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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 Iowa.
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 Iowa.
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 | Kentucky State University | 10100 | 17400 | 0.4184 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 3 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11900 | 22900 | 0.4812 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 4 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 5 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12800 | 26500 | 0.5164 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 6 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13300 | 19400 | 0.3145 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 7 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13500 | 25700 | 0.4747 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 9 | University of Georgia | 13800 | 26600 | 0.4812 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 9 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 11 | Texas Woman's University | 14200 | 23200 | 0.3873 | 10,039 | 1035 | 0.9612 | |
| 12 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 30400 | 0.5268 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 13 | Sonoma State University | 14600 | 26700 | 0.4532 | 5,272 | 1050 | 0.9343 | |
| 14 | California State University-San Marcos | 14700 | 24700 | 0.4056 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 14 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14700 | 29600 | 0.5041 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 16 | Texas State University | 15300 | 25500 | 0.4002 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 17 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 18 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 19 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 20 | University of North Texas | 16000 | 26100 | 0.3876 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 21 | Alcorn State University | 16100 | 25900 | 0.3783 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 22 | Connecticut College | 16600 | 95300 | 0.8254 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 22 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16600 | 40600 | 0.5906 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 24 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16700 | 31000 | 0.4607 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 25 | Houston Christian University | 16900 | 56800 | 0.7024 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 26 | Greensboro College | 17900 | 37800 | 0.5264 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 27 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 28 | Benedict College | 18300 | 33000 | 0.445 | 1,628 | 915 | 0.957 | |
| 29 | Texas Tech University | 18400 | 27100 | 0.3216 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 30 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 31 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18900 | 31000 | 0.3908 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 32 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 19100 | 31400 | 0.3918 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 33 | Stephens College | 19400 | 49900 | 0.6115 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7722 | |
| 33 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 35 | Gallaudet University | 19500 | 44600 | 0.5627 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 36 | University of Arizona | 19700 | 30900 | 0.363 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 37 | Columbia College | 19900 | 35800 | 0.4442 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 37 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.1786 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 39 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 40 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20400 | 23200 | 0.1207 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 41 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 42 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1898 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 43 | Southern Virginia University | 21000 | 46700 | 0.5503 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9642 | |
| 44 | Louisiana Tech University | 21500 | 26100 | 0.1764 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 45 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 21700 | 48900 | 0.5559 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 46 | South Dakota State University | 21900 | 25200 | 0.1301 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 47 | Florida State University | 22500 | 32400 | 0.306 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 48 | Illinois State University | 23100 | 36400 | 0.3664 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 49 | Washington State University | 23600 | 38700 | 0.3897 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 50 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23800 | 34400 | 0.3081 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 51 | Abilene Christian University | 24300 | 59000 | 0.5877 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 51 | Bradley University | 24300 | 50800 | 0.5216 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 51 | Indiana State University | 24300 | 32400 | 0.2501 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 54 | Miami University-Oxford | 24400 | 27500 | 0.1129 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 55 | Westminster College | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5521 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 56 | Rockford University | 25900 | 59600 | 0.5656 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 57 | Seattle Pacific University | 26000 | 70000 | 0.6286 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 58 | University of Mount Union | 26400 | 50900 | 0.4812 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 59 | Georgia Southern University | 26600 | 26800 | 0.0075 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 59 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.079 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 61 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 45200 | 0.4067 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 26900 | 48100 | 0.4411 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9806 | |
| 63 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 27200 | 29500 | 0.0773 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 64 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27300 | 37700 | 0.2761 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 65 | California State University-San Bernardino | 27400 | 39100 | 0.2991 | 15,365 | 990 | 0.9374 | |
| 66 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6653 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 67 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.1323 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 68 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28300 | 46000 | 0.3849 | 3,424 | 1209 | 0.7887 | |
| 69 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1025 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 70 | University of Iowa | 28800 | 31100 | 0.0733 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 71 | California State University-East Bay | 29400 | 45100 | 0.3483 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 72 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29500 | 34000 | 0.1322 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 73 | Rivier University | 29800 | 65700 | 0.5463 | 1,252 | 1120 | 0.8259 | |
| 74 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 74 | Southern Utah University | 30000 | 40800 | 0.2648 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 76 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 76 | George Mason University | 30900 | 35700 | 0.1343 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 76 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30900 | 45000 | 0.3121 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 79 | Lamar University | 31300 | 38300 | 0.1829 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 80 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3347 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 81 | Baylor University | 31900 | 70300 | 0.546 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 82 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 83 | Samford University | 32600 | 64600 | 0.4955 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 84 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32700 | 44700 | 0.2684 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 85 | State University of New York at Oswego | 33000 | 40200 | 0.1792 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 85 | University of Rhode Island | 33000 | 46400 | 0.2886 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 87 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 88 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 34000 | 41000 | 0.1701 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 89 | Hope International University | 34200 | 60500 | 0.435 | 564 | 1027 | 0.3298 | |
| 90 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 91 | Temple University | 35400 | 56400 | 0.3724 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 92 | Lesley University | 36900 | 54700 | 0.3255 | 1,229 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 93 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 94 | Southern Nazarene University | 38000 | 48400 | 0.2144 | 1,456 | 0 | 0 | |
| 94 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 96 | Oakwood University | 38500 | 43300 | 0.1105 | 1,177 | 1005 | 0.4522 | |
| 97 | University of Maine | 40000 | 45200 | 0.1151 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 97 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1166 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 99 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40400 | 50000 | 0.1922 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 100 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41000 | 53600 | 0.2352 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 101 | SUNY Oneonta | 41700 | 41700 | 0 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 102 | Montclair State University | 41900 | 46600 | 0.1009 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 103 | Anderson University | 42200 | 53600 | 0.2127 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 104 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 56200 | 0.2439 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 105 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4477 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 106 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 107 | University of California-San Diego | 46100 | 74200 | 0.3786 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 108 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 109 | Binghamton University | 50500 | 52800 | 0.0432 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 110 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 55800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 111 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 112 | Howard University | 60000 | 66500 | 0.0978 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60300 | 64100 | 0.0592 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 114 | Berea College | 68600 | 69000 | 0.0058 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 | |
| 115 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.