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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 Rhode Island.
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 Rhode Island.
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 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 2 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 3 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 4 | Southern Utah University | 10300 | 22200 | 0.5371 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 5 | University of California-San Diego | 11500 | 39700 | 0.7102 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11800 | 22900 | 0.4856 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 7 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11900 | 25700 | 0.5363 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 8 | Texas Woman's University | 12000 | 28200 | 0.5745 | 9,962 | 1010 | 0.9658 | |
| 8 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 11 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12800 | 26500 | 0.5164 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 12 | California State University-San Bernardino | 12900 | 30800 | 0.5818 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 13 | Northern Illinois University | 14300 | 30400 | 0.531 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 14 | California State University-San Marcos | 14600 | 24700 | 0.4097 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 14 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14600 | 29600 | 0.5075 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 14 | Sonoma State University | 14600 | 26700 | 0.4532 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 17 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14800 | 31600 | 0.5323 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 18 | Kentucky State University | 15000 | 28900 | 0.4806 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 19 | California State University-East Bay | 15500 | 30100 | 0.4857 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 20 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 21 | Alcorn State University | 16100 | 25900 | 0.3783 | 2,469 | 905 | 0.3675 | |
| 21 | California State University-Long Beach | 16100 | 25800 | 0.3761 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 23 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16500 | 40600 | 0.593 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 23 | University of Maine | 16500 | 29300 | 0.4371 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 25 | Houston Christian University | 17000 | 56800 | 0.7007 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 26 | Rhode Island College | 17100 | 27400 | 0.3764 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 27 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 28 | Greensboro College | 17700 | 37800 | 0.5317 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 29 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 30 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18800 | 31000 | 0.394 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 31 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 18900 | 31400 | 0.3981 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 32 | University of Central Oklahoma | 19100 | 22700 | 0.1586 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 33 | Connecticut College | 19200 | 95300 | 0.7982 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 33 | Stephens College | 19200 | 49900 | 0.6155 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7709 | |
| 35 | Columbia College | 19800 | 35800 | 0.447 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 36 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 37 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20400 | 23200 | 0.1207 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 38 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20700 | 39200 | 0.4722 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 38 | University of Rhode Island | 20700 | 33900 | 0.3896 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 40 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 21000 | 48900 | 0.5702 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 40 | Southern Virginia University | 21000 | 46700 | 0.5503 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9659 | |
| 42 | Louisiana Tech University | 21300 | 26100 | 0.1841 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 43 | Bradley University | 21800 | 50800 | 0.5708 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 44 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32400 | 0.3091 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 44 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 46 | Abilene Christian University | 23500 | 59000 | 0.6013 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 47 | Indiana State University | 24200 | 32400 | 0.2532 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 48 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 38100 | 0.3597 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 49 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 50 | Seattle Pacific University | 25700 | 70000 | 0.6328 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 51 | Westminster College | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5521 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 52 | Rockford University | 25900 | 59600 | 0.5656 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 53 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26300 | 36800 | 0.2855 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 54 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26800 | 0.0112 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 55 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.0793 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 56 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 57 | University of Mount Union | 27100 | 56300 | 0.5183 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 58 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0886 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 59 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6641 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 59 | Texas State University | 27900 | 28000 | 0.0036 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 61 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28100 | 46000 | 0.3893 | 3,604 | 1069 | 0.9761 | |
| 62 | University of North Texas | 28400 | 37400 | 0.2405 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 63 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 28800 | 39700 | 0.2747 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 64 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 29600 | 48100 | 0.3849 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 65 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 66 | George Mason University | 30700 | 35700 | 0.1399 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 67 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30900 | 45000 | 0.3123 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 68 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 68 | Lamar University | 31200 | 38300 | 0.1855 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 70 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3349 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 71 | Southern Nazarene University | 32000 | 48400 | 0.3385 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32200 | 40900 | 0.2127 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 73 | Samford University | 32600 | 64600 | 0.4955 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 74 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32700 | 44700 | 0.2684 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 74 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32700 | 40200 | 0.1866 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 74 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32700 | 35000 | 0.0654 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 77 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 78 | Baylor University | 33400 | 70300 | 0.5247 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 79 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33800 | 41000 | 0.1744 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 80 | Bridgewater College | 34200 | 42500 | 0.1953 | 1,412 | 1115 | 0.903 | |
| 81 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 82 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 34700 | 38700 | 0.1034 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 83 | Stockton University | 34800 | 44500 | 0.2181 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 84 | Texas Tech University | 35600 | 38900 | 0.0848 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 85 | Temple University | 35900 | 56400 | 0.3636 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 86 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53100 | 0.3162 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 87 | Lesley University | 36800 | 54700 | 0.3274 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 88 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 49700 | 0.2534 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 89 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 45800 | 0.1857 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 90 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37400 | 66300 | 0.436 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 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 | SUNY Oneonta | 39500 | 41700 | 0.0527 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 95 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 39700 | 50000 | 0.2062 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 96 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 97 | Montclair State University | 41600 | 46600 | 0.1073 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 98 | Anderson University | 42300 | 53600 | 0.2108 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 99 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 100 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 101 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.067 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 102 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 103 | University of Georgia | 49700 | 51600 | 0.0368 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 104 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 105 | Binghamton University | 50500 | 52800 | 0.0433 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 106 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 107 | Howard University | 55000 | 66500 | 0.173 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 108 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 58500 | 0.0478 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 109 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 110 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 111 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60700 | 64100 | 0.053 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 112 | Berea College | 68800 | 69000 | 0.0029 | 1,529 | 1209 | 0.1567 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.