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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 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 | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 3 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 9600 | 22900 | 0.5818 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 5 | Kentucky State University | 9700 | 17400 | 0.4413 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 6 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7368 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 7 | University of California-San Diego | 10800 | 39700 | 0.7281 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 8 | Texas Woman's University | 11300 | 23200 | 0.5125 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 9 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 10 | Indiana State University | 11900 | 31200 | 0.6192 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 11 | Southern Utah University | 12200 | 44000 | 0.7223 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 13 | Louisiana Tech University | 12700 | 36900 | 0.6557 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 14 | University of Houston | 12900 | 23100 | 0.4417 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 15 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 54500 | 0.7614 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 16 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4825 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 17 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13500 | 19400 | 0.3042 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 18 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13700 | 46000 | 0.7018 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 19 | Northern Illinois University | 14500 | 30700 | 0.5293 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 19 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 19 | University of Georgia | 14500 | 26600 | 0.4537 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 22 | University of North Texas | 14600 | 25700 | 0.4325 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 23 | California State University-San Bernardino | 15000 | 43900 | 0.6589 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 23 | California State University-San Marcos | 15000 | 38300 | 0.6082 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 25 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15400 | 28700 | 0.4635 | 10,454 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 26 | Alcorn State University | 15700 | 23700 | 0.3376 | 2,532 | 935 | 0.4533 | |
| 27 | Lamar University | 15900 | 22900 | 0.3053 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 28 | California State University-Long Beach | 16000 | 25800 | 0.3801 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 28 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16000 | 31700 | 0.4959 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 30 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16100 | 42600 | 0.6223 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 31 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16200 | 23200 | 0.3017 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 32 | Sonoma State University | 16400 | 26900 | 0.3893 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 33 | University of Maine | 16600 | 29300 | 0.4337 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 34 | Greensboro College | 17000 | 37800 | 0.5502 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 35 | University of Rhode Island | 17400 | 46400 | 0.6245 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 36 | Georgia Southern University | 17600 | 26800 | 0.3439 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 36 | Houston Christian University | 17600 | 56800 | 0.6901 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 38 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18100 | 42800 | 0.5765 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 38 | Southern University at New Orleans | 18100 | 34200 | 0.4706 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 40 | California State University-East Bay | 18300 | 45100 | 0.5945 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 41 | Benedict College | 18700 | 41100 | 0.5456 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 42 | Connecticut College | 19400 | 115500 | 0.8318 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 42 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 44 | Gallaudet University | 19700 | 44900 | 0.5614 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 45 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 20000 | 31400 | 0.3631 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 46 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20300 | 40200 | 0.4952 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 46 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 38200 | 0.4685 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 48 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20400 | 34400 | 0.4069 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 49 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 50 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 50 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2588 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 52 | Bradley University | 21000 | 50800 | 0.5865 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 53 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21200 | 42700 | 0.5036 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 54 | Rockford University | 21400 | 68200 | 0.6866 | 968 | 980 | 0.5704 | |
| 55 | Illinois State University | 21500 | 35200 | 0.3888 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 56 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21800 | 59900 | 0.6359 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 21800 | 45300 | 0.5183 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 58 | Columbia College | 22200 | 39700 | 0.4413 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 22200 | 47900 | 0.5362 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 60 | Stephens College | 22300 | 60900 | 0.6334 | 354 | 1045 | 0.9185 | |
| 61 | Florida State University | 22600 | 32500 | 0.3046 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 62 | SUNY Oneonta | 23300 | 49300 | 0.5279 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 63 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 23400 | 48900 | 0.5211 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 64 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 23500 | 50000 | 0.5298 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 65 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3859 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 66 | Southern Virginia University | 23900 | 46000 | 0.4804 | 967 | 1094 | 0.9973 | |
| 67 | Rivier University | 24200 | 73300 | 0.6696 | 1,335 | 1060 | 0.8176 | |
| 68 | University of Mount Union | 24800 | 50900 | 0.512 | 1,927 | 1240 | 0.8013 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 25100 | 47400 | 0.4707 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 70 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 70 | Seattle Pacific University | 25700 | 77000 | 0.6666 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26500 | 41500 | 0.3612 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 72 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 29600 | 0.1058 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 74 | Iowa State University | 26800 | 43300 | 0.3826 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 75 | University of Idaho | 27100 | 30600 | 0.1146 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 76 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6714 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 77 | University of Arizona | 27400 | 37700 | 0.2736 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 78 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0835 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 79 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28000 | 46000 | 0.3915 | 3,361 | 1075 | 0.7887 | |
| 80 | Kansas State University | 28700 | 41600 | 0.3085 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 81 | Montclair State University | 29100 | 36300 | 0.1985 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 82 | Westminster College | 29600 | 57600 | 0.4861 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 83 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29800 | 62800 | 0.5251 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 84 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 85 | Samford University | 30200 | 78000 | 0.6125 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 86 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3089 | 2,012 | 1138 | 0.9707 | |
| 87 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.3316 | 887 | 1100 | 1 | |
| 88 | University of Nevada-Reno | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 89 | Liberty University | 32000 | 44300 | 0.2777 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 90 | Southern Nazarene University | 32200 | 48400 | 0.3353 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 91 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32300 | 34400 | 0.062 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 92 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 93 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32900 | 44700 | 0.2639 | 2,978 | 1219 | 0.7223 | |
| 94 | Anderson University | 33300 | 52500 | 0.3659 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 95 | University of Central Missouri | 33700 | 35800 | 0.0596 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 96 | Hope International University | 33900 | 69600 | 0.5129 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 97 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4787 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 98 | Baylor University | 34800 | 70300 | 0.5049 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 99 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35300 | 42800 | 0.1754 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 100 | Abilene Christian University | 35500 | 60700 | 0.4148 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 101 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 102 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66500 | 0.4448 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 103 | University of Connecticut | 37400 | 43900 | 0.1482 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 104 | Lesley University | 37600 | 54700 | 0.3127 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 105 | Oakwood University | 38600 | 43300 | 0.1071 | 1,279 | 1020 | 0.507 | |
| 106 | Texas Tech University | 38800 | 41000 | 0.0537 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 107 | Temple University | 40800 | 55300 | 0.2624 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 108 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42600 | 53700 | 0.2066 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 109 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 110 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 111 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 112 | George Mason University | 53800 | 61000 | 0.1181 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 113 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 114 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 115 | Howard University | 58400 | 76900 | 0.2405 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 116 | Berea College | 69000 | 69000 | 0 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.