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 California.
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 California.
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 | Santa Ana College | 4500 | 23100 | 0.8046 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 3 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38200 | 0.7339 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 4 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11000 | 25700 | 0.5713 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 5 | University of California-San Diego | 11200 | 39700 | 0.718 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 6 | Texas Woman's University | 11800 | 28200 | 0.5816 | 10,039 | 1035 | 0.9612 | |
| 7 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 8 | California State University-San Bernardino | 12200 | 30800 | 0.6049 | 15,365 | 990 | 0.9374 | |
| 9 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 9 | University of Georgia | 13400 | 26600 | 0.4963 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 12 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 13 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 30400 | 0.5445 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 14 | California State University-San Marcos | 14100 | 24700 | 0.4309 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 14 | Sonoma State University | 14100 | 26900 | 0.475 | 5,272 | 1050 | 0.9343 | |
| 16 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14200 | 29600 | 0.521 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 17 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14400 | 31700 | 0.5465 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 18 | California State University-East Bay | 14500 | 30200 | 0.5211 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 19 | Kentucky State University | 14900 | 28900 | 0.4841 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 20 | Florida State University | 15400 | 22900 | 0.3271 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 21 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 22 | Alcorn State University | 15800 | 25900 | 0.3899 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 23 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16000 | 40600 | 0.6053 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 24 | California State University-Long Beach | 16400 | 25800 | 0.3645 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 24 | Georgia Southern University | 16400 | 20100 | 0.1836 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 26 | Connecticut College | 16700 | 95300 | 0.8244 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 27 | Greensboro College | 17100 | 37800 | 0.5475 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 28 | Houston Christian University | 17800 | 56800 | 0.6866 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 29 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18000 | 28600 | 0.3704 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 30 | Benedict College | 18100 | 33000 | 0.4511 | 1,628 | 915 | 0.957 | |
| 31 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 32 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 33 | Stephens College | 18600 | 49900 | 0.6275 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7722 | |
| 33 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18600 | 22700 | 0.1806 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 35 | University of Rhode Island | 18700 | 33900 | 0.4485 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 36 | University of Nevada-Reno | 18900 | 28200 | 0.3295 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 37 | Columbia College | 19200 | 35800 | 0.4637 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 38 | University of Arizona | 19300 | 30900 | 0.376 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 39 | Gallaudet University | 19500 | 44600 | 0.5627 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 39 | SUNY Oneonta | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3344 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 41 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1826 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 42 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20700 | 23200 | 0.1077 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 42 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 42 | Southern Virginia University | 20700 | 46700 | 0.5567 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9642 | |
| 45 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 20800 | 48900 | 0.5742 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 46 | Louisiana Tech University | 21000 | 26100 | 0.1956 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 46 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.183 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 48 | Washington State University | 21300 | 36200 | 0.4119 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 49 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22300 | 43200 | 0.4839 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 50 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22400 | 25900 | 0.1349 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 51 | Indiana State University | 23500 | 32400 | 0.2748 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 52 | Bradley University | 23900 | 50800 | 0.5295 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 53 | Abilene Christian University | 24400 | 59000 | 0.5861 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 54 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25100 | 38400 | 0.3467 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 55 | Seattle Pacific University | 25200 | 70000 | 0.64 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 56 | Rockford University | 25700 | 59600 | 0.569 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 57 | Southern University at New Orleans | 25800 | 42300 | 0.3899 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 58 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26100 | 36800 | 0.2909 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 58 | Westminster College | 26100 | 57600 | 0.5469 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 26500 | 48100 | 0.4494 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9806 | |
| 60 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 28900 | 0.0833 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 60 | University of Mount Union | 26500 | 50900 | 0.4794 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 63 | Kansas State University | 26600 | 30400 | 0.1257 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 64 | Iowa State University | 26800 | 43300 | 0.3819 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 65 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26900 | 37700 | 0.2867 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 66 | University of Idaho | 27100 | 30600 | 0.1146 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 67 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 68 | Texas State University | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 69 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1269 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 70 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28500 | 46000 | 0.3806 | 3,424 | 1209 | 0.7887 | |
| 70 | University of North Texas | 28500 | 37400 | 0.2378 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 72 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.214 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 73 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 74 | Rivier University | 29600 | 65700 | 0.5494 | 1,252 | 1120 | 0.8259 | |
| 75 | Southern Utah University | 29700 | 40800 | 0.2722 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 76 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 76 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30000 | 39200 | 0.235 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 78 | Lamar University | 30700 | 38300 | 0.1986 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 79 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3082 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 80 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.331 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 81 | Baylor University | 31900 | 70300 | 0.546 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 82 | Samford University | 32400 | 64600 | 0.4986 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 83 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 84 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32800 | 40200 | 0.1841 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 85 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32900 | 44700 | 0.2639 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 86 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 87 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33400 | 41000 | 0.186 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 88 | Hope International University | 34000 | 60500 | 0.4384 | 564 | 1027 | 0.3298 | |
| 89 | Texas Tech University | 35300 | 38900 | 0.0926 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 90 | Temple University | 35600 | 56400 | 0.3689 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 91 | Lesley University | 36400 | 54700 | 0.3347 | 1,229 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 92 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66300 | 0.4436 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 93 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38000 | 38700 | 0.0181 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 94 | Southern Nazarene University | 38200 | 48400 | 0.2108 | 1,456 | 0 | 0 | |
| 95 | Oakwood University | 38700 | 43300 | 0.1064 | 1,177 | 1005 | 0.4522 | |
| 96 | University of Maine | 39600 | 45200 | 0.124 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 97 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 40100 | 42500 | 0.0565 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 97 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40100 | 44100 | 0.0907 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 99 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1127 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 100 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46600 | 0.0987 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 101 | Anderson University | 42300 | 53600 | 0.2108 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 102 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42800 | 56200 | 0.2385 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 103 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4468 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 104 | Illinois State University | 46000 | 49100 | 0.0633 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 105 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 106 | Binghamton University | 50700 | 52800 | 0.0398 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 107 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0392 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 108 | George Mason University | 53900 | 61000 | 0.1164 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 109 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 56800 | 0.0194 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 110 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0356 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 111 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 112 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 113 | Howard University | 59900 | 66500 | 0.0993 | 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 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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