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 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 3 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 4 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 5 | Kentucky State University | 9200 | 29700 | 0.6913 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 6 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7368 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 7 | Texas Woman's University | 11300 | 23200 | 0.5125 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 7 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11300 | 41800 | 0.7295 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 9 | Indiana State University | 11900 | 31200 | 0.6192 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 10 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 11 | Southern Utah University | 12200 | 44000 | 0.7223 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 13 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 54500 | 0.7614 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 14 | University of Idaho | 13100 | 25800 | 0.4912 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 15 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13500 | 19400 | 0.3042 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13700 | 46000 | 0.7018 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 17 | Louisiana Tech University | 14000 | 36900 | 0.6205 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 18 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14100 | 43900 | 0.6796 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 19 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4563 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 20 | California State University-San Marcos | 14500 | 24700 | 0.4148 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 20 | Northern Illinois University | 14500 | 30700 | 0.5293 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 20 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 20 | University of Georgia | 14500 | 26600 | 0.4537 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 24 | University of North Texas | 14600 | 25700 | 0.4325 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 25 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15200 | 27600 | 0.4494 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 26 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15400 | 28700 | 0.4635 | 10,454 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 27 | Alcorn State University | 15600 | 23700 | 0.3418 | 2,532 | 935 | 0.4533 | |
| 28 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 29 | Lamar University | 15900 | 22900 | 0.3053 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 30 | California State University-Long Beach | 16000 | 25800 | 0.3801 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 30 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16000 | 31700 | 0.4959 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 32 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16100 | 42600 | 0.6223 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 33 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16200 | 23200 | 0.3017 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 34 | University of Rhode Island | 16800 | 33900 | 0.5045 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 35 | Greensboro College | 17000 | 37800 | 0.5502 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 36 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17300 | 34200 | 0.494 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 37 | California State University-East Bay | 17400 | 30200 | 0.425 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 38 | Houston Christian University | 17600 | 56800 | 0.6901 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 38 | University of Arkansas | 17600 | 27700 | 0.3657 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 40 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 17700 | 48000 | 0.6308 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 41 | Georgia Southern University | 17800 | 23800 | 0.2525 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 42 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18100 | 42800 | 0.5765 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 43 | SUNY Oneonta | 18300 | 29300 | 0.3754 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 44 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18500 | 27700 | 0.332 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 45 | Benedict College | 18600 | 41100 | 0.548 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 45 | Eastern Kentucky University | 18600 | 34400 | 0.4587 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 47 | Texas Tech University | 19300 | 27900 | 0.3086 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 48 | Connecticut College | 19400 | 115500 | 0.8318 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 48 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 50 | Gallaudet University | 19700 | 44900 | 0.5614 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 51 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 52 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 38200 | 0.4685 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 53 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 20400 | 42500 | 0.5206 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 54 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2588 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 55 | Bradley University | 21000 | 50800 | 0.5865 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 55 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 57 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21200 | 42700 | 0.5036 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 58 | Rockford University | 21400 | 68200 | 0.6866 | 968 | 980 | 0.5704 | |
| 59 | Illinois State University | 21500 | 35200 | 0.3888 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 60 | Columbia College | 22200 | 39700 | 0.4413 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 60 | Stephens College | 22200 | 60900 | 0.6351 | 354 | 1045 | 0.9185 | |
| 62 | Florida State University | 22600 | 32500 | 0.3046 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 63 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3725 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 64 | The University of Alabama | 23200 | 31000 | 0.2514 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 65 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 23400 | 48900 | 0.5211 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 66 | Southern Virginia University | 23800 | 46000 | 0.4826 | 967 | 1094 | 0.9973 | |
| 66 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3859 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 68 | Rivier University | 24200 | 73300 | 0.6696 | 1,335 | 1060 | 0.8176 | |
| 69 | University of Mount Union | 24800 | 50900 | 0.512 | 1,927 | 1240 | 0.8013 | |
| 70 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 25100 | 47400 | 0.4707 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 71 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 72 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 25700 | 59900 | 0.5708 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 72 | Seattle Pacific University | 25700 | 77000 | 0.6666 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 74 | Iowa State University | 26800 | 43300 | 0.3826 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 75 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26900 | 47900 | 0.4381 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 76 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6714 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 77 | University of Arizona | 27400 | 37700 | 0.2736 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 78 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 79 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28000 | 46000 | 0.3915 | 3,361 | 1075 | 0.7887 | |
| 80 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1279 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 81 | Kansas State University | 28800 | 41600 | 0.3082 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 82 | Montclair State University | 29100 | 36300 | 0.1985 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 83 | Westminster College | 29600 | 57600 | 0.4861 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 84 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 85 | Samford University | 30200 | 78000 | 0.6125 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 86 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3089 | 2,012 | 1138 | 0.9707 | |
| 87 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.3316 | 887 | 1100 | 1 | |
| 88 | Liberty University | 32000 | 44300 | 0.2777 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 89 | Southern Nazarene University | 32200 | 48400 | 0.3353 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 90 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32300 | 34400 | 0.062 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 91 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32900 | 44700 | 0.2639 | 2,978 | 1219 | 0.7223 | |
| 92 | Anderson University | 33300 | 52500 | 0.3659 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 93 | Sonoma State University | 33500 | 41200 | 0.1869 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 94 | Hope International University | 33900 | 69600 | 0.5129 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 95 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4787 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 96 | Baylor University | 34800 | 70300 | 0.5049 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 97 | Abilene Christian University | 35500 | 60700 | 0.4148 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 98 | University of Connecticut | 37400 | 43900 | 0.1482 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 99 | Lesley University | 37600 | 54700 | 0.3127 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 100 | Oakwood University | 38600 | 43300 | 0.1071 | 1,279 | 1020 | 0.507 | |
| 101 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38800 | 53400 | 0.2735 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 102 | Temple University | 40800 | 55300 | 0.2624 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 103 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42600 | 53700 | 0.2066 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 104 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 105 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 106 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 107 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 107 | University of California-San Diego | 48600 | 77100 | 0.3694 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 109 | Binghamton University | 50700 | 52800 | 0.0404 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 110 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 111 | George Mason University | 53800 | 61000 | 0.1181 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 112 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 114 | Howard University | 58400 | 76900 | 0.2405 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 115 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60900 | 64100 | 0.0499 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 116 | Berea College | 69000 | 69000 | 0 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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