 0 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 48 | Rockford University | 25900 | 59600 | 0.5656 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 49 | Westminster College | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5486 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 50 | Seattle Pacific University | 26200 | 70000 | 0.6257 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 51 | University of Mount Union | 26500 | 50900 | 0.4799 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 52 | Southern University at New Orleans | 26600 | 42300 | 0.371 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 52 | University of Georgia | 26600 | 48800 | 0.4551 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 54 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26700 | 36800 | 0.2746 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 55 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 27100 | 48100 | 0.4369 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9806 | |
| 55 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 55 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 38100 | 0.2888 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 58 | Kansas State University | 27300 | 30400 | 0.104 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 59 | California State University-San Bernardino | 27500 | 39100 | 0.2966 | 15,365 | 990 | 0.9374 | |
| 60 | Syracuse University | 28200 | 83100 | 0.6604 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 61 | California State University-San Marcos | 28300 | 38300 | 0.261 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 62 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28400 | 46000 | 0.3828 | 3,424 | 1209 | 0.7887 | |
| 63 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3368 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 64 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0984 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 65 | California State University-East Bay | 29500 | 45100 | 0.3461 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 66 | Sonoma State University | 29600 | 41200 | 0.2816 | 5,272 | 1050 | 0.9343 | |
| 67 | Montclair State University | 29700 | 36300 | 0.1819 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 68 | Rivier University | 29900 | 65700 | 0.5448 | 1,252 | 1120 | 0.8259 | |
| 69 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 70 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30600 | 39200 | 0.2197 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 71 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 71 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 52100 | 0.4049 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 73 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3092 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 74 | Lamar University | 31500 | 38300 | 0.1777 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 74 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.332 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 76 | Baylor University | 31800 | 70300 | 0.5475 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 77 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32400 | 40900 | 0.2078 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 78 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 79 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32600 | 44700 | 0.2706 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 80 | Samford University | 32700 | 64600 | 0.4939 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 81 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32900 | 35000 | 0.0614 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 82 | State University of New York at Oswego | 33000 | 40200 | 0.1792 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 83 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 84 | University of Rhode Island | 33200 | 46400 | 0.2842 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 85 | Hope International University | 34200 | 60500 | 0.435 | 564 | 1027 | 0.3298 | |
| 86 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4788 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 87 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 88 | Lesley University | 37000 | 54700 | 0.3237 | 1,229 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 89 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 53600 | 0.3043 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 90 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37800 | 66300 | 0.43 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 91 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 92 | University of Central Arkansas | 38100 | 40200 | 0.0534 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 93 | Southern Nazarene University | 38200 | 48400 | 0.2117 | 1,456 | 0 | 0 | |
| 93 | Washington State University | 38200 | 53900 | 0.2906 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 95 | Oakwood University | 38600 | 43300 | 0.1074 | 1,177 | 1005 | 0.4522 | |
| 96 | University of Wyoming | 40100 | 45300 | 0.1137 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 97 | Arkansas State University | 40400 | 41000 | 0.0146 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 98 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40500 | 50000 | 0.1902 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 99 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 40700 | 42500 | 0.0424 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 100 | SUNY Oneonta | 41700 | 41700 | 0 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 101 | Anderson University | 42200 | 53600 | 0.2127 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 102 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 56200 | 0.2439 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 103 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 104 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2746 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 105 | Illinois State University | 45900 | 49100 | 0.0642 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 106 | University of California-San Diego | 46200 | 76000 | 0.392 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 107 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0517 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 108 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 109 | Binghamton University | 50700 | 52800 | 0.0407 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 110 | George Mason University | 53500 | 61000 | 0.123 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 111 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 54000 | 59200 | 0.087 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 112 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 114 | Howard University | 60000 | 66500 | 0.0978 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 115 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60300 | 64100 | 0.0592 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 116 | Berea College | 68800 | 69000 | 0.0029 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.