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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 Virginia.
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 Virginia.
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 | Kentucky State University | 10100 | 17400 | 0.4184 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 3 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 4 | University of Houston | 12000 | 23100 | 0.4807 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 5 | Indiana State University | 12100 | 31200 | 0.6128 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 6 | Southern Utah University | 12500 | 44000 | 0.7155 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 7 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 54500 | 0.7577 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 8 | University of Idaho | 13400 | 25800 | 0.4809 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 10 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13800 | 19400 | 0.2887 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14000 | 46000 | 0.6953 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 12 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 13 | Louisiana Tech University | 14700 | 36900 | 0.6015 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 14 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14800 | 43900 | 0.6635 | 15,365 | 990 | 0.9374 | |
| 14 | University of Georgia | 14800 | 26600 | 0.4446 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 16 | Northern Illinois University | 14900 | 30700 | 0.515 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 17 | California State University-San Marcos | 15100 | 38300 | 0.6056 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 18 | Alcorn State University | 15900 | 23700 | 0.3291 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 18 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15900 | 42600 | 0.627 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 20 | Lamar University | 16200 | 22900 | 0.2922 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 20 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16200 | 23200 | 0.3017 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 22 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16400 | 31600 | 0.4816 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 23 | Connecticut College | 16700 | 115500 | 0.8551 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 24 | Greensboro College | 17400 | 37800 | 0.5396 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 25 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17600 | 33600 | 0.4758 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 26 | University of Arkansas | 17800 | 27700 | 0.3569 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 27 | California State University-East Bay | 17900 | 45100 | 0.6034 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 27 | Georgia Southern University | 17900 | 23800 | 0.2483 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 27 | Houston Christian University | 17900 | 56800 | 0.6848 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 27 | University of Rhode Island | 17900 | 46400 | 0.6137 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 31 | Southern University at New Orleans | 18100 | 34200 | 0.4706 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 32 | SUNY Oneonta | 18400 | 29300 | 0.372 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 32 | Texas Woman's University | 18400 | 28200 | 0.3476 | 10,039 | 1035 | 0.9612 | |
| 34 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18600 | 42800 | 0.5648 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 34 | University of Arizona | 18600 | 30900 | 0.3987 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 36 | Benedict College | 18700 | 41100 | 0.5456 | 1,628 | 915 | 0.957 | |
| 37 | Eastern Kentucky University | 19600 | 34400 | 0.4297 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 38 | Gallaudet University | 19800 | 44900 | 0.5592 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 39 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1708 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 40 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20400 | 45200 | 0.5499 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 41 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 41 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20500 | 40200 | 0.4902 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 43 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 20600 | 42500 | 0.5159 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 44 | University of Central Oklahoma | 21100 | 22700 | 0.0705 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 45 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 21300 | 50000 | 0.5737 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 46 | Illinois State University | 21600 | 35200 | 0.3875 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 47 | Rockford University | 21700 | 68200 | 0.6822 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 48 | Florida State University | 22600 | 22900 | 0.0131 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 48 | Old Dominion University | 22600 | 32400 | 0.3029 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 50 | Columbia College | 22700 | 39700 | 0.4287 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 51 | Stephens College | 22800 | 60900 | 0.6252 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7722 | |
| 52 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23300 | 36800 | 0.367 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 53 | Bradley University | 23900 | 50800 | 0.5295 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 54 | Southern Virginia University | 24000 | 46000 | 0.4787 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9642 | |
| 55 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 24400 | 48900 | 0.5007 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 56 | Miami University-Oxford | 24800 | 28400 | 0.1267 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 57 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 25000 | 42700 | 0.4146 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 25600 | 47400 | 0.4602 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9806 | |
| 58 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1076 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 60 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 60 | University of North Texas | 25700 | 25700 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 62 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 25900 | 59900 | 0.5675 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 63 | Seattle Pacific University | 26100 | 77000 | 0.6614 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 63 | Westminster College | 26100 | 57600 | 0.5469 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 65 | University of Mount Union | 26500 | 50900 | 0.4792 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 66 | Rivier University | 26700 | 73300 | 0.6355 | 1,252 | 1120 | 0.8259 | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27300 | 47900 | 0.4298 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 68 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27500 | 35400 | 0.2234 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 69 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 70 | North Dakota State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.082 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 70 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 72 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28400 | 46000 | 0.3828 | 3,424 | 1209 | 0.7887 | |
| 73 | Kansas State University | 29200 | 41600 | 0.2979 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 73 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 33700 | 0.1337 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 75 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 76 | Samford University | 30600 | 78000 | 0.6074 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 76 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30600 | 62800 | 0.5124 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 78 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 56100 | 0.4476 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 79 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3079 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 80 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31600 | 47100 | 0.3307 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 81 | Baylor University | 31900 | 70300 | 0.5462 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 82 | Liberty University | 32300 | 43400 | 0.2545 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 82 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32300 | 34400 | 0.0607 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 84 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32700 | 44700 | 0.2684 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 85 | Anderson University | 33200 | 52500 | 0.3678 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 86 | Sonoma State University | 33500 | 41200 | 0.1869 | 5,272 | 1050 | 0.9343 | |
| 87 | University of Central Missouri | 33700 | 35800 | 0.0583 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 88 | Hope International University | 34000 | 69600 | 0.5114 | 564 | 1027 | 0.3298 | |
| 89 | University of Vermont | 34600 | 66300 | 0.4784 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 90 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 91 | Temple University | 35700 | 55300 | 0.3547 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 92 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2792 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 93 | Lesley University | 37200 | 54700 | 0.3201 | 1,229 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 94 | California State University-Long Beach | 37400 | 38600 | 0.0311 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 95 | Abilene Christian University | 37600 | 60700 | 0.3803 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 96 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 97 | Southern Nazarene University | 38200 | 48400 | 0.2104 | 1,456 | 0 | 0 | |
| 98 | Oakwood University | 38700 | 43300 | 0.1061 | 1,177 | 1005 | 0.4522 | |
| 99 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1124 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 100 | Washington State University | 40800 | 56300 | 0.2767 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 101 | Montclair State University | 42100 | 46200 | 0.0888 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 101 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42100 | 53700 | 0.2159 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 103 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 57700 | 0.2615 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 104 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4466 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 105 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2743 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 106 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 107 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48700 | 51200 | 0.0505 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 108 | University of California-San Diego | 49300 | 74200 | 0.3354 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 109 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0389 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 110 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0353 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 111 | George Mason University | 57900 | 61000 | 0.0508 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 112 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 113 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 114 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60400 | 64100 | 0.0577 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 115 | Berea College | 69000 | 69000 | 0 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 | |
| 116 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.