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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 West 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 West 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 | Marshall University | 11400 | 33400 | 0.6586 | 9,146 | 1065 | 0.9573 | |
| 3 | Indiana State University | 11900 | 25900 | 0.5414 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 3 | University of Houston | 11900 | 22000 | 0.4582 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 5 | Texas Woman's University | 12300 | 28200 | 0.5639 | 10,039 | 1035 | 0.9612 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 7 | Lamar University | 12900 | 22900 | 0.4361 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 8 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 9 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 10 | University of Idaho | 14400 | 25800 | 0.4414 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 11 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4478 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 12 | Northern Illinois University | 14700 | 30400 | 0.5173 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 13 | Sonoma State University | 14800 | 26700 | 0.4457 | 5,272 | 1050 | 0.9343 | |
| 14 | Kentucky State University | 14900 | 28900 | 0.4841 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 14 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14900 | 37400 | 0.601 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 16 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15200 | 31600 | 0.5196 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 17 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 18 | Texas State University | 15700 | 25500 | 0.3845 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 18 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 20 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15900 | 38400 | 0.5856 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 21 | Alcorn State University | 16200 | 25900 | 0.3745 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 22 | Connecticut College | 16700 | 95300 | 0.8244 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 23 | West Virginia University | 16900 | 40900 | 0.5865 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 24 | Houston Christian University | 17600 | 56800 | 0.6901 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 25 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17800 | 43500 | 0.5903 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 26 | Greensboro College | 18200 | 37800 | 0.5184 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 26 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 28 | Benedict College | 18300 | 33000 | 0.445 | 1,628 | 915 | 0.957 | |
| 29 | Texas Tech University | 18700 | 27100 | 0.3105 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 30 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 19100 | 31000 | 0.3843 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 31 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 19300 | 31400 | 0.3854 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 32 | Gallaudet University | 19400 | 44600 | 0.5649 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 33 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19500 | 28200 | 0.3083 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 34 | Stephens College | 19800 | 49900 | 0.6034 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7722 | |
| 35 | Georgia Southern University | 19900 | 20100 | 0.0099 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 35 | University of Arizona | 19900 | 30900 | 0.3566 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 37 | Columbia College | 20100 | 35800 | 0.4386 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 38 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20500 | 23200 | 0.1164 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 39 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1844 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 40 | Southern Virginia University | 21200 | 46700 | 0.546 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9642 | |
| 41 | Louisiana Tech University | 21800 | 25300 | 0.1384 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 42 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 22200 | 48900 | 0.5456 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 43 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 44 | Florida State University | 22500 | 22900 | 0.0174 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 45 | Abilene Christian University | 24300 | 59000 | 0.5877 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 46 | Bradley University | 24500 | 50800 | 0.5177 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 47 | Temple University | 25300 | 36100 | 0.2994 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 48 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.0776 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 49 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25800 | 38400 | 0.3285 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 49 | Rockford University | 25800 | 59600 | 0.5673 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 51 | Westminster College | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5486 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 52 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 53 | Seattle Pacific University | 26500 | 70000 | 0.6214 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 53 | University of Mount Union | 26500 | 50900 | 0.4799 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 55 | University of Georgia | 26600 | 48800 | 0.4551 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 56 | Southern University at New Orleans | 26700 | 42300 | 0.3686 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 57 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 36800 | 0.2719 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 27200 | 48100 | 0.4348 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9806 | |
| 59 | Kansas State University | 27400 | 30400 | 0.0991 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 60 | California State University-San Bernardino | 27500 | 39100 | 0.2966 | 15,365 | 990 | 0.9374 | |
| 61 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 62 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.084 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 63 | California State University-San Marcos | 28400 | 38300 | 0.2584 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 63 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28400 | 46000 | 0.3828 | 3,424 | 1209 | 0.7887 | |
| 65 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3368 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 66 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0984 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 67 | California State University-East Bay | 29500 | 45100 | 0.3461 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 68 | Rivier University | 29900 | 65700 | 0.5448 | 1,252 | 1120 | 0.8259 | |
| 69 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 70 | Southern Utah University | 30200 | 40800 | 0.2599 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 71 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30700 | 39200 | 0.2171 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 72 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 72 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 55800 | 0.4442 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 74 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3092 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 75 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.332 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 76 | Baylor University | 31800 | 70300 | 0.5475 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 77 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32500 | 40900 | 0.2054 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 78 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32600 | 44700 | 0.2706 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 79 | Samford University | 32800 | 64600 | 0.4924 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 80 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32900 | 35000 | 0.0614 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 81 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 81 | State University of New York at Oswego | 33100 | 40200 | 0.1767 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 83 | University of Rhode Island | 33400 | 46400 | 0.2799 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 84 | Hope International University | 34100 | 60500 | 0.4366 | 564 | 1027 | 0.3298 | |
| 85 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4788 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 86 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 87 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 88 | Lesley University | 37100 | 54700 | 0.3219 | 1,229 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 89 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3062 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 90 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66300 | 0.427 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 91 | Southern Nazarene University | 38200 | 48400 | 0.2117 | 1,456 | 0 | 0 | |
| 91 | Washington State University | 38200 | 53900 | 0.2906 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 93 | Oakwood University | 38600 | 43300 | 0.1074 | 1,177 | 1005 | 0.4522 | |
| 94 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38700 | 38700 | 0 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 95 | University of Wyoming | 40100 | 45300 | 0.1137 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 96 | University of Maine | 40200 | 45200 | 0.1107 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 97 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40600 | 50000 | 0.1882 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 98 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41600 | 53600 | 0.224 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 99 | SUNY Oneonta | 41700 | 41700 | 0 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 100 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46600 | 0.0987 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 101 | Anderson University | 42200 | 53600 | 0.2127 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 102 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 56200 | 0.2439 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 103 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 104 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2746 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 105 | Illinois State University | 45900 | 49100 | 0.0642 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 106 | University of California-San Diego | 46400 | 76000 | 0.3894 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 107 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0517 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 108 | Binghamton University | 50700 | 52800 | 0.0407 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 109 | George Mason University | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1246 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 110 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57000 | 59200 | 0.0363 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 111 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 112 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 113 | Howard University | 60000 | 66500 | 0.0978 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 114 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60300 | 64100 | 0.0592 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 115 | Berea College | 68700 | 69000 | 0.0043 | 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.