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 | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 7000 | 41500 | 0.8321 | 38,572 | 1406 | 0.3659 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | Indiana State University | 9400 | 32400 | 0.7102 | 6,352 | 1020 | 0.9157 | |
| 6 | Kentucky State University | 9500 | 27400 | 0.6532 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 7 | Berea College | 9700 | 69400 | 0.8603 | 1,529 | 1235 | 0.1567 | |
| 8 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38700 | 0.7376 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 9 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 10300 | 33000 | 0.688 | 46,627 | 1378 | 0.492 | |
| 10 | Southern Utah University | 10600 | 51400 | 0.7937 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 11 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10700 | 28000 | 0.6172 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.9683 | |
| 12 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11000 | 87500 | 0.8741 | 14,249 | 1119 | 0.7761 | |
| 13 | University of California-San Diego | 11200 | 41600 | 0.7315 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 14 | Louisiana Tech University | 11900 | 42900 | 0.7225 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 16 | California State University-San Bernardino | 13800 | 32700 | 0.578 | 15,948 | 990 | 0.943 | |
| 17 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 13900 | 38200 | 0.6353 | 7,501 | 1075 | 0.9467 | |
| 17 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 13900 | 31000 | 0.5523 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 19 | Utah State University | 14000 | 21000 | 0.3327 | 26,629 | 1176 | 0.9212 | |
| 20 | California State University-San Marcos | 14100 | 24700 | 0.4309 | 15,770 | 1040 | 0.9513 | |
| 21 | Sonoma State University | 14500 | 26900 | 0.4601 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 22 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14700 | 33900 | 0.5662 | 7,402 | 1060 | 0.9684 | |
| 22 | University of Nevada-Reno | 14700 | 28200 | 0.4784 | 20,204 | 1134 | 0.8313 | |
| 24 | Greensboro College | 15400 | 38300 | 0.5974 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 25 | Florida State University | 15500 | 23000 | 0.3264 | 34,271 | 1360 | 0.2383 | |
| 26 | Alcorn State University | 15700 | 22200 | 0.2922 | 2,469 | 925 | 0.3675 | |
| 27 | Georgia Southern University | 16400 | 49700 | 0.6702 | 25,595 | 1065 | 0.695 | |
| 28 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16800 | 44000 | 0.6178 | 586 | 1132 | 0.9577 | |
| 29 | California State University-Long Beach | 17000 | 25800 | 0.3413 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 29 | Connecticut College | 17000 | 93000 | 0.8169 | 1,953 | 1421 | 0.3923 | |
| 31 | State University of New York at Oswego | 17500 | 27700 | 0.3681 | 5,293 | 1180 | 0.7989 | |
| 31 | University of Arkansas | 17500 | 28400 | 0.3831 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 33 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 18000 | 48900 | 0.6315 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 34 | Texas State University | 18200 | 26100 | 0.3026 | 39,353 | 1100 | 0.9118 | |
| 35 | Stephens College | 18600 | 70100 | 0.7345 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7709 | |
| 35 | Texas Woman's University | 18600 | 28100 | 0.3385 | 9,962 | 1035 | 0.9658 | |
| 37 | Columbia College | 18700 | 60700 | 0.6914 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 38 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18800 | 54000 | 0.6515 | 3,991 | 1030 | 0.9654 | |
| 39 | Stockton University | 19300 | 32100 | 0.3985 | 7,583 | 1135 | 0.901 | |
| 40 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 41 | South Dakota State University | 20300 | 25200 | 0.1941 | 10,883 | 1120 | 0.9618 | |
| 42 | Syracuse University | 20500 | 83600 | 0.7548 | 16,149 | 1363 | 0.4879 | |
| 43 | North Dakota State University | 20700 | 25700 | 0.1942 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 43 | Southern Virginia University | 20700 | 53200 | 0.6114 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9659 | |
| 45 | Iowa State University | 21300 | 25700 | 0.1728 | 26,346 | 1207 | 0.8793 | |
| 45 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 21300 | 57200 | 0.628 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 47 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 21500 | 47900 | 0.5507 | 2,280 | 1189 | 0.9675 | |
| 48 | Rockford University | 22200 | 80500 | 0.7241 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 49 | Seattle Pacific University | 22400 | 98900 | 0.7738 | 1,657 | 1180 | 0.9301 | |
| 50 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1209 | 0.8689 | |
| 51 | University of Houston | 23000 | 28400 | 0.1904 | 40,366 | 1249 | 0.7577 | |
| 52 | Lamar University | 23200 | 37900 | 0.3875 | 8,387 | 1050 | 0.8353 | |
| 53 | University of North Texas | 23800 | 37400 | 0.3634 | 34,414 | 1114 | 0.7089 | |
| 54 | University of Central Oklahoma | 24100 | 34000 | 0.2911 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 55 | SUNY Oneonta | 24300 | 55300 | 0.5611 | 4,815 | 1234 | 0.7696 | |
| 56 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24800 | 36900 | 0.3282 | 15,273 | 1124 | 0.8089 | |
| 57 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 24900 | 62800 | 0.6034 | 13,039 | 1010 | 0.894 | |
| 58 | Abilene Christian University | 25100 | 55000 | 0.544 | 5,101 | 1189 | 0.6615 | |
