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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 Tennessee.
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 Tennessee.
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 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 37800 | 0.732 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 2 | Cornell University | 10300 | 92000 | 0.8877 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 3 | Brigham Young University | 11200 | 29000 | 0.6134 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 4 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12100 | 30700 | 0.6055 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 5 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12400 | 29900 | 0.5852 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 7 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 12500 | 34300 | 0.6352 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 8 | Bacone College | 12800 | 36800 | 0.6523 | 106 | 875 | 0.545 | |
| 8 | University of California-San Diego | 12800 | 34000 | 0.6231 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12900 | 37100 | 0.6518 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 11 | Utah State University | 13000 | 30000 | 0.5659 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 12 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 13 | Texas Tech University | 13900 | 26800 | 0.4809 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 14 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14200 | 26500 | 0.463 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 15 | Louisiana Tech University | 14300 | 24800 | 0.424 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 16 | Indiana State University | 14400 | 25900 | 0.4447 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 17 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14600 | 25800 | 0.4312 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 18 | University of Idaho | 14700 | 26400 | 0.4429 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 19 | Northern Illinois University | 14900 | 29300 | 0.491 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 20 | California State University-Long Beach | 15900 | 25800 | 0.3838 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 20 | Florida State University | 15900 | 23100 | 0.3116 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 22 | California State University-San Bernardino | 16000 | 25200 | 0.3651 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 22 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 16000 | 25700 | 0.3769 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 24 | Alcorn State University | 16100 | 24400 | 0.3405 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 25 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16300 | 28800 | 0.4339 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 26 | Lamar University | 16600 | 22900 | 0.2748 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 27 | University of Arizona | 16700 | 30900 | 0.4603 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 28 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16800 | 30700 | 0.4531 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 28 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 16800 | 25700 | 0.3463 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 30 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17300 | 23300 | 0.2566 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 31 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 32 | Georgia Southern University | 18400 | 23800 | 0.2273 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 33 | University of Rhode Island | 18600 | 34400 | 0.4591 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 34 | Benedict College | 18800 | 38300 | 0.5097 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 35 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.341 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 36 | Gallaudet University | 19100 | 44200 | 0.5673 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 37 | University of Memphis | 19300 | 26400 | 0.2695 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 38 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 38 | Kentucky State University | 19900 | 27600 | 0.2795 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 40 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 43700 | 0.5405 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 41 | South Dakota State University | 20500 | 25200 | 0.1866 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 42 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 43 | University of Georgia | 21300 | 27100 | 0.2113 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 44 | Houston Christian University | 22000 | 56800 | 0.6126 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 45 | Columbia College | 22800 | 36800 | 0.381 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 46 | Bradley University | 23000 | 50900 | 0.5481 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 47 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 48 | University of Houston | 23600 | 23600 | 0 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 49 | Eastern Kentucky University | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3654 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 49 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 24100 | 24500 | 0.0163 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 51 | Southern Virginia University | 24500 | 38200 | 0.3588 | 967 | 1070 | 0.9973 | |
| 52 | Rockford University | 25100 | 60300 | 0.5835 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 53 | Stephens College | 25400 | 58600 | 0.5661 | 354 | 1185 | 0.9185 | |
| 53 | University of North Texas | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 55 | Temple University | 25500 | 36300 | 0.2978 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 55 | University of Arkansas | 25500 | 27700 | 0.0796 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 57 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 58 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26100 | 36500 | 0.2846 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 59 | University of Mount Union | 26400 | 50900 | 0.4805 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 60 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26900 | 48900 | 0.4496 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 61 | Texas Woman's University | 27000 | 41300 | 0.3463 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 62 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0858 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 62 | Southern Utah University | 27800 | 35600 | 0.2188 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 64 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 28000 | 31400 | 0.1083 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 65 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28100 | 45700 | 0.3852 | 3,361 | 1160 | 0.7887 | |
| 65 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.13 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 67 | Connecticut College | 28300 | 83300 | 0.6607 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 68 | Seattle Pacific University | 28400 | 62600 | 0.5464 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 69 | California State University-San Marcos | 28600 | 38400 | 0.255 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 70 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3381 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 71 | Mitchell College | 29000 | 65900 | 0.5596 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 72 | Westminster College | 29300 | 57500 | 0.4901 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 73 | Illinois State University | 29500 | 35200 | 0.1619 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 73 | University of Connecticut | 29500 | 33200 | 0.1116 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 75 | The University of Alabama | 29900 | 29900 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 76 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 77 | California State University-East Bay | 30200 | 43000 | 0.2974 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 78 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30500 | 46200 | 0.34 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 79 | Sonoma State University | 30700 | 40200 | 0.2364 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 80 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31000 | 45000 | 0.3105 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 81 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 82 | Southern Nazarene University | 32100 | 48400 | 0.3367 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 83 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32200 | 44800 | 0.2812 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 83 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32200 | 34400 | 0.064 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 85 | Samford University | 32400 | 65200 | 0.503 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 86 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 2,978 | 1222 | 0.7223 | |
| 87 | Liberty University | 32700 | 43900 | 0.2551 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 88 | Anderson University | 33400 | 52400 | 0.3626 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 33400 | 40900 | 0.1835 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 90 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 33600 | 44100 | 0.238 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 91 | Hope International University | 34300 | 56700 | 0.3953 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 92 | Baylor University | 34400 | 70800 | 0.5138 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 93 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4793 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 94 | Nova Southeastern University | 34600 | 56300 | 0.3852 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 95 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34900 | 0.0039 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 96 | University of Nevada-Reno | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 97 | Abilene Christian University | 36000 | 60700 | 0.4066 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 97 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 36000 | 43500 | 0.1725 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 99 | Warner Pacific University | 36400 | 41600 | 0.1252 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
| 100 | University of Maine | 36500 | 45100 | 0.1907 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 101 | Lesley University | 38100 | 54600 | 0.302 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 101 | University of Central Oklahoma | 38100 | 38500 | 0.0104 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 103 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 104 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 105 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 106 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 106 | SUNY Oneonta | 40500 | 45300 | 0.1059 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 108 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 42000 | 45200 | 0.0708 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 109 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 110 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 55100 | 0.2125 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 111 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 112 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2748 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 113 | Montclair State University | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 114 | George Mason University | 49200 | 49200 | 0 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 115 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 54000 | 59200 | 0.0879 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 116 | Howard University | 58300 | 61600 | 0.0536 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 117 | Berea College | 70100 | 70100 | 0 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.