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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 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 28600 | 0.7211 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 2 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 3 | Kentucky State University | 10200 | 29700 | 0.6576 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 3 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 5 | University of California-San Diego | 11500 | 44900 | 0.7439 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 6 | Eastern Washington University | 11600 | 28700 | 0.5961 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 7 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 8 | Bacone College | 12700 | 36800 | 0.6551 | 106 | 875 | 0.545 | |
| 8 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 54500 | 0.7669 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 8 | Southern Utah University | 12700 | 44000 | 0.7109 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 11 | Indiana State University | 13100 | 31200 | 0.5807 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 12 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 31700 | 0.5674 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 14 | University of Houston | 14100 | 23100 | 0.3897 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14300 | 46000 | 0.6888 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 16 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4582 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 17 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 18 | Louisiana Tech University | 14600 | 36900 | 0.6042 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 18 | Northern Illinois University | 14600 | 30700 | 0.5247 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 20 | California State University-San Marcos | 15100 | 28500 | 0.4699 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 21 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 25700 | 0.4013 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 22 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 23 | California State University-San Bernardino | 15700 | 43900 | 0.643 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 23 | The University of Texas at Austin | 15700 | 30500 | 0.485 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 23 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15700 | 42500 | 0.6307 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 26 | Alcorn State University | 16000 | 23700 | 0.3249 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 26 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16000 | 23200 | 0.3103 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 28 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16200 | 42600 | 0.62 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 29 | Sonoma State University | 17100 | 26700 | 0.3596 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 30 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 30 | University of Maine | 17200 | 29300 | 0.4132 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 32 | Houston Christian University | 17300 | 56800 | 0.6954 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 33 | Lamar University | 17500 | 41900 | 0.5823 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 34 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17600 | 34000 | 0.482 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 35 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 17900 | 48000 | 0.6266 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 36 | University of Arkansas | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3466 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 37 | California State University-East Bay | 18200 | 45100 | 0.5967 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 37 | Georgia Southern University | 18200 | 26800 | 0.3214 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 39 | Texas Woman's University | 18400 | 44600 | 0.5877 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 40 | University of Rhode Island | 18500 | 46400 | 0.6008 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 41 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27700 | 0.3284 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 41 | SUNY Oneonta | 18600 | 29300 | 0.3652 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 43 | Benedict College | 18800 | 41100 | 0.5431 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 44 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 19100 | 42800 | 0.5531 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 45 | Connecticut College | 19200 | 115500 | 0.8335 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 46 | Gallaudet University | 19300 | 44900 | 0.5703 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 46 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19300 | 31800 | 0.3933 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 48 | Eastern Kentucky University | 19500 | 34400 | 0.4326 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 49 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 50 | Texas Tech University | 20100 | 27900 | 0.2799 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 51 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20800 | 31000 | 0.3294 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 52 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20900 | 34400 | 0.3924 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 52 | North Dakota State University | 20900 | 25700 | 0.1868 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 54 | Kansas State University | 21000 | 28800 | 0.2718 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 54 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 54 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21000 | 38200 | 0.4503 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 57 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 21500 | 42500 | 0.4947 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 58 | Bradley University | 22000 | 50800 | 0.5669 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 59 | Rockford University | 22100 | 68200 | 0.6763 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 60 | Florida State University | 22500 | 32500 | 0.3077 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 61 | Columbia College | 22800 | 39700 | 0.4262 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 62 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 63 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 23000 | 47900 | 0.5195 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 64 | The University of Alabama | 23600 | 31000 | 0.2385 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 65 | Southern Virginia University | 24100 | 46000 | 0.4761 | 967 | 1070 | 0.9973 | |
| 66 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 24300 | 48900 | 0.5027 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 24600 | 45300 | 0.4565 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 68 | Stephens College | 25200 | 60900 | 0.5858 | 354 | 1185 | 0.9185 | |
| 69 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 70 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 71 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 25900 | 47400 | 0.4539 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 72 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26200 | 59900 | 0.5625 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 73 | University of Mount Union | 26400 | 50900 | 0.4805 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 74 | Seattle Pacific University | 26700 | 77000 | 0.6536 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 75 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 30600 | 0.1178 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 76 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 37700 | 0.2815 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 77 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3381 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 78 | Mitchell College | 28900 | 75200 | 0.616 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 79 | Westminster College | 29200 | 57600 | 0.4931 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29400 | 42400 | 0.3065 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 81 | University of Connecticut | 29500 | 33700 | 0.1248 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 82 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 83 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 30300 | 46000 | 0.3415 | 3,361 | 1160 | 0.7887 | |
| 84 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30500 | 46200 | 0.34 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 85 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31000 | 45000 | 0.3105 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 85 | Samford University | 31000 | 78000 | 0.6022 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 87 | George Mason University | 31100 | 35700 | 0.1287 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 88 | Liberty University | 31900 | 60900 | 0.4764 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 89 | Southern Nazarene University | 32100 | 48400 | 0.3367 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 90 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32200 | 34400 | 0.064 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 91 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32600 | 44700 | 0.2706 | 2,978 | 1222 | 0.7223 | |
| 92 | Nova Southeastern University | 32900 | 56300 | 0.4154 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 93 | Anderson University | 33100 | 52500 | 0.3697 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 94 | Hope International University | 34200 | 69600 | 0.5085 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 95 | Baylor University | 34500 | 70300 | 0.5092 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 95 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4793 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 97 | Abilene Christian University | 36000 | 60700 | 0.4066 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 98 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 99 | Warner Pacific University | 36400 | 41600 | 0.1252 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
| 100 | California State University-Long Beach | 37700 | 38600 | 0.0233 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 101 | Lesley University | 38000 | 54700 | 0.3054 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 101 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66500 | 0.4283 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 103 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 104 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38700 | 53400 | 0.2754 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 105 | Temple University | 40400 | 55300 | 0.2697 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 106 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46200 | 0.091 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 107 | Western Washington University | 42200 | 51500 | 0.1808 | 13,752 | 1218 | 0.9325 | |
| 108 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 109 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 44300 | 53700 | 0.175 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 110 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2748 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 111 | Illinois State University | 45100 | 47300 | 0.0466 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 112 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 113 | Binghamton University | 50600 | 52800 | 0.0417 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 114 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57000 | 59200 | 0.0372 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 115 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 116 | Berea College | 68500 | 69000 | 0.0072 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.