| 59 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 25400 | 44800 | 0.4327 | 3,604 | 1209 | 0.9761 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 25800 | 49600 | 0.4795 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 61 | Houston Christian University | 26200 | 60500 | 0.5672 | 3,277 | 1090 | 0.8645 | |
| 61 | Northern Illinois University | 26200 | 32100 | 0.184 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 63 | University of Mount Union | 27100 | 56300 | 0.5194 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 64 | Kent State University at Kent | 27600 | 37500 | 0.2639 | 21,144 | 1105 | 0.7603 | |
| 65 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 28500 | 41900 | 0.3195 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 66 | University of Maine | 30500 | 43100 | 0.2925 | 9,182 | 1205 | 0.9562 | |
| 67 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30800 | 45000 | 0.3147 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 68 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31300 | 47100 | 0.3372 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 69 | University of Vermont | 31700 | 71700 | 0.5582 | 12,159 | 1379 | 0.7304 | |
| 70 | Baylor University | 32000 | 70400 | 0.5457 | 14,183 | 1321 | 0.5222 | |
| 71 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32300 | 54400 | 0.4062 | 35,248 | 1273 | 0.6939 | |
| 72 | Anderson University | 32400 | 54700 | 0.4079 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 72 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1159 | 0.7367 | |
| 74 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2727 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 75 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32600 | 35000 | 0.0684 | 6,227 | 1159 | 0.9171 | |
| 76 | University of Idaho | 32700 | 33400 | 0.0209 | 9,656 | 1119 | 0.7476 | |
| 77 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32800 | 44700 | 0.2661 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 78 | Bridgewater College | 33100 | 42500 | 0.2213 | 1,412 | 1174 | 0.903 | |
| 79 | Samford University | 34400 | 93800 | 0.6333 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 80 | Westminster College | 34900 | 59000 | 0.4087 | 1,110 | 1149 | 0.9167 | |
| 81 | Temple University | 35300 | 57200 | 0.3826 | 21,031 | 1135 | 0.8622 | |
| 82 | Texas Tech University | 35500 | 42100 | 0.1566 | 34,021 | 1200 | 0.6906 | |
| 82 | University of Rhode Island | 35500 | 58400 | 0.3921 | 14,466 | 1148 | 0.7456 | |
| 84 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 36900 | 39700 | 0.0706 | 4,789 | 1115 | 0.6671 | |
| 84 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66700 | 0.4469 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 86 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 66200 | 0.4399 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 87 | Washington State University | 37700 | 53600 | 0.2967 | 21,400 | 1125 | 0.861 | |
| 88 | Southern Nazarene University | 37900 | 48400 | 0.2167 | 1,473 | 0 | 1 | |
| 89 | Hope International University | 38200 | 58600 | 0.3481 | 649 | 1027 | 0.6253 | |
| 90 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38300 | 54400 | 0.296 | 32,041 | 1302 | 0.4358 | |
| 91 | Oakwood University | 38400 | 43300 | 0.1131 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 92 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1210 | 0.9113 | |
| 93 | California State University-East Bay | 38900 | 45100 | 0.1376 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 93 | University of Arizona | 38900 | 48300 | 0.1944 | 43,294 | 1233 | 0.8351 | |
| 95 | Mississippi State University | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2695 | 19,093 | 1214 | 0.8363 | |
| 96 | Bradley University | 39100 | 60600 | 0.3547 | 3,258 | 1223 | 0.7459 | |
| 97 | University of Wyoming | 39900 | 45300 | 0.1191 | 8,138 | 1179 | 0.9695 | |
| 98 | Lesley University | 42600 | 57500 | 0.2592 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 99 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42700 | 63300 | 0.3254 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 100 | Merrimack College | 43400 | 78800 | 0.4492 | 4,123 | 1115 | 0.6927 | |
| 101 | Montclair State University | 43600 | 47000 | 0.0724 | 19,048 | 1058 | 0.894 | |
| 102 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0918 | 16,555 | 1164 | 0.875 | |
| 103 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2758 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 104 | Illinois State University | 45700 | 49100 | 0.0692 | 19,513 | 1120 | 0.8555 | |
| 105 | University of Georgia | 47400 | 52300 | 0.0937 | 32,824 | 1382 | 0.3425 | |
| 106 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48300 | 51200 | 0.0565 | 43,633 | 1327 | 0.4343 | |
| 107 | Binghamton University | 50400 | 52800 | 0.0453 | 14,559 | 1415 | 0.3731 | |
| 108 | University of Utah | 51300 | 53700 | 0.0446 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 109 | Howard University | 54800 | 88500 | 0.381 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 110 | George Mason University | 56400 | 61400 | 0.0815 | 28,862 | 1268 | 0.8647 | |
| 111 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63700 | 0.0817 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 111 | The University of Alabama | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 35,621 | 1284 | 0.7117 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60400 | 63700 | 0.0518 | 1,078 | 1193 | 0.9646 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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