Recent Articles
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 California.
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 California.
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 | Santa Ana College | 4500 | 23100 | 0.8046 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 3 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 4 | Kentucky State University | 10100 | 17400 | 0.4184 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 5 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38200 | 0.7339 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 6 | Indiana State University | 10900 | 25900 | 0.5801 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 7 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11000 | 25700 | 0.5713 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 8 | University of California-San Diego | 11200 | 39700 | 0.718 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 9 | Lamar University | 12000 | 22900 | 0.4754 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 9 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 11 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 12700 | 19400 | 0.3454 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 12 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13500 | 25700 | 0.4747 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 14 | University of Idaho | 13800 | 25800 | 0.4659 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 15 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 30400 | 0.5445 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 15 | Texas Woman's University | 13900 | 23200 | 0.4002 | 10,039 | 1035 | 0.9612 | |
| 17 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14000 | 37400 | 0.6251 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 18 | California State University-San Marcos | 14100 | 24700 | 0.4309 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 19 | California State University-East Bay | 14500 | 30200 | 0.5211 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 20 | Texas State University | 14700 | 25500 | 0.4238 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 21 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 22 | Alcorn State University | 15800 | 25900 | 0.3899 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 22 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 24 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16000 | 40600 | 0.6053 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 25 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16200 | 31000 | 0.4768 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 26 | Connecticut College | 16600 | 95300 | 0.8254 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 27 | Houston Christian University | 16900 | 56800 | 0.7024 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 28 | Greensboro College | 17100 | 37800 | 0.5475 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 29 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18000 | 28600 | 0.3704 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 30 | Benedict College | 18100 | 33000 | 0.4511 | 1,628 | 915 | 0.957 | |
| 31 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 32 | Stephens College | 18600 | 49900 | 0.6275 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7722 | |
| 32 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18600 | 22700 | 0.1806 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 32 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 18600 | 31400 | 0.4077 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 35 | University of Rhode Island | 18700 | 33900 | 0.4485 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 36 | University of Nevada-Reno | 18900 | 28200 | 0.3295 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 37 | Columbia College | 19200 | 35800 | 0.4637 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 38 | University of Arizona | 19300 | 30900 | 0.376 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 39 | Gallaudet University | 19500 | 44600 | 0.5627 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 40 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20500 | 23200 | 0.1164 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 41 | Southern Virginia University | 20700 | 46700 | 0.5567 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9642 | |
| 42 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 20800 | 48900 | 0.5742 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 42 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1898 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 44 | Louisiana Tech University | 21000 | 26100 | 0.1956 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 45 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22300 | 43200 | 0.4839 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 46 | Florida State University | 22500 | 32400 | 0.306 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 47 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23400 | 34400 | 0.3197 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 48 | Bradley University | 23900 | 50800 | 0.5295 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 49 | Abilene Christian University | 24300 | 59000 | 0.5877 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 50 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25100 | 38400 | 0.3467 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 51 | Seattle Pacific University | 25200 | 70000 | 0.64 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 52 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1143 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 53 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 25500 | 37500 | 0.3204 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 54 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 54 | Rockford University | 25700 | 59600 | 0.569 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 56 | Westminster College | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5504 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 57 | University of Mount Union | 26400 | 50900 | 0.4812 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 58 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26800 | 0.0112 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 26500 | 48100 | 0.4494 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9806 | |
| 58 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 28900 | 0.0825 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 61 | Iowa State University | 26600 | 43300 | 0.3859 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26900 | 37700 | 0.2867 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 63 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6713 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 64 | California State University-San Bernardino | 28000 | 39100 | 0.2838 | 15,365 | 990 | 0.9374 | |
| 65 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28300 | 46000 | 0.3849 | 3,424 | 1209 | 0.7887 | |
| 66 | University of North Texas | 28500 | 37400 | 0.2378 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 67 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2152 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 68 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29300 | 34000 | 0.1381 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 69 | Sonoma State University | 29500 | 41200 | 0.284 | 5,272 | 1050 | 0.9343 | |
| 70 | Rivier University | 29600 | 65700 | 0.5494 | 1,252 | 1120 | 0.8259 | |
| 71 | Southern Utah University | 29700 | 40800 | 0.2722 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 72 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 72 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30000 | 39200 | 0.235 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 74 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30900 | 45000 | 0.3121 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 75 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 76 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3347 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 77 | Baylor University | 31900 | 70300 | 0.546 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 78 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32100 | 34400 | 0.0662 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 79 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 80 | Samford University | 32400 | 64600 | 0.4986 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 81 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32800 | 40200 | 0.1841 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 82 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32900 | 44700 | 0.2639 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 83 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 84 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33400 | 41000 | 0.186 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 85 | Hope International University | 34000 | 60500 | 0.4384 | 564 | 1027 | 0.3298 | |
| 86 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 87 | Texas Tech University | 35300 | 38900 | 0.0926 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 88 | Temple University | 35400 | 56400 | 0.3724 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 89 | Mississippi State University | 36200 | 50500 | 0.283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 90 | Lesley University | 36400 | 54700 | 0.3347 | 1,229 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 91 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66300 | 0.4436 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 92 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3062 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 93 | Southern Nazarene University | 38000 | 48400 | 0.2144 | 1,456 | 0 | 0 | |
| 94 | Oakwood University | 38500 | 43300 | 0.1105 | 1,177 | 1005 | 0.4522 | |
| 95 | University of Maine | 39600 | 45200 | 0.124 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 96 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1166 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 97 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40100 | 44100 | 0.0907 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 98 | Washington State University | 40600 | 56300 | 0.28 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 99 | SUNY Oneonta | 41700 | 41700 | 0 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 100 | Montclair State University | 41800 | 46600 | 0.103 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 101 | Anderson University | 42300 | 53600 | 0.2108 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 102 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42800 | 56200 | 0.2385 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 103 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4477 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 104 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.0668 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 105 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0543 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 106 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 107 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0425 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 108 | University of Georgia | 51600 | 52800 | 0.0227 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 109 | George Mason University | 53700 | 61000 | 0.1197 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 110 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 56600 | 0.0141 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 111 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 56900 | 59200 | 0.0385 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 112 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 114 | Howard University | 59900 | 66500 | 0.0993 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 115 | Berea College | 69000 | 69000 | 0 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.