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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 New Jersey.
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 New Jersey.
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 | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 2 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 8300 | 38900 | 0.787 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 3 | California State University-East Bay | 8600 | 62400 | 0.8615 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 4 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 5 | Kentucky State University | 10200 | 28200 | 0.6385 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 5 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 49800 | 0.7944 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 7 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11000 | 31400 | 0.6498 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 8 | University of California-San Diego | 11200 | 45200 | 0.7525 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 9 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11500 | 22900 | 0.4987 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 10 | Texas Woman's University | 11700 | 28200 | 0.5852 | 9,962 | 1010 | 0.9658 | |
| 11 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12500 | 26500 | 0.5277 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 12 | University of Houston | 13200 | 21800 | 0.3944 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 13 | Louisiana Tech University | 13500 | 43500 | 0.6896 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 15 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14100 | 32700 | 0.5686 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 15 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14100 | 28600 | 0.5077 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 17 | Sonoma State University | 14500 | 57500 | 0.7482 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 18 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14700 | 31600 | 0.5354 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 19 | University of Maine | 14800 | 33300 | 0.5558 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 20 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 14900 | 25700 | 0.4202 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 21 | Texas State University | 15100 | 26200 | 0.4234 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 22 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 26100 | 0.4097 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 23 | Florida State University | 15500 | 23000 | 0.3264 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 23 | Northern Illinois University | 15500 | 30400 | 0.4914 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 25 | Alcorn State University | 15800 | 22200 | 0.2877 | 2,469 | 905 | 0.3675 | |
| 26 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16100 | 39900 | 0.5978 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 27 | Georgia Southern University | 16400 | 20100 | 0.1836 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 28 | Greensboro College | 17100 | 38300 | 0.553 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 29 | University of Arkansas | 17500 | 36800 | 0.5237 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 30 | Texas Tech University | 17800 | 27100 | 0.343 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 31 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 17900 | 28600 | 0.3739 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 32 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 18000 | 71500 | 0.7478 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 32 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18000 | 27700 | 0.3501 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 32 | University of Rhode Island | 18000 | 81200 | 0.7783 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 35 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 36 | Columbia College | 18400 | 60700 | 0.6964 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 37 | Stephens College | 18600 | 50400 | 0.6315 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7709 | |
| 38 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 39 | University of Nevada-Reno | 18900 | 28200 | 0.3295 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 40 | Connecticut College | 19400 | 93000 | 0.7911 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 40 | SUNY Oneonta | 19400 | 28800 | 0.3262 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 42 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 43 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45100 | 0.5547 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 44 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 45 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 45 | Southern Virginia University | 20800 | 40300 | 0.4844 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9659 | |
| 47 | Lamar University | 22500 | 37500 | 0.4 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 48 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22900 | 26900 | 0.1487 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 49 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 23200 | 44800 | 0.4818 | 3,604 | 1069 | 0.9761 | |
| 50 | Abilene Christian University | 23300 | 58800 | 0.6039 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 51 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23400 | 34200 | 0.3161 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 52 | Indiana State University | 23500 | 32400 | 0.2748 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 53 | Seattle Pacific University | 25100 | 70000 | 0.6414 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 54 | Kent State University at Kent | 25200 | 28400 | 0.1157 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 55 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 56 | Rockford University | 25700 | 59600 | 0.569 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 56 | Westminster College | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5535 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 25800 | 50000 | 0.4837 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 25900 | 40600 | 0.362 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 60 | Houston Christian University | 26500 | 60500 | 0.5623 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 61 | California State University-Long Beach | 27100 | 43100 | 0.3717 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 61 | University of Central Oklahoma | 27100 | 44800 | 0.3951 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 61 | University of Mount Union | 27100 | 56300 | 0.5183 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 64 | California State University-San Marcos | 27400 | 38300 | 0.2845 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 65 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 66 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 67 | Southern Utah University | 29700 | 40800 | 0.2722 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 30100 | 44300 | 0.3203 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 69 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30900 | 45000 | 0.3123 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 70 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3349 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 71 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31800 | 54400 | 0.4154 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 72 | Southern Nazarene University | 32000 | 48400 | 0.3385 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 73 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 32100 | 44100 | 0.2722 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 74 | Anderson University | 32500 | 53600 | 0.3936 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 75 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32700 | 35000 | 0.0654 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 76 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32800 | 58900 | 0.4428 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 77 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44700 | 0.2573 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 78 | Baylor University | 33600 | 70400 | 0.523 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 79 | Bridgewater College | 34200 | 42500 | 0.1953 | 1,412 | 1115 | 0.903 | |
| 80 | Samford University | 34400 | 93800 | 0.6333 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 81 | University of Idaho | 34800 | 48700 | 0.2854 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 82 | Bradley University | 35100 | 60000 | 0.4153 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 83 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 35500 | 57000 | 0.3769 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 84 | Temple University | 35800 | 57200 | 0.3739 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 85 | Stockton University | 35900 | 45300 | 0.2077 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 86 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 36300 | 38800 | 0.0644 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 87 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36400 | 53600 | 0.321 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 88 | Kean University | 36600 | 45300 | 0.192 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 36600 | 47900 | 0.2357 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 90 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 70600 | 0.4731 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 91 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 92 | Hope International University | 38300 | 58600 | 0.3463 | 649 | 995 | 0.6253 | |
| 93 | Oakwood University | 38500 | 43300 | 0.1107 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 94 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 95 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 47000 | 0.1065 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 96 | Lesley University | 42500 | 71100 | 0.4021 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 97 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42700 | 57200 | 0.2535 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 98 | University of Arizona | 42800 | 43800 | 0.0228 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 99 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 100 | Kansas State University | 43700 | 47900 | 0.0884 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 101 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 102 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.067 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 103 | Rutgers University-Newark | 47900 | 59900 | 0.2004 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 104 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 105 | University of Georgia | 48600 | 51800 | 0.0618 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 106 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 49500 | 72700 | 0.319 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 107 | Binghamton University | 50500 | 52800 | 0.0433 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 108 | The University of Alabama | 53800 | 66500 | 0.191 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 109 | George Mason University | 53900 | 61400 | 0.1222 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 110 | Howard University | 54700 | 67300 | 0.1871 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 111 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 112 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60600 | 65000 | 0.0677 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 113 | Berea College | 69000 | 69000 | 0 | 1,529 | 1209 | 0.1567 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.