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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 South Carolina.
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 South Carolina.
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 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18300 | 0.6082 | 10,661 | 0 | 0.5257 | |
| 3 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 28600 | 0.7211 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 4 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 5 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10300 | 22900 | 0.5512 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 6 | Kentucky State University | 10500 | 17400 | 0.3954 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 7 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 7 | University of California-San Diego | 11700 | 42500 | 0.7245 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 9 | Southern Utah University | 12200 | 44000 | 0.7223 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 10 | Bacone College | 12600 | 36800 | 0.6578 | 106 | 875 | 0.545 | |
| 11 | Indiana State University | 12900 | 31200 | 0.5871 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 12 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 54500 | 0.7577 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 13 | University of Idaho | 13600 | 25800 | 0.4732 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 31700 | 0.5674 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 15 | University of Houston | 13900 | 23100 | 0.3984 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 16 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14000 | 19400 | 0.2784 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 17 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14300 | 46000 | 0.6888 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 18 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 30700 | 0.5297 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 19 | Louisiana Tech University | 14500 | 36900 | 0.6069 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 19 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 21 | Coastal Carolina University | 14700 | 27200 | 0.4605 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 22 | University of Georgia | 15000 | 26600 | 0.4379 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 23 | University of North Texas | 15300 | 25700 | 0.4052 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 24 | California State University-San Bernardino | 15500 | 43900 | 0.6475 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 24 | California State University-San Marcos | 15500 | 24700 | 0.3732 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 24 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 27 | Florida State University | 15700 | 22900 | 0.314 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 27 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15700 | 42500 | 0.6307 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 29 | The University of Texas at Austin | 15800 | 30500 | 0.4817 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 30 | Alcorn State University | 15900 | 23700 | 0.3291 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 31 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16000 | 23200 | 0.3103 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 32 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16100 | 42600 | 0.6223 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 33 | Sonoma State University | 17000 | 26700 | 0.3633 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 34 | University of Maine | 17100 | 29300 | 0.4166 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 35 | Houston Christian University | 17300 | 56800 | 0.6954 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 36 | Lamar University | 17400 | 41900 | 0.5847 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 37 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17500 | 34000 | 0.4849 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 38 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 17900 | 48000 | 0.6266 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 39 | Georgia Southern University | 18200 | 23800 | 0.2357 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 40 | University of Rhode Island | 18300 | 46400 | 0.6051 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 40 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 42 | Texas Woman's University | 18400 | 44600 | 0.5877 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 43 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27700 | 0.3284 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 44 | Benedict College | 18800 | 41100 | 0.5431 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 44 | University of Arizona | 18800 | 30900 | 0.3922 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 46 | California State University-East Bay | 18900 | 30100 | 0.3726 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 46 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18900 | 42800 | 0.5578 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 48 | Connecticut College | 19200 | 115500 | 0.8335 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 49 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19300 | 27700 | 0.3034 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 50 | Gallaudet University | 19400 | 44900 | 0.5681 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 50 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 52 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 53 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 54 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20800 | 34400 | 0.3953 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 54 | Kansas State University | 20800 | 28800 | 0.2771 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 56 | North Dakota State University | 20900 | 25700 | 0.1868 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 56 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20900 | 38200 | 0.4529 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 58 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 21400 | 42500 | 0.497 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 59 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21600 | 42700 | 0.4943 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 60 | Bradley University | 21800 | 50800 | 0.5708 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 60 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21800 | 25400 | 0.1427 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 62 | Rockford University | 22000 | 68200 | 0.6778 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 63 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22400 | 59900 | 0.6259 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 64 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 22500 | 45300 | 0.5028 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 65 | Columbia College | 22700 | 35800 | 0.366 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 66 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 67 | SUNY Oneonta | 23500 | 49300 | 0.5238 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 68 | Southern Virginia University | 24100 | 46000 | 0.4761 | 967 | 1070 | 0.9973 | |
| 69 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 24200 | 48900 | 0.5048 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 70 | Stephens College | 25000 | 60900 | 0.5891 | 354 | 1185 | 0.9185 | |
| 71 | Southern Wesleyan University | 25200 | 46200 | 0.4547 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 72 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 73 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 73 | University of Arkansas | 25500 | 27700 | 0.0796 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 75 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 76 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 25800 | 47400 | 0.456 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 77 | University of Mount Union | 26400 | 50900 | 0.4805 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 78 | Seattle Pacific University | 26500 | 77000 | 0.6562 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 79 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27500 | 47900 | 0.4256 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 81 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 82 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 83 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3381 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 84 | Mitchell College | 28800 | 75200 | 0.6173 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 85 | Westminster College | 29300 | 57600 | 0.4913 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29400 | 42400 | 0.3065 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 87 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 30200 | 44700 | 0.3243 | 2,978 | 1222 | 0.7223 | |
| 88 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 30300 | 46000 | 0.3415 | 3,361 | 1160 | 0.7887 | |
| 89 | Samford University | 30900 | 78000 | 0.6035 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 90 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31000 | 45000 | 0.3105 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 90 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 55500 | 0.4415 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 92 | Liberty University | 32000 | 60900 | 0.4748 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 93 | Southern Nazarene University | 32100 | 48400 | 0.3367 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 94 | Nova Southeastern University | 32800 | 56300 | 0.4171 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 95 | Anderson University | 33100 | 49900 | 0.3372 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 96 | Baylor University | 33200 | 70300 | 0.5277 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 97 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 98 | Hope International University | 34200 | 69600 | 0.5085 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 99 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 100 | Abilene Christian University | 35900 | 60700 | 0.4083 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 101 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 102 | Warner Pacific University | 36400 | 41600 | 0.1252 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
| 103 | California State University-Long Beach | 37600 | 38600 | 0.0259 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 103 | University of Connecticut | 37600 | 43900 | 0.1436 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 105 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37800 | 66500 | 0.4313 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 106 | Lesley University | 38000 | 54700 | 0.3054 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 107 | Temple University | 40500 | 55300 | 0.2679 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 108 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46200 | 0.091 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 109 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 110 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 111 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 44000 | 53700 | 0.1806 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 112 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2748 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 113 | Illinois State University | 45100 | 47300 | 0.0466 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 114 | George Mason University | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1246 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 115 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 116 | Berea College | 68600 | 69000 | 0.0058 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.