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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 North Carolina.
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 North Carolina.
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 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 3 | Kentucky State University | 10300 | 17400 | 0.4069 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 4 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 5 | Indiana State University | 12400 | 25900 | 0.5221 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 5 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 12400 | 41800 | 0.7032 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 8 | Southern Utah University | 12500 | 44000 | 0.7155 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 9 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 54500 | 0.7577 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 10 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4825 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 11 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13800 | 17900 | 0.2309 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 11 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 13 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 14200 | 25700 | 0.4469 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14200 | 46000 | 0.6909 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 15 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 16 | Louisiana Tech University | 14800 | 36900 | 0.5988 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 17 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14900 | 43900 | 0.6612 | 15,365 | 990 | 0.9374 | |
| 18 | Northern Illinois University | 15000 | 30700 | 0.5107 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 19 | California State University-San Marcos | 15400 | 24700 | 0.3772 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 20 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15600 | 27600 | 0.4349 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 21 | Alcorn State University | 15900 | 23700 | 0.3291 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 22 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16200 | 23200 | 0.3017 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 23 | Lamar University | 16300 | 22900 | 0.2879 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 24 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16500 | 31600 | 0.4784 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 24 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16500 | 42600 | 0.6129 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 26 | Connecticut College | 16700 | 115500 | 0.8551 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 27 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.8183 | |
| 28 | University of Maine | 17000 | 29300 | 0.42 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 29 | Greensboro College | 17500 | 37800 | 0.5373 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 30 | Houston Christian University | 17900 | 56800 | 0.6848 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 31 | California State University-East Bay | 18000 | 45100 | 0.6012 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 31 | Georgia Southern University | 18000 | 26800 | 0.3289 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 31 | Southern University at New Orleans | 18000 | 34200 | 0.4735 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 34 | University of Rhode Island | 18100 | 46400 | 0.6094 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 35 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 36 | Texas Woman's University | 18400 | 28200 | 0.3476 | 10,039 | 1035 | 0.9612 | |
| 37 | SUNY Oneonta | 18500 | 29300 | 0.3686 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 38 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27700 | 0.3284 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 39 | Benedict College | 18700 | 41100 | 0.5456 | 1,628 | 915 | 0.957 | |
| 39 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18700 | 42800 | 0.5625 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 41 | Eastern Kentucky University | 19700 | 34400 | 0.4268 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 42 | Gallaudet University | 19800 | 44900 | 0.5592 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 42 | Texas Tech University | 19800 | 27900 | 0.2906 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 44 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 45 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20700 | 34400 | 0.3982 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 45 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 45 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 20700 | 42500 | 0.5135 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 48 | University of Central Oklahoma | 21200 | 22700 | 0.0661 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 49 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 21400 | 50000 | 0.5717 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 50 | Rockford University | 21800 | 68200 | 0.6807 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 51 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22200 | 59900 | 0.6293 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 52 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 22300 | 45300 | 0.5073 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 53 | Florida State University | 22600 | 32500 | 0.3046 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 54 | Columbia College | 22700 | 39700 | 0.4287 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 22700 | 47900 | 0.5257 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 56 | Stephens College | 22900 | 60900 | 0.6236 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7722 | |
| 57 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3848 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 58 | Bradley University | 24000 | 50800 | 0.5275 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 58 | Southern Virginia University | 24000 | 46000 | 0.4782 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9642 | |
| 60 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 24600 | 48900 | 0.4966 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 61 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 25100 | 42700 | 0.4123 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 62 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1076 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 63 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 25700 | 47400 | 0.4581 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9806 | |
| 64 | Westminster College | 26100 | 57600 | 0.5469 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 65 | Seattle Pacific University | 26300 | 77000 | 0.6588 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 66 | University of Mount Union | 26500 | 50900 | 0.4792 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 67 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 29600 | 0.0942 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 68 | Rivier University | 26900 | 73300 | 0.6328 | 1,252 | 1120 | 0.8259 | |
| 69 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 70 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 38500 | 0.2958 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 71 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27300 | 41500 | 0.342 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 72 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 73 | North Dakota State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.082 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 74 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28400 | 46000 | 0.3828 | 3,424 | 1209 | 0.7887 | |
| 75 | Baylor University | 28600 | 70300 | 0.5931 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 76 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3354 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 77 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2139 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 77 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0966 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 79 | Kansas State University | 29300 | 41600 | 0.2944 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 80 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 81 | Samford University | 30700 | 78000 | 0.6061 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 81 | University of North Texas | 30700 | 37400 | 0.179 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 83 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3079 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 84 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31600 | 47100 | 0.3307 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 85 | Liberty University | 32300 | 44300 | 0.2709 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 85 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32300 | 34400 | 0.0607 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 87 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32700 | 44700 | 0.2684 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 88 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 33100 | 38600 | 0.1425 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 89 | Anderson University | 33200 | 52500 | 0.3678 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 90 | Sonoma State University | 33600 | 41200 | 0.1845 | 5,272 | 1050 | 0.9343 | |
| 91 | University of Central Missouri | 33700 | 35800 | 0.0583 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 92 | Hope International University | 34100 | 69600 | 0.51 | 564 | 1027 | 0.3298 | |
| 93 | Temple University | 35600 | 55300 | 0.3565 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 94 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35900 | 42800 | 0.1614 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 95 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2792 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 96 | Lesley University | 37300 | 54700 | 0.3182 | 1,229 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 96 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 43900 | 0.1505 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 98 | California State University-Long Beach | 37500 | 38600 | 0.0285 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 99 | Abilene Christian University | 37700 | 60700 | 0.3786 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 100 | Southern Nazarene University | 38200 | 48400 | 0.2104 | 1,456 | 0 | 0 | |
| 101 | Oakwood University | 38700 | 43300 | 0.1061 | 1,177 | 1005 | 0.4522 | |
| 101 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38700 | 53400 | 0.2754 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 103 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1124 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 104 | Montclair State University | 42100 | 46200 | 0.0888 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 105 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 57700 | 0.2615 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 106 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4466 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 107 | Illinois State University | 45200 | 47300 | 0.0442 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 108 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 109 | University of California-San Diego | 49500 | 74200 | 0.3328 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 110 | Binghamton University | 50700 | 52800 | 0.0396 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 111 | George Mason University | 53600 | 61000 | 0.1213 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 112 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 113 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 113 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0353 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 115 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 116 | 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.