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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 Montana.
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 Montana.
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 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 3 | Kentucky State University | 9900 | 29700 | 0.6677 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 4 | Texas Woman's University | 11800 | 23200 | 0.491 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 5 | Southern Utah University | 12100 | 44000 | 0.7245 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 6 | Indiana State University | 12600 | 31200 | 0.5968 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 7 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 54500 | 0.7669 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 8 | Louisiana Tech University | 13100 | 36900 | 0.6449 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 9 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4825 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 10 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4773 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 10 | University of Houston | 13600 | 23100 | 0.4114 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 13 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13900 | 19400 | 0.2836 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14000 | 46000 | 0.6953 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 15 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14600 | 52500 | 0.7226 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 16 | University of Georgia | 14900 | 26600 | 0.4416 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 17 | Northern Illinois University | 15000 | 30700 | 0.5106 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 18 | University of North Texas | 15100 | 25700 | 0.413 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 19 | California State University-San Marcos | 15400 | 24700 | 0.3772 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 20 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,454 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 21 | Florida State University | 15600 | 22900 | 0.3184 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 22 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 23 | Alcorn State University | 15900 | 23700 | 0.3291 | 2,532 | 935 | 0.4533 | |
| 24 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 25 | Lamar University | 16300 | 22900 | 0.2879 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 26 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16500 | 31600 | 0.4784 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 26 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16500 | 42600 | 0.6129 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 28 | Texas State University | 16800 | 26800 | 0.3727 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 29 | Sonoma State University | 16900 | 26700 | 0.3671 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 30 | University of Maine | 17000 | 29300 | 0.42 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 31 | Greensboro College | 17500 | 37800 | 0.537 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 31 | University of Rhode Island | 17500 | 33900 | 0.4839 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 33 | Houston Christian University | 17600 | 56800 | 0.6901 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 34 | California State University-East Bay | 18000 | 45100 | 0.6012 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 35 | Georgia Southern University | 18100 | 23800 | 0.2399 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 35 | Southern University at New Orleans | 18100 | 34200 | 0.4706 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 37 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 38 | SUNY Oneonta | 18500 | 29300 | 0.3686 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 39 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27700 | 0.3284 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 40 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18700 | 42800 | 0.5625 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 40 | University of Arizona | 18700 | 30900 | 0.3955 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 42 | Benedict College | 18800 | 41100 | 0.5431 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 43 | Eastern Kentucky University | 19200 | 34400 | 0.4413 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 44 | Connecticut College | 19300 | 115500 | 0.8326 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 45 | Gallaudet University | 19800 | 44900 | 0.5592 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 46 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20700 | 34400 | 0.3982 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 46 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 20700 | 42500 | 0.5135 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 46 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2588 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 49 | Illinois State University | 21500 | 35200 | 0.3888 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 49 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21500 | 42700 | 0.4966 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 51 | Bradley University | 21600 | 50800 | 0.5747 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 52 | Montana State University | 21700 | 31500 | 0.3112 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 53 | Rockford University | 21900 | 68200 | 0.6793 | 968 | 980 | 0.5704 | |
| 53 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21900 | 25400 | 0.1388 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 55 | South Dakota State University | 22100 | 25200 | 0.1243 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 56 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22200 | 59900 | 0.6293 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 57 | Columbia College | 22700 | 39700 | 0.4287 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 58 | Stephens College | 22900 | 60900 | 0.6236 | 354 | 1045 | 0.9185 | |
| 59 | The University of Alabama | 23400 | 31000 | 0.245 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 60 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 23500 | 50000 | 0.5298 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 61 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3859 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 62 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 24000 | 48900 | 0.5088 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 62 | Southern Virginia University | 24000 | 46000 | 0.4782 | 967 | 1094 | 0.9973 | |
| 64 | University of Mount Union | 24800 | 50900 | 0.512 | 1,927 | 1240 | 0.8013 | |
| 65 | North Dakota State University | 25000 | 27600 | 0.0919 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 65 | Temple University | 25000 | 36400 | 0.3134 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 67 | Rivier University | 25200 | 73300 | 0.656 | 1,335 | 1060 | 0.8176 | |
| 68 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 25700 | 47400 | 0.4581 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 70 | Seattle Pacific University | 26300 | 77000 | 0.6588 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 71 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 29600 | 0.0957 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 72 | University of Idaho | 27100 | 30600 | 0.1146 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27300 | 41500 | 0.342 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 74 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 74 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27400 | 47900 | 0.4277 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 76 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 77 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28100 | 46000 | 0.3893 | 3,361 | 1075 | 0.7887 | |
| 78 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1279 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 79 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3365 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 80 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.098 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 81 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 33700 | 0.1337 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 82 | Westminster College | 29400 | 57600 | 0.4896 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 83 | Samford University | 30700 | 78000 | 0.6061 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 84 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30800 | 62800 | 0.5092 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 85 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3089 | 2,012 | 1138 | 0.9707 | |
| 86 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.3316 | 887 | 1100 | 1 | |
| 87 | University of Nevada-Reno | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 88 | Liberty University | 31900 | 44300 | 0.2799 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 89 | Southern Nazarene University | 32200 | 48400 | 0.3353 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 90 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 91 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32700 | 44700 | 0.2684 | 2,978 | 1219 | 0.7223 | |
| 92 | Anderson University | 33200 | 52500 | 0.3678 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 93 | Hope International University | 34200 | 69600 | 0.5085 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 94 | Baylor University | 34600 | 70300 | 0.5078 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 95 | Abilene Christian University | 35800 | 60700 | 0.4099 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 96 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35900 | 42800 | 0.1613 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 97 | California State University-Long Beach | 37500 | 38600 | 0.0285 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 97 | The University of Montana | 37500 | 45900 | 0.1832 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 99 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66500 | 0.4343 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 100 | Lesley University | 37900 | 54700 | 0.3073 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 101 | Oakwood University | 38600 | 43300 | 0.1071 | 1,279 | 1020 | 0.507 | |
| 101 | Texas Tech University | 38600 | 41000 | 0.0586 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 103 | Montclair State University | 42100 | 46200 | 0.0888 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 104 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 57700 | 0.2632 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 105 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 105 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43600 | 53700 | 0.188 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 107 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 108 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 109 | University of California-San Diego | 49500 | 77100 | 0.3577 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 110 | George Mason University | 53600 | 61000 | 0.1213 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 111 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 112 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0361 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 113 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 114 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60800 | 64100 | 0.0514 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 115 | Berea College | 68900 | 69000 | 0.0014 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 | |
| 116 | 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.