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 Monica College | 7100 | 15500 | 0.5427 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 2 | Utah State University | 7900 | 24900 | 0.6836 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 3 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38000 | 0.7304 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10300 | 22900 | 0.5512 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 5 | Cornell University | 10400 | 92000 | 0.8866 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 6 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11000 | 34300 | 0.6789 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 7 | Bacone College | 12200 | 36800 | 0.6686 | 106 | 875 | 0.545 | |
| 8 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12400 | 37100 | 0.6653 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 9 | Brigham Young University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5686 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 10 | Louisiana Tech University | 13500 | 24900 | 0.4571 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 12 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 29300 | 0.5266 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 13 | Texas Tech University | 14100 | 27000 | 0.4776 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 13 | University of Idaho | 14100 | 31300 | 0.55 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 15 | Kansas State University | 14200 | 26100 | 0.4563 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 16 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14300 | 25200 | 0.433 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 16 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14300 | 26500 | 0.4594 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 18 | California State University-San Marcos | 14400 | 24700 | 0.4188 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 19 | University of North Texas | 14500 | 25400 | 0.4298 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 20 | California State University-Long Beach | 15700 | 25800 | 0.3918 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 21 | Alcorn State University | 15800 | 24400 | 0.3528 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 22 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15900 | 30800 | 0.4842 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 22 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 41800 | 0.6191 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | Lamar University | 16000 | 22900 | 0.3009 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 25 | Sonoma State University | 16400 | 26900 | 0.3893 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 26 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 16600 | 25700 | 0.3541 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 27 | University of Arkansas | 17500 | 27700 | 0.3672 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 28 | Benedict College | 18700 | 38300 | 0.5123 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 28 | Kentucky State University | 18700 | 27600 | 0.323 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 30 | Texas State University | 18900 | 28900 | 0.3455 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 31 | Gallaudet University | 19100 | 44200 | 0.5673 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 32 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19400 | 26900 | 0.2787 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 33 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19600 | 28200 | 0.305 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 34 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5856 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 35 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20300 | 30000 | 0.3238 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 36 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21400 | 24800 | 0.1388 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 37 | Bradley University | 21700 | 50900 | 0.5737 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 38 | Columbia College | 22100 | 36800 | 0.4 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 38 | Houston Christian University | 22100 | 56800 | 0.6109 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 40 | Florida State University | 22700 | 25000 | 0.0922 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 41 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23500 | 24500 | 0.0407 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 42 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 43 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24000 | 37400 | 0.358 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 44 | Southern Virginia University | 24200 | 38200 | 0.3667 | 967 | 1070 | 0.9973 | |
| 45 | Stephens College | 24300 | 58600 | 0.5849 | 354 | 1185 | 0.9185 | |
| 46 | Rockford University | 24600 | 60300 | 0.5918 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 47 | Temple University | 24700 | 36300 | 0.3198 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 48 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25500 | 36500 | 0.301 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 49 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1071 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 50 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 25900 | 48900 | 0.47 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 50 | Texas Woman's University | 25900 | 41300 | 0.3729 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 52 | University of Arizona | 26300 | 37700 | 0.3028 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 53 | Georgia Southern University | 26400 | 26700 | 0.0112 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 53 | Indiana State University | 26400 | 30900 | 0.1458 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 55 | University of Mount Union | 26500 | 50900 | 0.4791 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 56 | Iowa State University | 26800 | 43300 | 0.3812 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 57 | Seattle Pacific University | 27200 | 62600 | 0.5656 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 57 | Southern Utah University | 27200 | 35600 | 0.2357 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 59 | Mitchell College | 27600 | 65900 | 0.5808 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 60 | North Dakota State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.0815 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 61 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28100 | 45700 | 0.3852 | 3,361 | 1160 | 0.7887 | |
| 62 | Mississippi State University | 28300 | 32300 | 0.126 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 63 | Connecticut College | 28700 | 83300 | 0.6558 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 64 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2138 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 65 | University of Connecticut | 29500 | 33200 | 0.1116 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 66 | Westminster College | 29600 | 57500 | 0.4849 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 67 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 68 | University of Houston | 30400 | 35200 | 0.1365 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 69 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30600 | 46200 | 0.3372 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 70 | California State University-East Bay | 30800 | 43000 | 0.2835 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 70 | University of Rhode Island | 30800 | 46700 | 0.3405 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 72 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3076 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 73 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31300 | 38300 | 0.1825 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 74 | Samford University | 31400 | 65200 | 0.5183 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 75 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 31900 | 39200 | 0.1865 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 76 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32000 | 44800 | 0.2857 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 77 | Southern Nazarene University | 32200 | 48400 | 0.334 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 78 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 32400 | 44100 | 0.2652 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 79 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 34700 | 0.0633 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 80 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 81 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32900 | 44700 | 0.2639 | 2,978 | 1222 | 0.7223 | |
| 82 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 33600 | 40900 | 0.1786 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 84 | Anderson University | 33700 | 52400 | 0.3568 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 85 | Hope International University | 33900 | 51100 | 0.3367 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 86 | Nova Southeastern University | 34000 | 56300 | 0.3958 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 87 | University of Vermont | 34600 | 66300 | 0.4782 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 88 | Baylor University | 34700 | 70800 | 0.5096 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 89 | Abilene Christian University | 35500 | 60700 | 0.4148 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 90 | University of Maine | 35800 | 45100 | 0.2062 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 91 | Warner Pacific University | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1221 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
| 92 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 62000 | 0.4049 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 93 | University of Central Oklahoma | 37300 | 38500 | 0.0312 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 94 | Lesley University | 37500 | 54600 | 0.313 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 95 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 96 | Washington State University | 38600 | 53900 | 0.2835 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 97 | University of California-San Diego | 39600 | 61100 | 0.352 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 98 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 99 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 100 | SUNY Oneonta | 40400 | 45300 | 0.1081 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 101 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 102 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 41100 | 45200 | 0.0908 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 103 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41700 | 52100 | 0.1996 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 104 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42000 | 55100 | 0.2379 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 105 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 106 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43200 | 46200 | 0.0665 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 107 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43300 | 50300 | 0.1392 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 108 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4464 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 109 | Illinois State University | 45200 | 47300 | 0.0439 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 110 | Montclair State University | 46200 | 46600 | 0.0086 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 111 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 112 | George Mason University | 49200 | 49200 | 0 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 113 | Binghamton University | 50000 | 52100 | 0.0398 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 114 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0351 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 115 | Howard University | 58400 | 61600 | 0.052 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 116 | Berea College | 70100 | 70100 | 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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