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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 | Utah State University | 4700 | 21700 | 0.7832 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 28600 | 0.7211 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 3 | Kentucky State University | 9800 | 29700 | 0.6711 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10000 | 22900 | 0.5643 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 5 | University of California-San Diego | 11400 | 44900 | 0.7461 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 6 | Rhode Island College | 11600 | 54600 | 0.7876 | 5,157 | 995 | 0.9182 | |
| 7 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 8 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 9 | Bacone College | 12500 | 36800 | 0.6606 | 106 | 875 | 0.545 | |
| 9 | Indiana State University | 12500 | 31200 | 0.6 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 9 | Southern Utah University | 12500 | 44000 | 0.7155 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 12 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12600 | 54500 | 0.7688 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 13 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 31700 | 0.5674 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14100 | 46000 | 0.6931 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 16 | Northern Illinois University | 14200 | 30700 | 0.5391 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 17 | Louisiana Tech University | 14300 | 36900 | 0.6124 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 18 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14500 | 43900 | 0.6703 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 19 | California State University-San Marcos | 15300 | 24700 | 0.3813 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 20 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15700 | 42500 | 0.6307 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 21 | California State University-Long Beach | 15800 | 25800 | 0.3877 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 22 | Alcorn State University | 15900 | 23700 | 0.3291 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 23 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16000 | 23200 | 0.3103 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 24 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16400 | 42600 | 0.6153 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 25 | Texas State University | 16800 | 26800 | 0.3727 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 26 | Lamar University | 17200 | 41900 | 0.5895 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 26 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 28 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17300 | 34000 | 0.4908 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 28 | Houston Christian University | 17300 | 56800 | 0.6954 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 28 | University of Rhode Island | 17300 | 46400 | 0.6266 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 31 | California State University-East Bay | 17900 | 45100 | 0.6034 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 32 | Georgia Southern University | 18100 | 23800 | 0.2399 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 33 | SUNY Oneonta | 18400 | 29300 | 0.372 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 33 | Texas Woman's University | 18400 | 44600 | 0.5877 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 35 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18600 | 42800 | 0.5648 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 35 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27700 | 0.3284 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 35 | University of Arizona | 18600 | 30900 | 0.3987 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 38 | Benedict College | 18800 | 41100 | 0.5431 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 39 | Connecticut College | 19300 | 115500 | 0.8326 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 39 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19300 | 27700 | 0.3034 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 41 | Gallaudet University | 19500 | 44900 | 0.5659 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 41 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19500 | 26900 | 0.275 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 43 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 44 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 20200 | 31400 | 0.3567 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 44 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 46 | Kansas State University | 20500 | 28800 | 0.2882 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 46 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20500 | 31000 | 0.3391 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 48 | North Dakota State University | 20900 | 25700 | 0.1868 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 49 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 21000 | 50000 | 0.5797 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 49 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 51 | University of Central Oklahoma | 21100 | 22700 | 0.0705 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 52 | Bradley University | 21500 | 50800 | 0.5767 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 52 | Illinois State University | 21500 | 35200 | 0.3907 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 54 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21800 | 25400 | 0.1427 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 55 | Rockford University | 21900 | 68200 | 0.6793 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 56 | Florida State University | 22500 | 32500 | 0.3077 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 57 | Columbia College | 22700 | 39700 | 0.4287 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 58 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 59 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23400 | 36800 | 0.3643 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 60 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 23900 | 48900 | 0.5109 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 61 | Southern Virginia University | 24000 | 46000 | 0.4782 | 967 | 1070 | 0.9973 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 24100 | 45300 | 0.4676 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 63 | Stephens College | 24700 | 60900 | 0.594 | 354 | 1185 | 0.9185 | |
| 64 | Temple University | 24900 | 36400 | 0.3162 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 65 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 25500 | 47400 | 0.4623 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 66 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 68 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 25900 | 59900 | 0.5675 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 69 | Seattle Pacific University | 26100 | 77000 | 0.6614 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 70 | University of Mount Union | 26400 | 50900 | 0.4805 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 71 | University of Arkansas | 26700 | 29600 | 0.098 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 72 | University of Idaho | 26900 | 45200 | 0.4045 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27300 | 47900 | 0.4298 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 74 | Mitchell College | 28500 | 75200 | 0.6213 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 75 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3381 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 76 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2147 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 77 | Westminster College | 29400 | 57600 | 0.4896 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 78 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29500 | 42400 | 0.3041 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 79 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 80 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 30400 | 46000 | 0.3393 | 3,361 | 1160 | 0.7887 | |
| 81 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30500 | 46200 | 0.34 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 82 | Samford University | 30600 | 78000 | 0.6074 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 82 | University of North Texas | 30600 | 48200 | 0.3651 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 84 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31000 | 45000 | 0.3105 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 85 | Liberty University | 32000 | 60900 | 0.4748 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 86 | Southern Nazarene University | 32100 | 48400 | 0.3367 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 87 | Nova Southeastern University | 32600 | 56300 | 0.4207 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 88 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32700 | 44700 | 0.2684 | 2,978 | 1222 | 0.7223 | |
| 89 | Anderson University | 33200 | 52500 | 0.3678 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 90 | Sonoma State University | 33700 | 41200 | 0.1821 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 91 | Hope International University | 34100 | 69600 | 0.51 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 92 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4793 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 93 | Baylor University | 34700 | 70300 | 0.5063 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 94 | Abilene Christian University | 35700 | 60700 | 0.4115 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 94 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35700 | 42800 | 0.1647 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 96 | University of Maine | 35800 | 35800 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 97 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 98 | Warner Pacific University | 36400 | 41600 | 0.1252 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
| 99 | University of Connecticut | 37600 | 41400 | 0.0917 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 100 | Lesley University | 37800 | 54700 | 0.3091 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 101 | Texas Tech University | 38600 | 41000 | 0.0586 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 101 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 103 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2716 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 104 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46200 | 0.091 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 105 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 52600 | 0.1901 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 106 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 53700 | 0.1917 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 107 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 108 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 109 | Binghamton University | 50600 | 52800 | 0.0417 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 110 | George Mason University | 53600 | 61000 | 0.1213 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 111 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57000 | 59200 | 0.0372 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 112 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 113 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 114 | Berea College | 68800 | 69000 | 0.0029 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 | |
| 115 | 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.