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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 Dakota.
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 Dakota.
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 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 2 | California State University-East Bay | 9300 | 45100 | 0.7942 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 3 | Kentucky State University | 9500 | 27400 | 0.6532 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 4 | Berea College | 9600 | 69400 | 0.8617 | 1,529 | 1209 | 0.1567 | |
| 5 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 38600 | 0.7387 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 6 | Southern Utah University | 11200 | 51400 | 0.7821 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 7 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11300 | 27300 | 0.5871 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 8 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11900 | 31400 | 0.6211 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 9 | University of California-San Diego | 12200 | 41600 | 0.7072 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 10 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12300 | 32800 | 0.6246 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 11 | Louisiana Tech University | 12800 | 42900 | 0.7015 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 12 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13700 | 19400 | 0.2939 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 14 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 15 | University of Houston | 14100 | 21800 | 0.3531 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 16 | Texas Woman's University | 14300 | 28200 | 0.493 | 9,962 | 1010 | 0.9658 | |
| 17 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14700 | 40100 | 0.6337 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 17 | California State University-San Marcos | 14700 | 28500 | 0.4839 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 19 | Sonoma State University | 15300 | 26700 | 0.427 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 20 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15500 | 31600 | 0.5101 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 20 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15500 | 50100 | 0.6903 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 22 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15600 | 26000 | 0.3996 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 23 | Texas State University | 15700 | 26700 | 0.4114 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 24 | Florida State University | 15900 | 23000 | 0.309 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 25 | Alcorn State University | 16200 | 22200 | 0.2697 | 2,469 | 905 | 0.3675 | |
| 26 | Greensboro College | 16600 | 38300 | 0.5661 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 27 | Georgia Southern University | 17000 | 49700 | 0.6581 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 27 | Indiana State University | 17000 | 32400 | 0.4755 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 29 | Montclair State University | 17800 | 36000 | 0.5061 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 29 | State University of New York at Oswego | 17800 | 27700 | 0.3573 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 29 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17800 | 44100 | 0.5967 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 32 | Columbia College | 18300 | 60700 | 0.698 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 32 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 34 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18500 | 44000 | 0.5792 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 35 | Connecticut College | 18900 | 93000 | 0.7965 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 36 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 36 | University of Rhode Island | 19200 | 33900 | 0.4337 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 38 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 19300 | 40900 | 0.5287 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 39 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 19700 | 48900 | 0.5967 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 39 | SUNY Oneonta | 19700 | 29300 | 0.3276 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 41 | Stephens College | 20000 | 70100 | 0.7146 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7709 | |
| 42 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 43 | University of Wyoming | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2742 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 44 | North Dakota State University | 20600 | 25700 | 0.2008 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 44 | Washington State University | 20600 | 35900 | 0.4276 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 46 | Southern Virginia University | 21300 | 53200 | 0.6001 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9659 | |
| 46 | Stockton University | 21300 | 45800 | 0.5351 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 48 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21700 | 25900 | 0.1598 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 49 | Rockford University | 22300 | 80500 | 0.7228 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 50 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 51 | Syracuse University | 22600 | 83600 | 0.7297 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 52 | The University of Alabama | 23000 | 33400 | 0.3112 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 53 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 23100 | 44800 | 0.484 | 3,604 | 1069 | 0.9761 | |
| 54 | University of South Dakota | 23300 | 26900 | 0.1327 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 55 | Seattle Pacific University | 23700 | 98900 | 0.7607 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 56 | Lamar University | 24100 | 37700 | 0.3606 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 57 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 24500 | 47900 | 0.4881 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 57 | University of North Texas | 24500 | 37400 | 0.3447 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 59 | Kent State University at Kent | 24900 | 28400 | 0.1253 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 60 | Abilene Christian University | 25100 | 58800 | 0.5732 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 61 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25400 | 36800 | 0.3099 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 62 | Westminster College | 25600 | 57600 | 0.5555 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 63 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 64 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25800 | 39400 | 0.3453 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 65 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1815 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26500 | 49600 | 0.4654 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 67 | University of Mount Union | 27000 | 56300 | 0.5211 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 68 | University of Arkansas | 27100 | 44700 | 0.393 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 69 | California State University-Long Beach | 27600 | 38800 | 0.2886 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 70 | University of Central Oklahoma | 28200 | 33800 | 0.1655 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 71 | University of Connecticut | 29100 | 55500 | 0.4755 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 72 | Houston Christian University | 30600 | 60500 | 0.4945 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 72 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30600 | 45000 | 0.3185 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 74 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 75 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31100 | 47100 | 0.3408 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 76 | George Mason University | 31200 | 35700 | 0.1259 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 77 | Southern Nazarene University | 31800 | 48400 | 0.3442 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 78 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 79 | Anderson University | 32000 | 54700 | 0.4152 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 80 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.2752 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 80 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32400 | 54400 | 0.4043 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 80 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 80 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32400 | 43900 | 0.2621 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 84 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 84 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 86 | University of Idaho | 32700 | 34100 | 0.041 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 87 | Baylor University | 33300 | 70400 | 0.5273 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 88 | Bridgewater College | 33900 | 42500 | 0.2018 | 1,412 | 1115 | 0.903 | |
| 89 | Samford University | 34900 | 93800 | 0.628 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 90 | Temple University | 35500 | 57200 | 0.3791 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 91 | Bradley University | 35900 | 60300 | 0.4047 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 92 | Texas Tech University | 36200 | 41000 | 0.1172 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 93 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 36400 | 39700 | 0.0832 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 94 | University of Arizona | 37800 | 39900 | 0.0526 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 95 | Hope International University | 38000 | 58600 | 0.351 | 649 | 995 | 0.6253 | |
| 96 | Oakwood University | 38200 | 43300 | 0.117 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 96 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 66700 | 0.4274 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 98 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 99 | University of Maine | 40800 | 42800 | 0.0468 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 100 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42200 | 63300 | 0.3334 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 101 | Lesley University | 42500 | 57500 | 0.2609 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 102 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 103 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0932 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 104 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2766 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 105 | Illinois State University | 45500 | 49100 | 0.0726 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 106 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 107 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 108 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 109 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 110 | Howard University | 55300 | 88500 | 0.3753 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 111 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 63600 | 0.085 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 112 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.