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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 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18400 | 0.6091 | 11,999 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 3 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 9300 | 38900 | 0.7613 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 4 | California State University-East Bay | 9500 | 62400 | 0.8471 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 5 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 6 | Kentucky State University | 10300 | 28200 | 0.635 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 7 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11700 | 33800 | 0.6542 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 8 | University of California-San Diego | 11900 | 45200 | 0.7371 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 9 | Eastern Kentucky University | 12100 | 22900 | 0.4725 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 10 | Lamar University | 12700 | 22900 | 0.4449 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 12 | University of Georgia | 13900 | 27200 | 0.4883 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 12 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 13900 | 34600 | 0.5978 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 14 | Louisiana Tech University | 14200 | 43500 | 0.6735 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 15 | Texas Woman's University | 14300 | 23200 | 0.383 | 9,962 | 1010 | 0.9658 | |
| 16 | Coastal Carolina University | 14400 | 72300 | 0.8012 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 17 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14500 | 32700 | 0.5564 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 18 | Sonoma State University | 15000 | 57500 | 0.7395 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 19 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15200 | 31600 | 0.5196 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 20 | Alcorn State University | 16100 | 22200 | 0.2742 | 2,469 | 905 | 0.3675 | |
| 20 | Texas State University | 16100 | 25700 | 0.3741 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 22 | Northern Illinois University | 16200 | 30400 | 0.4689 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 23 | California State University-Long Beach | 16800 | 33300 | 0.4956 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 24 | Columbia College | 17700 | 60800 | 0.7081 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 25 | Greensboro College | 18000 | 38300 | 0.5295 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 26 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 27 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 28 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 29 | Connecticut College | 19200 | 93000 | 0.7932 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 29 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 19200 | 71500 | 0.731 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 31 | Stephens College | 19600 | 50400 | 0.6116 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7709 | |
| 32 | Georgia Southern University | 19800 | 20100 | 0.0149 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 32 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 34 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 19900 | 26900 | 0.2602 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 35 | University of Rhode Island | 20300 | 81200 | 0.75 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 36 | College of Charleston | 20500 | 43600 | 0.5293 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 37 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20900 | 39200 | 0.4671 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 38 | Southern Virginia University | 21100 | 40300 | 0.4769 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9659 | |
| 39 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21300 | 47800 | 0.5545 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 40 | University of Houston | 21800 | 21800 | 0 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 41 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 21900 | 46000 | 0.5241 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 42 | Montclair State University | 22300 | 36800 | 0.3943 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 43 | Florida State University | 22400 | 23000 | 0.0261 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 43 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22400 | 35700 | 0.3722 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 45 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 22700 | 42500 | 0.4659 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 46 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 23200 | 44800 | 0.4818 | 3,604 | 1069 | 0.9761 | |
| 47 | Abilene Christian University | 23300 | 58800 | 0.6039 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 48 | Southern Wesleyan University | 23900 | 47100 | 0.494 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 49 | Anderson University | 24300 | 52000 | 0.5322 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 50 | Indiana State University | 24500 | 32400 | 0.2439 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 51 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 52 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 52 | Westminster College | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5535 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 54 | Rockford University | 25900 | 59600 | 0.5657 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 55 | Seattle Pacific University | 26100 | 70000 | 0.6271 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 55 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 57 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26300 | 50000 | 0.4737 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 58 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26500 | 36800 | 0.28 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 58 | Houston Christian University | 26500 | 60500 | 0.5623 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 60 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 26600 | 40700 | 0.3463 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 61 | University of Arkansas | 27000 | 52400 | 0.485 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 62 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 62 | University of Mount Union | 27100 | 56300 | 0.5183 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 64 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0886 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 65 | University of Central Oklahoma | 27900 | 44800 | 0.3773 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 66 | California State University-San Marcos | 28100 | 38300 | 0.2662 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 67 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 68 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2153 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 69 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 30100 | 58900 | 0.4886 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 69 | Southern Utah University | 30100 | 40800 | 0.2624 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 71 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30600 | 39400 | 0.2234 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 72 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30900 | 45000 | 0.3123 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 30900 | 44300 | 0.3022 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 74 | George Mason University | 31000 | 35700 | 0.1315 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 75 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 76 | Southern Nazarene University | 32000 | 48400 | 0.3385 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 77 | SUNY Oneonta | 32200 | 41400 | 0.2221 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 78 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 79 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 32400 | 44100 | 0.2654 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 80 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32700 | 35000 | 0.0654 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 81 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32800 | 40200 | 0.1841 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 82 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44700 | 0.2573 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 83 | Baylor University | 33400 | 70400 | 0.5258 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 84 | Bridgewater College | 34200 | 42500 | 0.1953 | 1,412 | 1115 | 0.903 | |
| 85 | Samford University | 34800 | 93800 | 0.6291 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 85 | University of Idaho | 34800 | 48700 | 0.2854 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 87 | Bradley University | 35700 | 60000 | 0.4053 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 88 | Temple University | 35800 | 57200 | 0.3739 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 37000 | 47900 | 0.2274 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 90 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 70600 | 0.4746 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 90 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 37100 | 38800 | 0.0438 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 92 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 44800 | 0.1674 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 93 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37700 | 66600 | 0.4337 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 94 | Stockton University | 37900 | 45300 | 0.1635 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 95 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 96 | Hope International University | 38300 | 58600 | 0.3463 | 649 | 995 | 0.6253 | |
| 97 | Oakwood University | 38500 | 43300 | 0.1107 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 98 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38800 | 60200 | 0.3559 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 99 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 100 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 101 | University of Maine | 40500 | 56000 | 0.2769 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 102 | Lesley University | 42500 | 71100 | 0.4021 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 103 | University of Arizona | 42800 | 43800 | 0.0228 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 104 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 105 | Kansas State University | 43600 | 47900 | 0.0886 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 106 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.067 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 107 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 108 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 109 | The University of Alabama | 53700 | 66500 | 0.1925 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 110 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63500 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 111 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 112 | Howard University | 59900 | 67300 | 0.1099 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 113 | University of California-Davis | 68200 | 90000 | 0.2421 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 114 | Berea College | 68600 | 69000 | 0.0058 | 1,529 | 1209 | 0.1567 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.