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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 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 2 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 3 | University of California-San Diego | 12200 | 39700 | 0.6926 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 5 | Lamar University | 13100 | 22900 | 0.4274 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 5 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 26500 | 0.5051 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 7 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 8 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 9 | University of Georgia | 14100 | 26600 | 0.4699 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 10 | Texas Woman's University | 14500 | 23200 | 0.3744 | 10,039 | 1035 | 0.9612 | |
| 10 | University of Houston | 14500 | 22000 | 0.3403 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 12 | Northern Illinois University | 14800 | 30400 | 0.5126 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 13 | Kentucky State University | 14900 | 28900 | 0.4841 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 13 | Sonoma State University | 14900 | 26700 | 0.442 | 5,272 | 1050 | 0.9343 | |
| 15 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15200 | 29600 | 0.4872 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 16 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15300 | 31600 | 0.5164 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 17 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3949 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 18 | Alcorn State University | 16200 | 25900 | 0.3745 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 19 | Connecticut College | 16700 | 95300 | 0.8244 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 20 | University of Maine | 17000 | 29300 | 0.42 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 21 | Houston Christian University | 17600 | 56800 | 0.6901 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 22 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17900 | 43500 | 0.588 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 23 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 23 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 25 | Benedict College | 18300 | 33000 | 0.445 | 1,628 | 915 | 0.957 | |
| 25 | Greensboro College | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5158 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 25 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 28 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 19200 | 31000 | 0.3811 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 29 | Gallaudet University | 19400 | 44600 | 0.5649 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 29 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 31 | University of Central Oklahoma | 19700 | 22700 | 0.1322 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 32 | Stephens College | 20000 | 49900 | 0.5994 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7722 | |
| 33 | Columbia College | 20300 | 35800 | 0.433 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 34 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20400 | 23200 | 0.1207 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 35 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2594 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 36 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1847 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 37 | Southern Virginia University | 21300 | 46700 | 0.5438 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9642 | |
| 38 | Louisiana Tech University | 21900 | 26100 | 0.1611 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 39 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 40 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 22500 | 48900 | 0.5395 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 41 | Florida State University | 22600 | 32400 | 0.3029 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 42 | University of South Dakota | 22900 | 26000 | 0.1211 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 43 | Abilene Christian University | 24300 | 59000 | 0.5877 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 44 | University of Central Missouri | 24400 | 35800 | 0.3185 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 45 | Bradley University | 24700 | 50800 | 0.5137 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 45 | Miami University-Oxford | 24700 | 27500 | 0.1019 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 47 | Indiana State University | 24800 | 32400 | 0.2347 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 48 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1097 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 49 | Rockford University | 25800 | 59600 | 0.5673 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 50 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25900 | 38400 | 0.3258 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 51 | Westminster College | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5486 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 52 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 26300 | 37500 | 0.299 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 53 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26800 | 0.0112 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 53 | University of Mount Union | 26500 | 50900 | 0.4799 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 55 | Seattle Pacific University | 26700 | 70000 | 0.6186 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 55 | University of Arkansas | 26700 | 28900 | 0.0745 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 57 | Southern University at New Orleans | 26800 | 42300 | 0.3662 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 58 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 36800 | 0.2692 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 59 | University of Arizona | 27000 | 37700 | 0.2842 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 59 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 30600 | 0.1178 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 27300 | 48100 | 0.4328 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9806 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27500 | 41500 | 0.3371 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 63 | California State University-San Bernardino | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2204 | 15,365 | 990 | 0.9374 | |
| 64 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 65 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 27800 | 30000 | 0.0717 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 66 | California State University-San Marcos | 28000 | 28500 | 0.0175 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 66 | Texas State University | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 68 | Iowa State University | 28200 | 42800 | 0.3414 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 68 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 70 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28400 | 46000 | 0.3828 | 3,424 | 1209 | 0.7887 | |
| 71 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2143 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 71 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0984 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 73 | University of North Texas | 29500 | 37400 | 0.2111 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 74 | California State University-East Bay | 29600 | 45100 | 0.3438 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 75 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 75 | Rivier University | 30000 | 65700 | 0.5433 | 1,252 | 1120 | 0.8259 | |
| 77 | Southern Utah University | 30300 | 40800 | 0.2575 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 78 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 79 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3092 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 80 | George Mason University | 31200 | 35700 | 0.1259 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 81 | Illinois State University | 31300 | 36400 | 0.1414 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 82 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.332 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 83 | Baylor University | 31800 | 70300 | 0.5475 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 84 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 84 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32600 | 40900 | 0.2029 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 87 | Samford University | 32900 | 64600 | 0.4908 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 88 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 88 | State University of New York at Oswego | 33100 | 40200 | 0.1767 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 90 | University of Rhode Island | 33600 | 46400 | 0.2756 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 91 | Hope International University | 34100 | 60500 | 0.4366 | 564 | 1027 | 0.3298 | |
| 92 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 34600 | 41000 | 0.1565 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 93 | Temple University | 35500 | 56400 | 0.3707 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 94 | Texas Tech University | 36100 | 38900 | 0.072 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 95 | Lesley University | 37200 | 54700 | 0.3201 | 1,229 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 95 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3062 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 97 | Southern Nazarene University | 38200 | 48400 | 0.2117 | 1,456 | 0 | 0 | |
| 97 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 66300 | 0.4239 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 97 | Washington State University | 38200 | 53900 | 0.2906 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 100 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38400 | 53100 | 0.2767 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 101 | Oakwood University | 38600 | 43300 | 0.1074 | 1,177 | 1005 | 0.4522 | |
| 102 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38700 | 38700 | 0 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 103 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 41000 | 42500 | 0.0353 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 104 | SUNY Oneonta | 41700 | 41700 | 0 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 105 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46600 | 0.0987 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 105 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42000 | 53600 | 0.2165 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 107 | Anderson University | 42100 | 53600 | 0.2145 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 108 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 56200 | 0.2456 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 109 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 110 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0517 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 111 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 112 | Binghamton University | 50700 | 52800 | 0.0407 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 113 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 55800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 114 | Howard University | 60000 | 66500 | 0.0978 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 115 | Berea College | 68600 | 69000 | 0.0058 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.