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 Pennsylvania.
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 Pennsylvania.
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 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 3 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 4 | Southern Utah University | 10300 | 22200 | 0.5371 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 5 | Indiana State University | 11500 | 25900 | 0.5569 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11900 | 22900 | 0.4812 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 7 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 8 | Texas Woman's University | 12200 | 28200 | 0.5675 | 10,039 | 1035 | 0.9612 | |
| 9 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12800 | 26500 | 0.5164 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 10 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13300 | 19400 | 0.3145 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 11 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 13 | University of Idaho | 14200 | 25800 | 0.4504 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 14 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 30400 | 0.5268 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 15 | Sonoma State University | 14600 | 26700 | 0.4532 | 5,272 | 1050 | 0.9343 | |
| 16 | California State University-San Marcos | 14700 | 24700 | 0.4056 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 16 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14700 | 29600 | 0.5041 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 18 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14900 | 31600 | 0.5291 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 19 | Kentucky State University | 15000 | 28900 | 0.4806 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 20 | California State University-East Bay | 15600 | 30100 | 0.4824 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 20 | Florida State University | 15600 | 22900 | 0.3184 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 22 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 23 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3947 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 24 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15900 | 38400 | 0.5856 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 25 | University of North Texas | 16000 | 26100 | 0.3876 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 26 | Alcorn State University | 16100 | 25900 | 0.3783 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 26 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 16100 | 26900 | 0.4031 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 28 | Connecticut College | 16700 | 95300 | 0.8244 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 28 | Georgia Southern University | 16700 | 20100 | 0.1687 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 30 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17000 | 43500 | 0.6087 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 31 | Houston Christian University | 17700 | 56800 | 0.6883 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 32 | Greensboro College | 17900 | 37800 | 0.5264 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 33 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 33 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 35 | Benedict College | 18300 | 33000 | 0.445 | 1,628 | 915 | 0.957 | |
| 36 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18900 | 31000 | 0.3908 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 37 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 19100 | 31400 | 0.3918 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 38 | University of Central Oklahoma | 19200 | 22700 | 0.1542 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 39 | University of Rhode Island | 19300 | 33900 | 0.4308 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 40 | Stephens College | 19400 | 49900 | 0.6115 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7722 | |
| 41 | Gallaudet University | 19700 | 44600 | 0.5582 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 42 | Columbia College | 19900 | 35800 | 0.4442 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 43 | Westminster College | 20000 | 56900 | 0.6492 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 44 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20500 | 23200 | 0.1164 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 45 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20800 | 39200 | 0.4696 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 46 | Southern Virginia University | 21000 | 46700 | 0.5503 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9642 | |
| 47 | Illinois State University | 21500 | 35200 | 0.3886 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 47 | Louisiana Tech University | 21500 | 26100 | 0.1764 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 49 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 21700 | 48900 | 0.5559 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 50 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 51 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23800 | 34400 | 0.3081 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 52 | Abilene Christian University | 24300 | 59000 | 0.5877 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 52 | Bradley University | 24300 | 50800 | 0.5216 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 54 | Miami University-Oxford | 24400 | 27500 | 0.1129 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 55 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 25400 | 38300 | 0.3361 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9806 | |
| 56 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.109 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 57 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 58 | Rockford University | 25900 | 59600 | 0.5656 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 59 | Seattle Pacific University | 26000 | 70000 | 0.6286 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 60 | Southern University at New Orleans | 26500 | 42300 | 0.3733 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 60 | University of Mount Union | 26500 | 50900 | 0.4797 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 62 | University of Arkansas | 26700 | 28900 | 0.0738 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 63 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 38100 | 0.2888 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 64 | California State University-San Bernardino | 27400 | 39100 | 0.2991 | 15,365 | 990 | 0.9374 | |
| 65 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0833 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 65 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6653 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 27900 | 37500 | 0.2564 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28000 | 41600 | 0.3261 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 68 | Texas State University | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 70 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1277 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 71 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28400 | 46000 | 0.3828 | 3,424 | 1209 | 0.7887 | |
| 72 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3363 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 73 | University of Connecticut | 29100 | 37000 | 0.2133 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 74 | Rivier University | 29900 | 65700 | 0.5448 | 1,252 | 1120 | 0.8259 | |
| 75 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 76 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 77 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3088 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 78 | Lamar University | 31300 | 38300 | 0.1829 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 79 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.3315 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 80 | Baylor University | 31900 | 70300 | 0.546 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 81 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32300 | 37700 | 0.1441 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 81 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32300 | 34400 | 0.0619 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 83 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 84 | Samford University | 32600 | 64600 | 0.4955 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 85 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32700 | 44700 | 0.2684 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 86 | State University of New York at Oswego | 33000 | 40200 | 0.1792 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 87 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 88 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 34000 | 41000 | 0.1699 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 89 | Hope International University | 34200 | 60500 | 0.435 | 564 | 1027 | 0.3298 | |
| 90 | Temple University | 34300 | 56400 | 0.392 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 91 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4787 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 92 | Texas Tech University | 35700 | 38900 | 0.0823 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 93 | Lesley University | 36900 | 54700 | 0.3255 | 1,229 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 94 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66300 | 0.433 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 95 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 96 | Southern Nazarene University | 38200 | 48400 | 0.2113 | 1,456 | 0 | 0 | |
| 97 | Oakwood University | 38600 | 43300 | 0.107 | 1,177 | 1005 | 0.4522 | |
| 98 | University of Maine | 40000 | 45200 | 0.1151 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 99 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1133 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 100 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2774 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 101 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41000 | 53600 | 0.2352 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 102 | SUNY Oneonta | 41700 | 41700 | 0 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 103 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46600 | 0.0987 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 104 | Anderson University | 42200 | 53600 | 0.2127 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 105 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42300 | 42400 | 0.0024 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.784 | |
| 106 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4471 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 107 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 108 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 109 | University of California-San Diego | 46100 | 74200 | 0.3786 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 110 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0513 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 111 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0397 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 112 | George Mason University | 53600 | 61000 | 0.1213 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 113 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 56200 | 0.0071 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 114 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.036 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 115 | Howard University | 60000 | 66500 | 0.0978 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 116 | Berea College | 68900 | 69000 | 0.0014 | 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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