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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 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 3 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 4 | Kentucky State University | 10400 | 29700 | 0.6508 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 5 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10600 | 22900 | 0.5381 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 6 | University of Houston | 11900 | 28400 | 0.5817 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 7 | University of California-San Diego | 12100 | 39700 | 0.6951 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 8 | Texas Woman's University | 12300 | 23200 | 0.4695 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 9 | Southern Utah University | 12400 | 44000 | 0.7177 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 10 | Indiana State University | 13000 | 25900 | 0.4989 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 11 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13300 | 54500 | 0.7559 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 12 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 13400 | 41800 | 0.6793 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 14 | University of Idaho | 13800 | 25800 | 0.4652 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 15 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14200 | 19400 | 0.2681 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14400 | 46000 | 0.6866 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 17 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 18 | Louisiana Tech University | 14700 | 36900 | 0.6015 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 19 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14900 | 52500 | 0.7168 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 20 | California State University-San Marcos | 15200 | 28500 | 0.4664 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 21 | Northern Illinois University | 15500 | 30700 | 0.4955 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 22 | Alcorn State University | 15900 | 23700 | 0.3291 | 2,532 | 935 | 0.4533 | |
| 23 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 24 | California State University-Long Beach | 16200 | 25800 | 0.3722 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 25 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16700 | 42600 | 0.6082 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 26 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16900 | 31600 | 0.4657 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 27 | Sonoma State University | 17200 | 26700 | 0.3558 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 28 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17400 | 34200 | 0.4911 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 29 | Houston Christian University | 17600 | 56800 | 0.6901 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 29 | Lamar University | 17600 | 41900 | 0.5799 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 31 | Greensboro College | 17700 | 37800 | 0.5317 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 32 | Georgia Southern University | 18300 | 26800 | 0.3177 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 32 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 34 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27700 | 0.3284 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 35 | Benedict College | 18700 | 41100 | 0.5456 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 35 | University of Rhode Island | 18700 | 46400 | 0.5965 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 37 | University of Arizona | 19100 | 30900 | 0.3825 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 38 | California State University-East Bay | 19200 | 30100 | 0.3626 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 38 | Connecticut College | 19200 | 115500 | 0.8335 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 40 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 19300 | 42800 | 0.5485 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 41 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 42 | Gallaudet University | 19600 | 44900 | 0.5636 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 43 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 44 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 45 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20900 | 31000 | 0.3262 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 46 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 21000 | 42500 | 0.5064 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 47 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21200 | 38200 | 0.4449 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 48 | University of Central Oklahoma | 21500 | 22700 | 0.0529 | 10,454 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 49 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21900 | 25400 | 0.1388 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 50 | Rockford University | 22000 | 68200 | 0.6778 | 968 | 980 | 0.5704 | |
| 51 | Bradley University | 22200 | 50800 | 0.5629 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 52 | Florida State University | 22600 | 32500 | 0.3046 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 52 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22600 | 59900 | 0.6226 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 54 | Columbia College | 22900 | 39700 | 0.4237 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 55 | Stephens College | 23400 | 60900 | 0.6154 | 354 | 1045 | 0.9185 | |
| 56 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 23500 | 50000 | 0.5298 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 57 | SUNY Oneonta | 23600 | 49300 | 0.5218 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 58 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23700 | 36800 | 0.3562 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 59 | Southern Virginia University | 24200 | 46000 | 0.4739 | 967 | 1094 | 0.9973 | |
| 60 | University of Central Missouri | 24400 | 35800 | 0.3181 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 61 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 24500 | 48900 | 0.4986 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 62 | University of Mount Union | 24800 | 50900 | 0.512 | 1,927 | 1240 | 0.8013 | |
| 63 | North Dakota State University | 25000 | 27600 | 0.0919 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 64 | Miami University-Oxford | 25400 | 28400 | 0.1056 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 65 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 66 | Rivier University | 25900 | 73300 | 0.6464 | 1,335 | 1060 | 0.8176 | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 26100 | 47400 | 0.4496 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 68 | Seattle Pacific University | 26800 | 77000 | 0.6523 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 69 | University of Arkansas | 27100 | 29600 | 0.0856 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 70 | University of South Dakota | 27500 | 29600 | 0.0721 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 71 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27800 | 47900 | 0.4193 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 72 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 74 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28000 | 41500 | 0.3251 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 75 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28100 | 46000 | 0.3893 | 3,361 | 1075 | 0.7887 | |
| 76 | Iowa State University | 28200 | 42800 | 0.341 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 77 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.098 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 78 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 33700 | 0.1337 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 79 | Westminster College | 29300 | 57600 | 0.4913 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 80 | Kansas State University | 29800 | 41600 | 0.2822 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 81 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 82 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3089 | 2,012 | 1138 | 0.9707 | |
| 83 | Samford University | 31200 | 78000 | 0.5997 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 83 | University of North Texas | 31200 | 37400 | 0.1657 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 85 | George Mason University | 31300 | 35700 | 0.1231 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 86 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.3316 | 887 | 1100 | 1 | |
| 87 | University of Nevada-Reno | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 88 | Liberty University | 31900 | 44300 | 0.2799 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 89 | Southern Nazarene University | 32200 | 48400 | 0.3353 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 90 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 2,978 | 1219 | 0.7223 | |
| 90 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 92 | Anderson University | 33000 | 52500 | 0.3716 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 93 | Hope International University | 34300 | 69600 | 0.5071 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 94 | Baylor University | 34500 | 70300 | 0.5092 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 95 | Abilene Christian University | 36000 | 60700 | 0.4066 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 96 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 97 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 36400 | 42800 | 0.1492 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 98 | Lesley University | 38100 | 54700 | 0.3036 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 99 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 66500 | 0.4253 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 100 | Texas Tech University | 38500 | 41000 | 0.061 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 101 | Oakwood University | 38600 | 43300 | 0.1071 | 1,279 | 1020 | 0.507 | |
| 102 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1134 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 103 | Temple University | 40400 | 55300 | 0.2697 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 104 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 105 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46200 | 0.091 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 106 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 107 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 44600 | 53700 | 0.1694 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 108 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 109 | Illinois State University | 45200 | 47300 | 0.0451 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 109 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 111 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 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 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60700 | 64100 | 0.053 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 115 | 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.