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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 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 2 | Kentucky State University | 10100 | 17400 | 0.4184 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 3 | Indiana State University | 11700 | 25900 | 0.5491 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 4 | University of Houston | 11900 | 22000 | 0.4582 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 5 | Eastern Kentucky University | 12100 | 22900 | 0.4725 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 6 | Texas Woman's University | 12200 | 28200 | 0.5675 | 9,962 | 1010 | 0.9658 | |
| 7 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12500 | 25700 | 0.513 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 8 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13500 | 19400 | 0.3042 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 10 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 11 | University of Georgia | 13900 | 26600 | 0.4775 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 12 | Northern Illinois University | 14500 | 30400 | 0.5222 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 13 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14900 | 29600 | 0.4973 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 14 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15100 | 31600 | 0.5228 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 15 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 16 | Alcorn State University | 16200 | 25900 | 0.3745 | 2,469 | 905 | 0.3675 | |
| 17 | Arkansas State University | 16600 | 28100 | 0.4105 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 18 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16800 | 40600 | 0.5856 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 18 | University of Maine | 16800 | 29300 | 0.4269 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 20 | Georgia Southern University | 16900 | 20100 | 0.1588 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 21 | Houston Christian University | 17000 | 56800 | 0.7007 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 22 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 23 | Greensboro College | 18000 | 37800 | 0.5237 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 24 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 25 | University of Arkansas | 19000 | 27800 | 0.3166 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 25 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 19000 | 31000 | 0.3876 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 27 | Connecticut College | 19200 | 95300 | 0.7982 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 28 | University of Central Oklahoma | 19400 | 22700 | 0.1454 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 29 | University of Rhode Island | 19500 | 33900 | 0.4249 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 30 | Stephens College | 19600 | 49900 | 0.6075 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7709 | |
| 30 | SUNY Oneonta | 19600 | 29300 | 0.331 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 32 | Columbia College | 20000 | 35800 | 0.4414 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 33 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 34 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 35 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 36 | Southern Virginia University | 21100 | 46700 | 0.5481 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9659 | |
| 37 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 21500 | 48900 | 0.5599 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 38 | Louisiana Tech University | 21600 | 25300 | 0.1464 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 39 | Bradley University | 22000 | 50800 | 0.5669 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 40 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22100 | 25900 | 0.1449 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 41 | Florida State University | 22300 | 22900 | 0.0262 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 42 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 43 | The University of Alabama | 22800 | 31000 | 0.2643 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 44 | Abilene Christian University | 23500 | 59000 | 0.6013 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 45 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23800 | 38200 | 0.3768 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 46 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23900 | 34400 | 0.3052 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 47 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 38100 | 0.3597 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 48 | Stockton University | 24500 | 32100 | 0.2366 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 49 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 49 | Texas State University | 25400 | 25500 | 0.0039 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 51 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 52 | Westminster College | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5521 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 53 | Rockford University | 25900 | 59600 | 0.5656 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 26000 | 37500 | 0.307 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 55 | Seattle Pacific University | 26100 | 70000 | 0.6271 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 55 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 57 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 58 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 58 | University of Mount Union | 27100 | 56300 | 0.5183 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 60 | Kansas State University | 27300 | 30400 | 0.1043 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 61 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0886 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 62 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6641 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 63 | California State University-San Bernardino | 28000 | 39100 | 0.2838 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 64 | California State University-San Marcos | 28100 | 38300 | 0.2662 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 64 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28100 | 46000 | 0.3893 | 3,604 | 1069 | 0.9761 | |
| 66 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 67 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 29000 | 39700 | 0.2696 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 68 | California State University-East Bay | 29500 | 45100 | 0.3461 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 69 | Sonoma State University | 29600 | 41200 | 0.2816 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 70 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 70 | Southern Utah University | 30100 | 40800 | 0.2624 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 72 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30700 | 39200 | 0.2171 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 73 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 73 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30900 | 45000 | 0.3123 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 75 | Illinois State University | 31100 | 36400 | 0.1453 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 76 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 77 | Lamar University | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1803 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 77 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3349 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 79 | Southern Nazarene University | 32000 | 48400 | 0.3385 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32400 | 40900 | 0.2078 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 81 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32600 | 44700 | 0.2706 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 82 | Samford University | 32700 | 64600 | 0.4939 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 83 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32800 | 40200 | 0.1841 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 84 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 85 | Baylor University | 33400 | 70300 | 0.5247 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 86 | Bridgewater College | 34200 | 42500 | 0.1953 | 1,412 | 1115 | 0.903 | |
| 87 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 88 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 89 | Temple University | 35800 | 56400 | 0.3654 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 90 | Lesley University | 37000 | 54700 | 0.3237 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 91 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 92 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 45800 | 0.1857 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 93 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37800 | 66300 | 0.43 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 94 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0569 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 95 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 96 | Hope International University | 38300 | 58600 | 0.3463 | 649 | 995 | 0.6253 | |
| 97 | Oakwood University | 38500 | 43300 | 0.1107 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 98 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 39900 | 50000 | 0.2022 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 98 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 39900 | 42500 | 0.0612 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 100 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 101 | Montclair State University | 41500 | 46600 | 0.1095 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 102 | Anderson University | 42200 | 53600 | 0.2127 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 103 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 56200 | 0.2439 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 104 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 105 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 106 | University of California-San Diego | 46200 | 77200 | 0.4016 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 107 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 108 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 109 | George Mason University | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1263 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 110 | Howard University | 55100 | 66500 | 0.1715 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 111 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 112 | University of California-Davis | 68200 | 69800 | 0.0229 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 113 | Berea College | 68600 | 69000 | 0.0058 | 1,529 | 1209 | 0.1567 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.