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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 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 6900 | 41500 | 0.8333 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 3 | California State University-East Bay | 8700 | 45100 | 0.8075 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 4 | Kentucky State University | 9400 | 27400 | 0.6569 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 5 | Berea College | 9700 | 69400 | 0.8603 | 1,529 | 1209 | 0.1567 | |
| 6 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 10200 | 32800 | 0.6886 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 6 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7362 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 8 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10500 | 27300 | 0.6164 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 9 | Southern Utah University | 10600 | 51400 | 0.7937 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 10 | University of California-San Diego | 11200 | 41600 | 0.7312 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 12 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 12700 | 19400 | 0.3454 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 13 | Louisiana Tech University | 12900 | 42900 | 0.6992 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 14 | Texas Woman's University | 13600 | 28200 | 0.5178 | 9,962 | 1010 | 0.9658 | |
| 15 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14100 | 32700 | 0.5686 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 16 | California State University-San Marcos | 14400 | 24700 | 0.4178 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 16 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14400 | 50100 | 0.7122 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 18 | Sonoma State University | 14500 | 41200 | 0.6481 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 18 | Texas State University | 14500 | 26700 | 0.4562 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 20 | University of Nevada-Reno | 14700 | 28200 | 0.4784 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 21 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 14800 | 26000 | 0.4303 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 21 | University of Maine | 14800 | 29300 | 0.4952 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 23 | Greensboro College | 15400 | 38300 | 0.5974 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 23 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 26100 | 0.4097 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 25 | Kansas State University | 15600 | 26400 | 0.41 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 26 | Alcorn State University | 15800 | 22200 | 0.2877 | 2,469 | 905 | 0.3675 | |
| 26 | Indiana State University | 15800 | 32400 | 0.5126 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 28 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16100 | 26500 | 0.3942 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 29 | Georgia Southern University | 16300 | 49700 | 0.6722 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 30 | California State University-Long Beach | 16400 | 25800 | 0.3644 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 30 | Montclair State University | 16400 | 36000 | 0.5451 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 32 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16800 | 33900 | 0.5042 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 33 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17200 | 44100 | 0.6103 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 34 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17300 | 44000 | 0.6064 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 35 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 18000 | 48900 | 0.6315 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 35 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18000 | 27500 | 0.3457 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 37 | Columbia College | 18200 | 60700 | 0.6996 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 38 | Stephens College | 18600 | 70100 | 0.7345 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7709 | |
| 39 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 40 | Connecticut College | 19000 | 93000 | 0.7954 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 41 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19100 | 54000 | 0.646 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 42 | Stockton University | 19300 | 45800 | 0.5788 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 43 | University of Houston | 19400 | 28400 | 0.3173 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 44 | University of Rhode Island | 19500 | 47400 | 0.5887 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 45 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19700 | 40200 | 0.5101 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 46 | Rutgers University-Newark | 20200 | 39200 | 0.4852 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 47 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 47 | University of Wyoming | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2742 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 49 | SUNY Oneonta | 20400 | 55300 | 0.6317 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 50 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 50 | Southern Virginia University | 20700 | 53200 | 0.6114 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9659 | |
| 52 | Utah State University | 21800 | 38800 | 0.4382 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 53 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22000 | 34200 | 0.357 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 54 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 22100 | 42500 | 0.48 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 55 | Florida State University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 55 | Rockford University | 22200 | 80500 | 0.7241 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 57 | Seattle Pacific University | 22300 | 98900 | 0.7748 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 57 | The University of Alabama | 22300 | 33400 | 0.3322 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 59 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 60 | Illinois State University | 22800 | 36400 | 0.3742 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 61 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 23000 | 44800 | 0.4862 | 3,604 | 1069 | 0.9761 | |
| 61 | Lamar University | 23000 | 37700 | 0.3897 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 63 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23700 | 47900 | 0.5048 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 64 | Abilene Christian University | 24200 | 58800 | 0.5886 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 65 | Temple University | 24400 | 36100 | 0.3243 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 66 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25000 | 39400 | 0.3656 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 67 | South Dakota State University | 25100 | 28700 | 0.1242 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 68 | Westminster College | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5538 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 25800 | 49600 | 0.4795 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 70 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 25900 | 40600 | 0.362 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 71 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1824 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 72 | University of Arkansas | 26400 | 44700 | 0.4087 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 73 | University of Mount Union | 27000 | 56300 | 0.5211 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 74 | North Dakota State University | 27400 | 30400 | 0.0976 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 75 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 55500 | 0.4737 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 76 | George Mason University | 30400 | 35700 | 0.1483 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 77 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30600 | 45000 | 0.3185 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 78 | Houston Christian University | 30700 | 60500 | 0.4928 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 78 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 80 | Kent State University at Kent | 30900 | 37500 | 0.1751 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 81 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31100 | 47100 | 0.3408 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 82 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31800 | 54400 | 0.4154 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 82 | Southern Nazarene University | 31800 | 48400 | 0.3442 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 84 | Anderson University | 32300 | 54700 | 0.4098 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 85 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 85 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32500 | 35000 | 0.0732 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 87 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32900 | 44700 | 0.2639 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 88 | Baylor University | 33600 | 70400 | 0.523 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 89 | Bridgewater College | 33900 | 42500 | 0.2018 | 1,412 | 1115 | 0.903 | |
| 90 | University of Vermont | 34300 | 66300 | 0.4821 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 91 | Samford University | 34400 | 93800 | 0.6333 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 92 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 93 | Bradley University | 35000 | 60300 | 0.4197 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 94 | Texas Tech University | 35300 | 41000 | 0.1391 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 95 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 35500 | 39700 | 0.1058 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 96 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36000 | 54000 | 0.3334 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 97 | Kean University | 36600 | 44900 | 0.1849 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 98 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66700 | 0.4469 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 99 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 100 | Hope International University | 38000 | 58600 | 0.351 | 649 | 995 | 0.6253 | |
| 101 | Oakwood University | 38200 | 43300 | 0.117 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 102 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 103 | University of Arizona | 42500 | 48600 | 0.1254 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 104 | Lesley University | 42600 | 57500 | 0.2592 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 104 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 63300 | 0.3271 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 106 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 107 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2766 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 108 | Binghamton University | 50300 | 52800 | 0.0486 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 109 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 110 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 111 | Howard University | 54800 | 88500 | 0.381 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 112 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60800 | 63600 | 0.044 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.