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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 Washington.
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 Washington.
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 | Bellevue College | 5200 | 5200 | 0.0006 | 12,485 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 6900 | 41500 | 0.8345 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 3 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 4 | California State University-East Bay | 9200 | 45100 | 0.7964 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 5 | Kentucky State University | 9500 | 27400 | 0.6532 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 6 | Berea College | 9600 | 69400 | 0.8617 | 1,529 | 1209 | 0.1567 | |
| 7 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7362 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 8 | Indiana State University | 10600 | 25900 | 0.5917 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 9 | Southern Utah University | 11100 | 51400 | 0.784 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 10 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11200 | 27300 | 0.5908 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 11 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11800 | 31400 | 0.6243 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 12 | University of California-San Diego | 12000 | 41600 | 0.712 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 14 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 26500 | 0.5051 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 15 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 42900 | 0.6805 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 16 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 17 | University of Houston | 13900 | 21800 | 0.3623 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 18 | Texas Woman's University | 14200 | 28200 | 0.4965 | 9,962 | 1010 | 0.9658 | |
| 19 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14400 | 31000 | 0.5361 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 20 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14700 | 40100 | 0.6337 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 21 | California State University-San Marcos | 15000 | 24700 | 0.3935 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 21 | Sonoma State University | 15000 | 41200 | 0.636 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 23 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15300 | 50100 | 0.6943 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 23 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15300 | 28200 | 0.4571 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 25 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15500 | 26000 | 0.4034 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 25 | Texas State University | 15500 | 26700 | 0.4188 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 27 | Florida State University | 15800 | 23000 | 0.3133 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 28 | Alcorn State University | 16200 | 22200 | 0.2697 | 2,469 | 905 | 0.3675 | |
| 29 | Greensboro College | 16400 | 38300 | 0.5713 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 30 | California State University-Long Beach | 16900 | 25800 | 0.345 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 30 | Georgia Southern University | 16900 | 49700 | 0.6601 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 32 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 17100 | 26500 | 0.3561 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 33 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17500 | 33900 | 0.4836 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 34 | University of Arkansas | 18100 | 28500 | 0.3667 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 35 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 36 | Columbia College | 18300 | 60700 | 0.698 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 36 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18300 | 44000 | 0.5837 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 38 | Central Washington University | 18700 | 22800 | 0.1773 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 39 | Connecticut College | 18900 | 93000 | 0.7965 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 39 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18900 | 27500 | 0.313 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 41 | University of Rhode Island | 19000 | 33900 | 0.4396 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 42 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 43 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 19400 | 48900 | 0.6029 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 44 | Stephens College | 19800 | 70100 | 0.7174 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7709 | |
| 45 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19900 | 40200 | 0.5051 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 45 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19900 | 45100 | 0.559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 47 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 48 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 49 | North Dakota State University | 20600 | 25700 | 0.2008 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 50 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 50 | SUNY Oneonta | 20700 | 55300 | 0.6262 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 52 | Stockton University | 21100 | 45800 | 0.5394 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 53 | Southern Virginia University | 21200 | 53200 | 0.6019 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9659 | |
| 54 | Rockford University | 22300 | 80500 | 0.7228 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 55 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 56 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22700 | 34200 | 0.3366 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 57 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 23100 | 44800 | 0.484 | 3,604 | 1069 | 0.9761 | |
| 58 | Seattle Pacific University | 23500 | 98900 | 0.7627 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 59 | Lamar University | 23900 | 37700 | 0.3659 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 60 | University of North Texas | 24300 | 37400 | 0.35 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 24400 | 47900 | 0.4902 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 62 | Abilene Christian University | 25000 | 58800 | 0.5749 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 63 | Westminster College | 25600 | 57600 | 0.5555 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 64 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1812 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 65 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26400 | 49600 | 0.4674 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 40600 | 0.3374 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 67 | University of Mount Union | 27000 | 56300 | 0.5211 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 68 | University of Utah | 28400 | 32000 | 0.1114 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 69 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2171 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 70 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30600 | 45000 | 0.3185 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 71 | Houston Christian University | 30700 | 60500 | 0.4928 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 71 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 73 | Illinois State University | 30900 | 36400 | 0.1528 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 73 | Kent State University at Kent | 30900 | 37500 | 0.1751 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 75 | George Mason University | 31100 | 35700 | 0.1287 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 75 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31100 | 47100 | 0.3408 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 77 | Southern Nazarene University | 31800 | 48400 | 0.3442 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 78 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 79 | Anderson University | 32100 | 54700 | 0.4134 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 80 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32300 | 43900 | 0.2643 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 81 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.2752 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 82 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32500 | 35000 | 0.0732 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 83 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32600 | 44700 | 0.2706 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 84 | University of Idaho | 32700 | 34100 | 0.041 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 85 | Baylor University | 33400 | 70400 | 0.5258 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 86 | Bridgewater College | 33900 | 42500 | 0.2018 | 1,412 | 1115 | 0.903 | |
| 87 | University of Vermont | 34300 | 66300 | 0.4821 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 88 | Samford University | 34800 | 93800 | 0.6291 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 89 | Temple University | 35500 | 57200 | 0.3791 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 90 | Bradley University | 35800 | 60300 | 0.4064 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 91 | Texas Tech University | 36000 | 41000 | 0.122 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 92 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 36300 | 39700 | 0.0857 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 93 | University of Connecticut | 36800 | 66200 | 0.4444 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 94 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 95 | University of Arizona | 37800 | 39900 | 0.0526 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 96 | Hope International University | 38000 | 58600 | 0.351 | 649 | 995 | 0.6253 | |
| 97 | Oakwood University | 38200 | 43300 | 0.117 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 98 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 99 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 100 | University of Wyoming | 39700 | 45300 | 0.1229 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 101 | University of Maine | 40700 | 42800 | 0.0491 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 102 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 63300 | 0.3318 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 103 | Lesley University | 42500 | 57500 | 0.2609 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 104 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 105 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0925 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 106 | Montclair State University | 44500 | 47000 | 0.0532 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 107 | Binghamton University | 50300 | 52800 | 0.0486 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 108 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 51100 | 64400 | 0.2065 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 109 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 110 | The University of Alabama | 53700 | 58000 | 0.0741 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 111 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 112 | Howard University | 60000 | 88500 | 0.3222 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60700 | 63600 | 0.0456 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.