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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 | Utah State University | 0 | 30000 | 1 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 2 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 37800 | 0.732 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 3 | Cornell University | 10700 | 92000 | 0.8834 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11100 | 22900 | 0.5162 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 5 | Southern Utah University | 12000 | 21100 | 0.4306 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 6 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12400 | 29900 | 0.5852 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 8 | Bacone College | 12800 | 36800 | 0.6523 | 106 | 875 | 0.545 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12900 | 37100 | 0.6518 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 10 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13200 | 25700 | 0.4863 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 10 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 12 | Texas Tech University | 13900 | 26800 | 0.4809 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 13 | Indiana State University | 14200 | 25900 | 0.4525 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 14 | Kansas State University | 14300 | 26100 | 0.4526 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 14 | Louisiana Tech University | 14300 | 24800 | 0.424 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 16 | University of Idaho | 14700 | 26400 | 0.4429 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 17 | Northern Illinois University | 14900 | 29300 | 0.4914 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 18 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 15600 | 25700 | 0.3925 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 19 | California State University-San Bernardino | 15800 | 25200 | 0.3731 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 20 | Alcorn State University | 16000 | 24400 | 0.3446 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 21 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16200 | 28800 | 0.4373 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 22 | Sonoma State University | 17100 | 26700 | 0.3596 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 23 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17300 | 23300 | 0.2566 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 24 | California State University-East Bay | 18200 | 29700 | 0.3877 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 25 | Benedict College | 18800 | 38300 | 0.5097 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 26 | Houston Christian University | 18900 | 56800 | 0.6672 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 27 | Brigham Young University | 19100 | 29000 | 0.3411 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 27 | Gallaudet University | 19100 | 44200 | 0.5673 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 29 | University of Memphis | 19300 | 26400 | 0.2695 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 30 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 31 | Kentucky State University | 19800 | 27600 | 0.2831 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 32 | Davis & Elkins College | 20200 | 47500 | 0.5742 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 33 | Iowa State University | 20300 | 24200 | 0.1626 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 33 | Montclair State University | 20300 | 36300 | 0.441 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20600 | 26900 | 0.2341 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 36 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20800 | 30000 | 0.3071 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 37 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 38 | University of Georgia | 21300 | 27100 | 0.2113 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 39 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22100 | 34400 | 0.3575 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 40 | Florida State University | 22700 | 23100 | 0.0173 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 41 | Columbia College | 22800 | 36800 | 0.381 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 42 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 43 | Bradley University | 23000 | 50900 | 0.5481 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 44 | Georgia Southern University | 23600 | 23800 | 0.0084 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 44 | University of Houston | 23600 | 23600 | 0 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 46 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 24100 | 24500 | 0.0163 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 47 | Southern Virginia University | 24500 | 38200 | 0.3588 | 967 | 1070 | 0.9973 | |
| 48 | Binghamton University | 25000 | 32000 | 0.2206 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 49 | Rockford University | 25100 | 60300 | 0.5835 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 50 | Stephens College | 25300 | 58600 | 0.5678 | 354 | 1185 | 0.9185 | |
| 51 | University of North Texas | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 52 | South Dakota State University | 25800 | 28700 | 0.1005 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 52 | University of Arkansas | 25800 | 27700 | 0.068 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 54 | University of Mount Union | 26600 | 50900 | 0.4771 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 55 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26900 | 48900 | 0.4496 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 55 | Texas Woman's University | 26900 | 41300 | 0.3487 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 57 | University of Arizona | 27000 | 35200 | 0.2328 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 58 | Lamar University | 27200 | 37700 | 0.2782 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 59 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 60 | Southern Wesleyan University | 27600 | 43500 | 0.3656 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 61 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28000 | 45700 | 0.3874 | 3,361 | 1160 | 0.7887 | |
| 62 | North Dakota State University | 28100 | 30400 | 0.0752 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 63 | California State University-Long Beach | 28400 | 38400 | 0.2608 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 63 | Seattle Pacific University | 28400 | 62600 | 0.5464 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 65 | Mississippi State University | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1201 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 66 | California State University-San Marcos | 28600 | 38400 | 0.255 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 67 | Connecticut College | 28800 | 83300 | 0.6546 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 68 | Mitchell College | 29000 | 65900 | 0.5596 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 69 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 29200 | 44700 | 0.3467 | 2,978 | 1222 | 0.7223 | |
| 70 | Oklahoma Christian University | 29500 | 43100 | 0.3164 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 71 | Westminster College | 29600 | 57500 | 0.4849 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 72 | The University of Alabama | 29900 | 29900 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 73 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 30300 | 34000 | 0.1087 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 74 | Syracuse University | 30400 | 83100 | 0.6342 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 75 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 31100 | 52900 | 0.4123 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 76 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 77 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 31800 | 33700 | 0.056 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 78 | University of Rhode Island | 32000 | 46700 | 0.3148 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 79 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32200 | 44800 | 0.2812 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 80 | Samford University | 32400 | 65200 | 0.503 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 80 | Southern Nazarene University | 32400 | 48400 | 0.3301 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 82 | Liberty University | 32700 | 43900 | 0.2551 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 83 | Anderson University | 33400 | 52400 | 0.3626 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 33600 | 44100 | 0.238 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 85 | Hope International University | 34300 | 56700 | 0.3953 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 86 | Baylor University | 34400 | 70800 | 0.5138 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 86 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34400 | 34500 | 0.0029 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 88 | Nova Southeastern University | 34600 | 56300 | 0.3852 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 88 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34600 | 52900 | 0.3457 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 90 | University of Vermont | 34700 | 66300 | 0.4767 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 91 | University of Nevada-Reno | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 92 | Abilene Christian University | 36000 | 60700 | 0.4066 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 93 | University of Maine | 36500 | 45100 | 0.1907 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 94 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 36700 | 40900 | 0.1028 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 94 | Warner Pacific University | 36700 | 41600 | 0.1175 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
| 96 | Lesley University | 38100 | 54600 | 0.302 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 96 | University of Central Oklahoma | 38100 | 38500 | 0.0104 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 98 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 62000 | 0.3839 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 99 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 100 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38500 | 44500 | 0.135 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 101 | Illinois State University | 39300 | 45900 | 0.1455 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 102 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 103 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 103 | SUNY Oneonta | 40500 | 45300 | 0.1059 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 105 | Temple University | 40600 | 56100 | 0.2762 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 106 | University of California-San Diego | 41100 | 61100 | 0.3275 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 107 | University of Connecticut | 41800 | 41800 | 0 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 108 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 41900 | 45200 | 0.0731 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 109 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 110 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43300 | 46200 | 0.0624 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 111 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 55100 | 0.2125 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 112 | Merrimack College | 43700 | 78800 | 0.4453 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 113 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43800 | 50300 | 0.1293 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 114 | Oregon State University | 45000 | 61900 | 0.2733 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 115 | George Mason University | 49200 | 49200 | 0 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 116 | Howard University | 58300 | 61600 | 0.0536 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 117 | Berea College | 68400 | 70100 | 0.0243 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.