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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 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 2 | Kentucky State University | 9600 | 29700 | 0.6778 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 3 | Texas Woman's University | 11600 | 23200 | 0.4996 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 4 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11900 | 41800 | 0.7151 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 5 | Indiana State University | 12100 | 25900 | 0.5337 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 6 | Southern Utah University | 12400 | 44000 | 0.7177 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 7 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12600 | 54500 | 0.7688 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 8 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4825 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 8 | University of Houston | 13300 | 23100 | 0.4244 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 10 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4773 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 10 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13600 | 25700 | 0.4702 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 13 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14100 | 46000 | 0.6931 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 15 | Louisiana Tech University | 14200 | 36900 | 0.6151 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 16 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4563 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 17 | Northern Illinois University | 14700 | 30700 | 0.5197 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 18 | California State University-San Bernardino | 15200 | 43900 | 0.6544 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 18 | California State University-San Marcos | 15200 | 24700 | 0.3853 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 20 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15400 | 28700 | 0.4635 | 10,454 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 20 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15400 | 27600 | 0.4422 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 22 | Florida State University | 15500 | 22900 | 0.3227 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 23 | Alcorn State University | 15800 | 23700 | 0.3333 | 2,532 | 935 | 0.4533 | |
| 24 | Lamar University | 16100 | 22900 | 0.2966 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 25 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16200 | 23200 | 0.3017 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 26 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16300 | 42600 | 0.6176 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 27 | Texas State University | 16800 | 26800 | 0.3727 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 27 | University of Maine | 16800 | 29300 | 0.4269 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 29 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17200 | 34000 | 0.4937 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 30 | Greensboro College | 17300 | 37800 | 0.5422 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 31 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17400 | 34200 | 0.4911 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 32 | Houston Christian University | 17600 | 56800 | 0.6901 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 33 | Georgia Southern University | 17800 | 26800 | 0.3364 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 33 | University of Rhode Island | 17800 | 44300 | 0.5976 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 35 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18400 | 42800 | 0.5695 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 35 | University of Arizona | 18400 | 30900 | 0.4052 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 37 | California State University-East Bay | 18600 | 30100 | 0.3826 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 38 | Benedict College | 18800 | 41100 | 0.5431 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 39 | Eastern Kentucky University | 18900 | 34400 | 0.45 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 40 | Connecticut College | 19400 | 115500 | 0.8318 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 41 | Texas Tech University | 19500 | 27900 | 0.3014 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 42 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 19600 | 88900 | 0.7798 | 12,234 | 1194 | 0.8296 | |
| 43 | Gallaudet University | 19800 | 44900 | 0.5592 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 44 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 45 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20300 | 40200 | 0.4952 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 46 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 46 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 20600 | 42500 | 0.5159 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 48 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 48 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2588 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 50 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 51 | Bradley University | 21300 | 50800 | 0.5806 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 51 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21300 | 42700 | 0.5013 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 53 | Illinois State University | 21500 | 35200 | 0.3888 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 54 | Rockford University | 21700 | 68200 | 0.6822 | 968 | 980 | 0.5704 | |
| 55 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22000 | 59900 | 0.6326 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 22400 | 47900 | 0.532 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 57 | Columbia College | 22500 | 39700 | 0.4338 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 58 | Stephens College | 22600 | 60900 | 0.6285 | 354 | 1045 | 0.9185 | |
| 59 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23300 | 36800 | 0.367 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 59 | The University of Alabama | 23300 | 31000 | 0.2482 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 61 | SUNY Oneonta | 23400 | 49300 | 0.5258 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 62 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 23500 | 50000 | 0.5298 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 63 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 23700 | 48900 | 0.515 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 64 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3859 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 65 | Southern Virginia University | 24000 | 46000 | 0.4782 | 967 | 1094 | 0.9973 | |
| 66 | Temple University | 24700 | 36400 | 0.3217 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 67 | Rivier University | 24800 | 73300 | 0.6614 | 1,335 | 1060 | 0.8176 | |
| 67 | University of Mount Union | 24800 | 50900 | 0.512 | 1,927 | 1240 | 0.8013 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 25400 | 47400 | 0.4644 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 70 | Seattle Pacific University | 26000 | 77000 | 0.6627 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 71 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 29600 | 0.1024 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 41500 | 0.3516 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 73 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 74 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6642 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 75 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28100 | 46000 | 0.3893 | 3,361 | 1075 | 0.7887 | |
| 76 | Montclair State University | 29400 | 36300 | 0.1902 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 77 | Westminster College | 29500 | 57600 | 0.4879 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 78 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 79 | University of North Texas | 30400 | 37400 | 0.187 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 80 | Samford University | 30500 | 78000 | 0.6086 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 81 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3089 | 2,012 | 1138 | 0.9707 | |
| 82 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.3316 | 887 | 1100 | 1 | |
| 83 | Lesley University | 32000 | 53600 | 0.403 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 83 | Liberty University | 32000 | 44300 | 0.2777 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 85 | Southern Nazarene University | 32200 | 48400 | 0.3353 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 86 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32300 | 34400 | 0.062 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 87 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 88 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32800 | 44700 | 0.2661 | 2,978 | 1219 | 0.7223 | |
| 89 | Anderson University | 33300 | 52500 | 0.3659 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 90 | Sonoma State University | 33600 | 41200 | 0.1845 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 91 | University of Central Missouri | 33700 | 35800 | 0.0596 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 92 | Hope International University | 34100 | 69600 | 0.51 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 93 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4787 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 94 | Baylor University | 34700 | 70300 | 0.5063 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 95 | Abilene Christian University | 35700 | 60700 | 0.4115 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 96 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 97 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 41400 | 0.1013 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 97 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37200 | 66500 | 0.4403 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 99 | California State University-Long Beach | 37300 | 38600 | 0.0337 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 100 | Oakwood University | 38600 | 43300 | 0.1071 | 1,279 | 1020 | 0.507 | |
| 100 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 102 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42700 | 57700 | 0.2598 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 103 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 104 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 105 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 106 | University of California-San Diego | 49200 | 77100 | 0.3616 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 107 | Binghamton University | 50700 | 52800 | 0.0404 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 108 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 109 | George Mason University | 53700 | 61000 | 0.1197 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 110 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 111 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0361 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 112 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60800 | 64100 | 0.0514 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 114 | Berea College | 69000 | 69000 | 0 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 | |
| 115 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.