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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 Massachusetts.
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 Massachusetts.
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 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 6900 | 41500 | 0.8333 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 3 | Lamar University | 9000 | 22900 | 0.6062 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 4 | California State University-East Bay | 9300 | 30100 | 0.692 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 5 | Kentucky State University | 9500 | 27400 | 0.6532 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 6 | Berea College | 9700 | 69400 | 0.8603 | 1,529 | 1209 | 0.1567 | |
| 7 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7362 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 8 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10800 | 27300 | 0.6054 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 8 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 10800 | 32800 | 0.6703 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 8 | Southern Utah University | 10800 | 51400 | 0.7898 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 11 | University of California-San Diego | 11400 | 41600 | 0.7264 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 13 | University of Idaho | 12900 | 27800 | 0.5369 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 14 | Louisiana Tech University | 13100 | 42900 | 0.6945 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 14 | University of Houston | 13100 | 21800 | 0.399 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 16 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14000 | 31000 | 0.549 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 17 | Texas Woman's University | 14100 | 23200 | 0.3916 | 9,962 | 1010 | 0.9658 | |
| 18 | California State University-San Marcos | 14200 | 38300 | 0.6291 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 19 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14300 | 32700 | 0.5625 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 20 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14700 | 50100 | 0.7063 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 20 | Sonoma State University | 14700 | 41200 | 0.6432 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 22 | Texas State University | 14800 | 26700 | 0.445 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 23 | Greensboro College | 15800 | 38300 | 0.5869 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 23 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26400 | 0.4005 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 25 | Alcorn State University | 16000 | 22200 | 0.2787 | 2,469 | 905 | 0.3675 | |
| 26 | Indiana State University | 16200 | 32400 | 0.5002 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 27 | Georgia Southern University | 16500 | 49700 | 0.6682 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 28 | California State University-Long Beach | 16600 | 25800 | 0.3567 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 29 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17100 | 33900 | 0.4954 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 30 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 17300 | 89500 | 0.8064 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8379 | |
| 31 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17600 | 44000 | 0.5996 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 32 | University of Arkansas | 17700 | 28500 | 0.3807 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 33 | Columbia College | 18300 | 60700 | 0.698 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 34 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 18500 | 48900 | 0.6212 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 35 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18800 | 54000 | 0.6515 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 37 | Connecticut College | 19000 | 93000 | 0.7954 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 37 | Stephens College | 19000 | 70100 | 0.7288 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7709 | |
| 39 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 19300 | 40900 | 0.5287 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 40 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19700 | 40200 | 0.5101 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 41 | University of Rhode Island | 19800 | 44300 | 0.5525 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 42 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19900 | 45100 | 0.559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 43 | Stockton University | 20200 | 45800 | 0.5591 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 44 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 45 | SUNY Oneonta | 20500 | 55300 | 0.6299 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 45 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20500 | 39200 | 0.4773 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 47 | Southern Virginia University | 20900 | 53200 | 0.6076 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9659 | |
| 48 | Utah State University | 21800 | 38800 | 0.4382 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 49 | Florida State University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 50 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22300 | 37600 | 0.4069 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 50 | Rockford University | 22300 | 80500 | 0.7228 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 50 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 22300 | 42500 | 0.4753 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 53 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 54 | Seattle Pacific University | 22700 | 98900 | 0.7708 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 55 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 23100 | 44800 | 0.484 | 3,604 | 1069 | 0.9761 | |
| 56 | University of North Texas | 23700 | 37400 | 0.3661 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 57 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23900 | 47900 | 0.5006 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 58 | Abilene Christian University | 24500 | 58800 | 0.5835 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 59 | Temple University | 24700 | 36100 | 0.316 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 60 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24800 | 36800 | 0.3263 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 61 | Kent State University at Kent | 24900 | 28400 | 0.1253 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 62 | South Dakota State University | 25100 | 28700 | 0.1242 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 63 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25300 | 39400 | 0.358 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 64 | Westminster College | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5538 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 65 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26000 | 49600 | 0.4755 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 66 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1812 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 67 | University of Mount Union | 27000 | 56300 | 0.5211 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 68 | North Dakota State University | 27400 | 30400 | 0.0976 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 68 | University of Central Oklahoma | 27400 | 33800 | 0.1892 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 70 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30600 | 45000 | 0.3185 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 71 | Houston Christian University | 30700 | 60500 | 0.4928 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 71 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 73 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31100 | 47100 | 0.3408 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 74 | Lesley University | 31200 | 53600 | 0.4179 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 75 | Southern Nazarene University | 31800 | 48400 | 0.3442 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 76 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31900 | 54400 | 0.4135 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 77 | Anderson University | 32200 | 54700 | 0.4116 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 78 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 79 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 79 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32500 | 35000 | 0.0732 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 81 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32800 | 44700 | 0.2661 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 82 | Baylor University | 33500 | 70400 | 0.5244 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 83 | Bridgewater College | 33900 | 42500 | 0.2018 | 1,412 | 1115 | 0.903 | |
| 84 | University of Vermont | 34300 | 66300 | 0.4821 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 85 | Samford University | 34600 | 93800 | 0.6312 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 86 | University of Nevada-Reno | 34700 | 45800 | 0.2425 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 87 | Bradley University | 35300 | 60300 | 0.4147 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 88 | Texas Tech University | 35500 | 41000 | 0.1342 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 89 | University of Maine | 35800 | 35800 | 0 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 89 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 35800 | 39700 | 0.0983 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 91 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36000 | 54000 | 0.3334 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 92 | University of Connecticut | 36900 | 70600 | 0.4776 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 93 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 94 | Hope International University | 38000 | 58600 | 0.351 | 649 | 995 | 0.6253 | |
| 95 | Oakwood University | 38200 | 43300 | 0.117 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 96 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 97 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 98 | University of Wyoming | 39700 | 45300 | 0.1229 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 99 | University of Arizona | 42500 | 48600 | 0.1254 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 100 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 101 | George Mason University | 43800 | 61400 | 0.2868 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 102 | Montclair State University | 44500 | 47000 | 0.0532 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 103 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2766 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 104 | Illinois State University | 45500 | 49100 | 0.0726 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 105 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 106 | Binghamton University | 50300 | 52800 | 0.0486 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 107 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 108 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 109 | The University of Alabama | 53700 | 58000 | 0.0741 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 110 | Howard University | 55000 | 88500 | 0.3787 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 111 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63600 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 112 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.