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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 Pennsylvania.
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 Pennsylvania.
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 | California State University-East Bay | 9000 | 62400 | 0.8551 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 3 | Kentucky State University | 10300 | 28200 | 0.635 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 4 | Indiana State University | 11500 | 25900 | 0.5569 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 4 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11500 | 31400 | 0.6338 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11900 | 22900 | 0.4812 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29600 | 0.5802 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 8 | Lamar University | 12600 | 22900 | 0.4492 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 9 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12800 | 26500 | 0.5164 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 10 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 11 | Louisiana Tech University | 14000 | 43500 | 0.6781 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 11 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14000 | 34500 | 0.594 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 13 | Texas Woman's University | 14200 | 23200 | 0.3873 | 9,962 | 1010 | 0.9658 | |
| 14 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14500 | 32700 | 0.5564 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 15 | California State University-San Marcos | 14700 | 24700 | 0.4056 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 15 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14700 | 28600 | 0.4867 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 17 | Sonoma State University | 14900 | 57500 | 0.7413 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 18 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15100 | 31600 | 0.5228 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 19 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15300 | 25700 | 0.4046 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 20 | Florida State University | 15700 | 23000 | 0.3177 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 21 | Texas State University | 15800 | 26200 | 0.3967 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 22 | Northern Illinois University | 16000 | 30400 | 0.4735 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 23 | Alcorn State University | 16100 | 22200 | 0.2742 | 2,469 | 905 | 0.3675 | |
| 24 | University of Arizona | 16600 | 41400 | 0.5992 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 25 | California State University-Long Beach | 16700 | 33300 | 0.4986 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 26 | Kansas State University | 16900 | 26400 | 0.3596 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 27 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17500 | 43000 | 0.5925 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 28 | Greensboro College | 17800 | 38300 | 0.5348 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 29 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 30 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18200 | 27700 | 0.3428 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 31 | Columbia College | 18600 | 60700 | 0.6931 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 31 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18600 | 35500 | 0.4766 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 31 | University of Rhode Island | 18600 | 81200 | 0.7709 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 34 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 34 | Westminster College | 18800 | 56900 | 0.6703 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 36 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 18900 | 71500 | 0.7352 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 37 | Connecticut College | 19300 | 93000 | 0.7922 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 37 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19300 | 28200 | 0.3154 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 39 | Stephens College | 19400 | 50400 | 0.6156 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7709 | |
| 40 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19600 | 31000 | 0.3679 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 41 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 19800 | 26900 | 0.264 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 41 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 43 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 44 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 45 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 46 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 47 | Southern Virginia University | 21100 | 40300 | 0.4769 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9659 | |
| 47 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 49 | University of Houston | 22600 | 27800 | 0.1872 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 50 | Illinois State University | 23100 | 36400 | 0.3667 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 51 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 23200 | 44800 | 0.4818 | 3,604 | 1069 | 0.9761 | |
| 52 | Abilene Christian University | 23300 | 58800 | 0.6039 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 53 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 23600 | 46000 | 0.4872 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | 23700 | 33400 | 0.2921 | 8,051 | 1232 | 0.9117 | |
| 55 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23800 | 34200 | 0.3044 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 55 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23800 | 47700 | 0.5009 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 57 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 25700 | 49700 | 0.4819 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 58 | Rockford University | 25900 | 59600 | 0.5657 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 58 | Seattle Pacific University | 25900 | 70000 | 0.63 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 60 | University of North Texas | 26000 | 36900 | 0.2956 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 61 | Houston Christian University | 26500 | 60500 | 0.5623 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 62 | University of Arkansas | 26900 | 52400 | 0.4869 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 63 | University of Mount Union | 27100 | 56300 | 0.5183 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 64 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27600 | 40700 | 0.3212 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 65 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 66 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2153 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 67 | Southern Utah University | 30000 | 40800 | 0.2648 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 68 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 69 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 30200 | 44700 | 0.324 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 70 | George Mason University | 30900 | 35700 | 0.1343 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 70 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30900 | 45000 | 0.3123 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 72 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 73 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3349 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 74 | Southern Nazarene University | 32000 | 48400 | 0.3385 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 75 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32100 | 54400 | 0.4099 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 76 | SUNY Oneonta | 32200 | 41400 | 0.2221 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 77 | Anderson University | 32300 | 53600 | 0.3973 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 77 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 32300 | 44100 | 0.2677 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 79 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32700 | 58900 | 0.4445 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 79 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32700 | 35000 | 0.0654 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 81 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44700 | 0.2573 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 82 | Baylor University | 33500 | 70400 | 0.5244 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 83 | Temple University | 34100 | 57200 | 0.4036 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 84 | Bridgewater College | 34200 | 42500 | 0.1953 | 1,412 | 1115 | 0.903 | |
| 85 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 86 | Samford University | 34700 | 93800 | 0.6301 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 87 | University of Idaho | 34800 | 48700 | 0.2854 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 88 | Bradley University | 35500 | 60000 | 0.4086 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 89 | Texas Tech University | 35700 | 38900 | 0.0823 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 90 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3229 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 91 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 36900 | 38800 | 0.049 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 92 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 70600 | 0.4746 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 93 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37500 | 66600 | 0.4367 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 94 | Stockton University | 37700 | 45300 | 0.1679 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 95 | Hope International University | 38300 | 58600 | 0.3463 | 649 | 995 | 0.6253 | |
| 96 | Oakwood University | 38500 | 43300 | 0.1107 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 97 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 60200 | 0.3594 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 98 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 99 | University of Maine | 40400 | 56000 | 0.2787 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 100 | Montclair State University | 42100 | 47000 | 0.1043 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 101 | Lesley University | 42500 | 71100 | 0.4021 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 101 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 57200 | 0.257 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 103 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 104 | Georgia Southern University | 47300 | 47900 | 0.0125 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 105 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 106 | University of Georgia | 48600 | 51800 | 0.0618 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 107 | Binghamton University | 50500 | 52800 | 0.0433 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 108 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 50700 | 72700 | 0.3025 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 109 | The University of Alabama | 53700 | 66500 | 0.1925 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 110 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 111 | Howard University | 55000 | 67300 | 0.1827 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 112 | University of California-San Diego | 55900 | 90100 | 0.3796 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 113 | University of California-Davis | 68300 | 90000 | 0.241 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 114 | Berea College | 68700 | 69000 | 0.0043 | 1,529 | 1209 | 0.1567 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.