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 | Kentucky State University | 10100 | 17400 | 0.4184 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 4 | California State University-San Bernardino | 13000 | 30800 | 0.5786 | 15,365 | 990 | 0.9374 | |
| 5 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13300 | 19400 | 0.3145 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 6 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13500 | 25700 | 0.4747 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 8 | University of Houston | 13900 | 22000 | 0.3675 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 9 | Texas Woman's University | 14200 | 23200 | 0.3873 | 10,039 | 1035 | 0.9612 | |
| 10 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 30400 | 0.5268 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 11 | Sonoma State University | 14600 | 26700 | 0.4532 | 5,272 | 1050 | 0.9343 | |
| 12 | California State University-San Marcos | 14700 | 24700 | 0.4056 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 12 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14700 | 29600 | 0.5041 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 14 | University of North Texas | 16000 | 26100 | 0.3876 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 15 | Alcorn State University | 16100 | 25900 | 0.3783 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 16 | Connecticut College | 16600 | 95300 | 0.8254 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 17 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16700 | 31000 | 0.4607 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 17 | University of Maine | 16700 | 29300 | 0.4303 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 19 | Houston Christian University | 16900 | 56800 | 0.7024 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 20 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17000 | 43500 | 0.6087 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 21 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 17100 | 0.0005 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.784 | |
| 22 | Greensboro College | 17900 | 37800 | 0.5264 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 23 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 24 | Benedict College | 18300 | 33000 | 0.445 | 1,628 | 915 | 0.957 | |
| 25 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18900 | 31000 | 0.3908 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 26 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 19100 | 31400 | 0.3918 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 27 | University of Central Oklahoma | 19200 | 22700 | 0.1542 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 28 | University of Rhode Island | 19300 | 33900 | 0.4308 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 29 | Stephens College | 19400 | 49900 | 0.6115 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7722 | |
| 30 | Gallaudet University | 19500 | 44600 | 0.5627 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 31 | Columbia College | 19900 | 35800 | 0.4442 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 31 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.1786 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 33 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 33 | Westminster College | 20100 | 56900 | 0.6474 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 35 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20400 | 23200 | 0.1207 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 36 | Southern Virginia University | 21000 | 46700 | 0.5503 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9642 | |
| 37 | Louisiana Tech University | 21500 | 26100 | 0.1764 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 38 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 21700 | 48900 | 0.5559 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 38 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21700 | 25400 | 0.1468 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 40 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 41 | Florida State University | 22500 | 32400 | 0.306 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 42 | Illinois State University | 23100 | 36400 | 0.3664 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 43 | Washington State University | 23600 | 38700 | 0.3897 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 44 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23800 | 34400 | 0.3081 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 45 | Abilene Christian University | 24300 | 59000 | 0.5877 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 45 | Bradley University | 24300 | 50800 | 0.5216 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 45 | Indiana State University | 24300 | 32400 | 0.2501 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 48 | Miami University-Oxford | 24400 | 27500 | 0.1129 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 49 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 25400 | 38300 | 0.3361 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9806 | |
| 49 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1143 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 51 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25500 | 38400 | 0.3363 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 52 | Rockford University | 25900 | 59600 | 0.5656 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 53 | Seattle Pacific University | 26000 | 70000 | 0.6286 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 54 | University of Mount Union | 26400 | 50900 | 0.4812 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 55 | Georgia Southern University | 26600 | 26800 | 0.0075 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 55 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.079 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 57 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 45200 | 0.4067 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 58 | Kansas State University | 27100 | 30400 | 0.1092 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 58 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 38100 | 0.2888 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 60 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0882 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 61 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6653 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 27900 | 37500 | 0.2564 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 63 | Texas State University | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 64 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.1323 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 65 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28300 | 46000 | 0.3849 | 3,424 | 1209 | 0.7887 | |
| 66 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2152 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 67 | California State University-East Bay | 29400 | 45100 | 0.3483 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 68 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29500 | 34000 | 0.1322 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 68 | Montclair State University | 29500 | 36300 | 0.1874 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 70 | Rivier University | 29700 | 65700 | 0.5479 | 1,252 | 1120 | 0.8259 | |
| 71 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 29800 | 43900 | 0.3214 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 72 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 72 | Southern Utah University | 30000 | 40800 | 0.2648 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 74 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30500 | 39200 | 0.2222 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 75 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 75 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30900 | 45000 | 0.3121 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 77 | Lamar University | 31300 | 38300 | 0.1829 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 78 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3347 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 79 | Baylor University | 31900 | 70300 | 0.546 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32300 | 37700 | 0.1441 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 81 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32700 | 44700 | 0.2684 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 81 | Samford University | 32700 | 64600 | 0.4939 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 83 | State University of New York at Oswego | 33000 | 40200 | 0.1792 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 84 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 85 | University of Central Missouri | 33600 | 35800 | 0.0636 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 86 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 34000 | 41000 | 0.1703 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 87 | Hope International University | 34200 | 60500 | 0.435 | 564 | 1027 | 0.3298 | |
| 87 | Temple University | 34200 | 56400 | 0.3937 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 89 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 90 | Texas Tech University | 35700 | 38900 | 0.0823 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 91 | Lesley University | 36900 | 54700 | 0.3255 | 1,229 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 92 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 93 | Southern Nazarene University | 38000 | 48400 | 0.2144 | 1,456 | 0 | 0 | |
| 93 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 95 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38300 | 53100 | 0.2786 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 96 | Oakwood University | 38500 | 43300 | 0.1105 | 1,177 | 1005 | 0.4522 | |
| 97 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1166 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 98 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40400 | 50000 | 0.1922 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 99 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41000 | 53600 | 0.2352 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 100 | SUNY Oneonta | 41700 | 41700 | 0 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 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 | 0.4477 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 104 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 105 | University of California-San Diego | 46100 | 74200 | 0.3786 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 106 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0543 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 107 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 108 | Binghamton University | 50500 | 52800 | 0.0432 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 109 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0425 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 110 | George Mason University | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1246 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 111 | Howard University | 55100 | 66500 | 0.1715 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 112 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 56000 | 0.0036 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 56000 | 64100 | 0.1263 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 114 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 56900 | 59200 | 0.0385 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 115 | Berea College | 68600 | 69000 | 0.0058 | 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.
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