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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 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 2 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 3 | Indiana State University | 11200 | 25900 | 0.5685 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11700 | 22900 | 0.49 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 6 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 12600 | 25700 | 0.5097 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 7 | California State University-San Bernardino | 12800 | 30800 | 0.5851 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 8 | University of Arizona | 12900 | 30900 | 0.5835 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 9 | University of Houston | 13600 | 22000 | 0.3811 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 10 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 11 | Northern Illinois University | 14100 | 30400 | 0.5355 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 11 | Texas Woman's University | 14100 | 23200 | 0.3916 | 9,962 | 1010 | 0.9658 | |
| 13 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14400 | 29600 | 0.5142 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 14 | California State University-San Marcos | 14500 | 24700 | 0.4137 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 14 | Sonoma State University | 14500 | 26700 | 0.457 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 16 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14700 | 31600 | 0.5354 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 17 | Kentucky State University | 15000 | 28900 | 0.4806 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 17 | Texas State University | 15000 | 25500 | 0.412 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 19 | University of North Texas | 15700 | 26100 | 0.3991 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 20 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 21 | Alcorn State University | 16000 | 25900 | 0.3822 | 2,469 | 905 | 0.3675 | |
| 21 | California State University-Long Beach | 16000 | 25800 | 0.3799 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 23 | Houston Christian University | 17000 | 56800 | 0.7007 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 24 | Greensboro College | 17500 | 37800 | 0.537 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 25 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17600 | 43500 | 0.5949 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 26 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18000 | 28600 | 0.3704 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 27 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 28 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 29 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 30 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18900 | 22700 | 0.1674 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 31 | Stephens College | 19000 | 49900 | 0.6195 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7709 | |
| 32 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19100 | 28200 | 0.3224 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 33 | Connecticut College | 19200 | 95300 | 0.7982 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 34 | Columbia College | 19600 | 35800 | 0.4525 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 35 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20400 | 23200 | 0.1207 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 36 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20500 | 39200 | 0.4773 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 36 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 38 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 20800 | 48900 | 0.5742 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 39 | Southern Virginia University | 20900 | 46700 | 0.5524 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9659 | |
| 40 | Louisiana Tech University | 21200 | 26100 | 0.1879 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 41 | Bradley University | 21600 | 50800 | 0.5747 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 42 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22100 | 25900 | 0.1449 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 43 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32400 | 0.3091 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 44 | The University of Alabama | 22600 | 31000 | 0.2708 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 45 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 23400 | 89500 | 0.7383 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8379 | |
| 46 | Abilene Christian University | 23500 | 59000 | 0.6013 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 47 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23600 | 34400 | 0.3139 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 48 | Kent State University at Kent | 25200 | 28400 | 0.1157 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 49 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 50 | Seattle Pacific University | 25500 | 70000 | 0.6357 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 51 | Rockford University | 25800 | 59600 | 0.5673 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 51 | Westminster College | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5521 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 53 | Georgia Southern University | 26400 | 26800 | 0.015 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26600 | 41500 | 0.3588 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 54 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.0793 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 56 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 57 | University of Mount Union | 27100 | 56300 | 0.5183 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 58 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 59 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0886 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 60 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28000 | 46000 | 0.3915 | 3,604 | 1069 | 0.9761 | |
| 61 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 62 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 28700 | 39700 | 0.2772 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 63 | California State University-East Bay | 29200 | 45100 | 0.3527 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 63 | Montclair State University | 29200 | 36300 | 0.1957 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 65 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 29500 | 48100 | 0.387 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 66 | Southern Utah University | 29800 | 40800 | 0.2697 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 67 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 68 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30400 | 39200 | 0.2248 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 69 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30900 | 45000 | 0.3123 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 70 | Lamar University | 31000 | 38300 | 0.1907 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 71 | Lesley University | 31400 | 53600 | 0.4142 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 71 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3349 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 73 | Southern Nazarene University | 32000 | 48400 | 0.3385 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 74 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32100 | 40900 | 0.2151 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 75 | Samford University | 32500 | 64600 | 0.497 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 76 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32700 | 40200 | 0.1866 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 77 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32800 | 44700 | 0.2661 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 78 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 79 | Baylor University | 33500 | 70300 | 0.5233 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 80 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33700 | 41000 | 0.1784 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 81 | University of Rhode Island | 34100 | 44300 | 0.23 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 82 | Bridgewater College | 34200 | 42500 | 0.1953 | 1,412 | 1115 | 0.903 | |
| 83 | Stockton University | 34600 | 44500 | 0.2226 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 83 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 34600 | 38700 | 0.106 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 85 | Texas Tech University | 35500 | 38900 | 0.0874 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 86 | University of Maine | 35800 | 35800 | 0 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 87 | Temple University | 35900 | 56400 | 0.3636 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 88 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53100 | 0.3162 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 89 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 49700 | 0.2534 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 90 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37300 | 66300 | 0.4375 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 91 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 92 | Hope International University | 38300 | 58600 | 0.3463 | 649 | 995 | 0.6253 | |
| 93 | Oakwood University | 38500 | 43300 | 0.1107 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 94 | SUNY Oneonta | 39400 | 41700 | 0.0551 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 95 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 39500 | 42500 | 0.0707 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 96 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40200 | 44100 | 0.0885 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 97 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 40600 | 53600 | 0.2427 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 98 | Anderson University | 42300 | 53600 | 0.2108 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 99 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 100 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 101 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.067 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 101 | University of California-San Diego | 45800 | 77200 | 0.4068 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 103 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 104 | University of Georgia | 49700 | 51600 | 0.0368 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 105 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 106 | Binghamton University | 50500 | 52800 | 0.0433 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 107 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 108 | George Mason University | 53500 | 61000 | 0.123 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 109 | Howard University | 54900 | 66500 | 0.1745 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 110 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 111 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60700 | 64100 | 0.053 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 112 | Berea College | 68800 | 69000 | 0.0029 | 1,529 | 1209 | 0.1567 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.