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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 Louisiana.
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 Louisiana.
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 | Utah State University | 4700 | 21700 | 0.7832 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 28600 | 0.7211 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 3 | Kentucky State University | 10200 | 29700 | 0.6576 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 4 | University of California-San Diego | 11500 | 44900 | 0.7439 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 5 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 6 | Texas Woman's University | 12200 | 44600 | 0.7268 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 12300 | 44000 | 0.72 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 8 | Bacone College | 12700 | 36800 | 0.6551 | 106 | 875 | 0.545 | |
| 9 | Indiana State University | 13100 | 31200 | 0.5807 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 10 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13300 | 54500 | 0.7559 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 11 | University of Idaho | 13700 | 25800 | 0.4691 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 31700 | 0.5674 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 13 | Louisiana Tech University | 14000 | 37000 | 0.6214 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14100 | 46000 | 0.6931 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 14 | University of Houston | 14100 | 23100 | 0.3897 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 16 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4582 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 17 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 18 | Northern Illinois University | 14600 | 30700 | 0.5247 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 19 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14800 | 43900 | 0.6635 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 20 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 25700 | 0.4013 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 21 | California State University-San Marcos | 15700 | 24700 | 0.3651 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 21 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15700 | 42500 | 0.6307 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 23 | Alcorn State University | 16000 | 23700 | 0.3249 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 23 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16000 | 23200 | 0.3103 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 25 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16100 | 42700 | 0.6231 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 26 | Southeastern Louisiana University | 16400 | 45300 | 0.6385 | 13,206 | 1125 | 0.9387 | |
| 27 | Houston Christian University | 17300 | 56800 | 0.6954 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 28 | Lamar University | 17500 | 41900 | 0.5823 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 29 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17600 | 34000 | 0.482 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 30 | California State University-East Bay | 18200 | 45100 | 0.5967 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 31 | Georgia Southern University | 18300 | 23800 | 0.2315 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 32 | University of Rhode Island | 18500 | 46400 | 0.6008 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 33 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27700 | 0.3284 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 33 | SUNY Oneonta | 18600 | 29300 | 0.3652 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 35 | Benedict College | 18800 | 41100 | 0.5431 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 36 | University of Arizona | 19000 | 30900 | 0.3857 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 37 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 19100 | 42800 | 0.5531 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 38 | Connecticut College | 19200 | 115500 | 0.8335 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 39 | Gallaudet University | 19300 | 44900 | 0.5703 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 39 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19300 | 27700 | 0.3034 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 41 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 42 | Eastern Kentucky University | 19500 | 34400 | 0.4326 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 43 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 44 | Texas Tech University | 20100 | 27900 | 0.2799 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 44 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20100 | 26900 | 0.2527 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 46 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 47 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20900 | 34400 | 0.3924 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 47 | North Dakota State University | 20900 | 25700 | 0.1868 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 49 | Kansas State University | 21000 | 28800 | 0.2718 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 49 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21000 | 31000 | 0.324 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 51 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 21100 | 50000 | 0.5777 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 52 | University of Central Oklahoma | 21400 | 22700 | 0.0573 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 53 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 21500 | 42500 | 0.4947 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 54 | Bradley University | 22000 | 50800 | 0.5669 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 55 | Rockford University | 22100 | 68200 | 0.6763 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 56 | Florida State University | 22500 | 22900 | 0.0174 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 57 | Columbia College | 22800 | 39700 | 0.4262 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 58 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 59 | Southern Virginia University | 24100 | 46000 | 0.4761 | 967 | 1070 | 0.9973 | |
| 60 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 24300 | 48900 | 0.5027 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 24600 | 45300 | 0.4565 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 62 | Stephens College | 25200 | 60900 | 0.5858 | 354 | 1185 | 0.9185 | |
| 63 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 63 | Temple University | 25300 | 36400 | 0.3052 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 65 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 65 | University of Arkansas | 25500 | 27700 | 0.0796 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 25900 | 47400 | 0.4539 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 68 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26200 | 59900 | 0.5627 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 69 | University of Mount Union | 26400 | 50900 | 0.4805 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 70 | Seattle Pacific University | 26700 | 77000 | 0.6536 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 71 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27700 | 47900 | 0.4214 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 73 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.13 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 74 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3381 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 75 | Mitchell College | 28900 | 75200 | 0.616 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 76 | Westminster College | 29200 | 57600 | 0.4931 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 77 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29400 | 42400 | 0.3065 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 78 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 79 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 30300 | 46000 | 0.3415 | 3,361 | 1160 | 0.7887 | |
| 80 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30500 | 46200 | 0.34 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 81 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31000 | 45000 | 0.3105 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 81 | Samford University | 31000 | 78000 | 0.6022 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 83 | The University of Alabama | 31100 | 55300 | 0.4379 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 84 | Liberty University | 31900 | 60900 | 0.4764 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 85 | Southern Nazarene University | 32100 | 48400 | 0.3367 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 86 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32200 | 34400 | 0.064 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 87 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32600 | 44700 | 0.2706 | 2,978 | 1222 | 0.7223 | |
| 88 | Nova Southeastern University | 32900 | 56300 | 0.4154 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 89 | Anderson University | 33100 | 52500 | 0.3697 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 90 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 91 | Sonoma State University | 34000 | 41200 | 0.1748 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 92 | Hope International University | 34200 | 69600 | 0.5085 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 93 | Baylor University | 34500 | 70300 | 0.5092 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 93 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4793 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 95 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 96 | Abilene Christian University | 36000 | 60700 | 0.4066 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 97 | Warner Pacific University | 36400 | 41600 | 0.1252 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
| 98 | University of Connecticut | 37600 | 43900 | 0.1436 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 99 | California State University-Long Beach | 37700 | 38600 | 0.0233 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 100 | Lesley University | 38000 | 54700 | 0.3054 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 101 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 102 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 103 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46200 | 0.091 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 104 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 104 | University of Georgia | 43000 | 48700 | 0.1174 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 106 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 107 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 44300 | 53700 | 0.175 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 108 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2748 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 109 | Illinois State University | 45100 | 47300 | 0.0466 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 110 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 111 | Binghamton University | 50600 | 52800 | 0.0417 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 112 | George Mason University | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1263 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 113 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 114 | Berea College | 68500 | 69000 | 0.0072 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 | |
| 115 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.