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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 | Utah State University | 4700 | 21700 | 0.7832 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 28600 | 0.7176 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 3 | Kentucky State University | 9200 | 29700 | 0.6913 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 4 | Texas Woman's University | 11400 | 44600 | 0.7447 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 4 | University of California-San Diego | 11400 | 44900 | 0.7461 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 6 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 7 | Indiana State University | 12000 | 31200 | 0.616 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 7 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 9 | Bacone College | 12200 | 36800 | 0.6687 | 106 | 875 | 0.545 | |
| 9 | Southern Utah University | 12200 | 44000 | 0.7223 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 11 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12500 | 54500 | 0.7706 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 12 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13500 | 19400 | 0.3042 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 13 | Northern Illinois University | 13700 | 30700 | 0.5533 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 31700 | 0.5674 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 15 | Louisiana Tech University | 14000 | 36900 | 0.6205 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14000 | 46000 | 0.6953 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 17 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14100 | 43900 | 0.6795 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 18 | California State University-San Marcos | 14400 | 38300 | 0.6238 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 19 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 20 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 21 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15600 | 42600 | 0.6341 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 22 | Alcorn State University | 15700 | 23700 | 0.3376 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 22 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15700 | 42500 | 0.6307 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 24 | The University of Texas at Austin | 15800 | 30500 | 0.4817 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 25 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 26 | University of Maine | 16600 | 29300 | 0.4337 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 27 | Lamar University | 16800 | 41900 | 0.599 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 27 | University of Rhode Island | 16800 | 33900 | 0.5045 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 29 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16900 | 34000 | 0.5025 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 30 | Houston Christian University | 17300 | 56800 | 0.6954 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 31 | California State University-East Bay | 17400 | 45100 | 0.6145 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 32 | University of Arkansas | 17500 | 27700 | 0.3683 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 33 | Georgia Southern University | 17600 | 26800 | 0.3439 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 34 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 17700 | 48000 | 0.6308 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 35 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18100 | 42800 | 0.5765 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 36 | SUNY Oneonta | 18300 | 29300 | 0.3754 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 37 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18500 | 27700 | 0.332 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 38 | Benedict College | 18600 | 41100 | 0.548 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 38 | Eastern Kentucky University | 18600 | 34400 | 0.4587 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 40 | Rutgers University-Newark | 19200 | 37900 | 0.4932 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 41 | Connecticut College | 19300 | 115500 | 0.8326 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 41 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19300 | 27700 | 0.3034 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 43 | Gallaudet University | 19400 | 44900 | 0.5681 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 44 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 45 | Kansas State University | 20000 | 28800 | 0.3044 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 46 | Bradley University | 21000 | 50800 | 0.5865 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 46 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 21000 | 42500 | 0.5064 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 48 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21200 | 42700 | 0.5036 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 49 | Illinois State University | 21500 | 35200 | 0.3907 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 50 | Rockford University | 21600 | 68200 | 0.6837 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 51 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21800 | 59900 | 0.6359 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 51 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21800 | 25400 | 0.1427 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 53 | Columbia College | 22200 | 39700 | 0.4413 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 53 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 22200 | 47900 | 0.5362 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 55 | Florida State University | 22500 | 32500 | 0.3077 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 56 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3725 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 57 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 23400 | 48900 | 0.5211 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 23700 | 45300 | 0.4764 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 59 | Southern Virginia University | 23900 | 46000 | 0.4804 | 967 | 1070 | 0.9973 | |
| 60 | Stephens College | 24300 | 60900 | 0.6006 | 354 | 1185 | 0.9185 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 25100 | 47400 | 0.4707 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 62 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 63 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 64 | Seattle Pacific University | 25700 | 77000 | 0.6666 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 65 | University of Mount Union | 26400 | 50900 | 0.4805 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 66 | University of Idaho | 26900 | 45200 | 0.4045 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 67 | University of Arizona | 27200 | 38500 | 0.2932 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 68 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 69 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 75200 | 0.632 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 70 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0858 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 71 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3381 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 72 | Montclair State University | 28900 | 36300 | 0.204 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29500 | 42400 | 0.3041 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 73 | Westminster College | 29500 | 57600 | 0.4879 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 75 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 76 | Samford University | 30200 | 78000 | 0.6125 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 76 | University of North Texas | 30200 | 48200 | 0.3734 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 78 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 30400 | 46000 | 0.3393 | 3,361 | 1160 | 0.7887 | |
| 78 | George Mason University | 30400 | 35700 | 0.1483 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 80 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30500 | 46200 | 0.34 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 81 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31000 | 45000 | 0.3105 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 82 | Liberty University | 32000 | 60900 | 0.4748 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 83 | Southern Nazarene University | 32100 | 48400 | 0.3367 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 84 | Nova Southeastern University | 32400 | 56300 | 0.4242 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 85 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32900 | 44700 | 0.2639 | 2,978 | 1222 | 0.7223 | |
| 86 | Anderson University | 33300 | 52500 | 0.3659 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 86 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 88 | Sonoma State University | 33400 | 41200 | 0.1893 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 89 | Hope International University | 33900 | 69600 | 0.5129 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 90 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4793 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 91 | Baylor University | 34800 | 70300 | 0.5049 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 92 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35300 | 42800 | 0.1752 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 93 | Abilene Christian University | 35500 | 60700 | 0.4148 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 94 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 95 | Warner Pacific University | 36400 | 41600 | 0.1252 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
| 96 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66500 | 0.4448 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 97 | California State University-Long Beach | 37100 | 38600 | 0.0389 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 98 | Lesley University | 37600 | 54700 | 0.3127 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 99 | University of Connecticut | 37700 | 43900 | 0.1414 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 100 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 101 | Kean University | 38600 | 48300 | 0.2009 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 102 | Texas Tech University | 38800 | 41000 | 0.0537 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 103 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2698 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 104 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 105 | Temple University | 40700 | 55300 | 0.2642 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 106 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42600 | 53700 | 0.2066 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 107 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 108 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 109 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2748 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 110 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 111 | Binghamton University | 50600 | 52800 | 0.0417 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 112 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57000 | 59200 | 0.0372 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 113 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 114 | Howard University | 58400 | 76900 | 0.2405 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 115 | Berea College | 69000 | 69000 | 0 | 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.