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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 | Utah State University | 0 | 30000 | 1 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 2 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 37800 | 0.732 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 3 | Cornell University | 10700 | 92000 | 0.8834 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 3 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10700 | 22900 | 0.5337 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 5 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12200 | 29900 | 0.5919 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 6 | Bacone College | 12400 | 36800 | 0.6632 | 106 | 875 | 0.545 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 8 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12900 | 37100 | 0.6518 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 9 | Indiana State University | 13600 | 25900 | 0.4757 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 10 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 24900 | 0.4491 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 10 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13700 | 19400 | 0.2939 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 12 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 27000 | 0.4813 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 13 | Northern Illinois University | 14100 | 29300 | 0.5187 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 14 | University of Idaho | 14200 | 26400 | 0.4618 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 15 | Texas Woman's University | 14300 | 23200 | 0.3833 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 16 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.454 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 17 | California State University-San Marcos | 15300 | 24700 | 0.3813 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 18 | Florida State University | 15600 | 23100 | 0.3246 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 19 | Alcorn State University | 15900 | 24400 | 0.3487 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 20 | University of Arizona | 16100 | 30900 | 0.4797 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 21 | University of Georgia | 17000 | 27100 | 0.3734 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 22 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 23 | Georgia Southern University | 17900 | 23800 | 0.2483 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 24 | SUNY Oneonta | 18500 | 29300 | 0.3686 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 25 | Benedict College | 18800 | 38300 | 0.5097 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 26 | Houston Christian University | 18900 | 56800 | 0.6672 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 26 | Texas State University | 18900 | 28900 | 0.3455 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 28 | Gallaudet University | 19000 | 44200 | 0.5695 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 28 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3395 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 28 | Kentucky State University | 19000 | 27600 | 0.3121 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 31 | Brigham Young University | 19100 | 29000 | 0.3411 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 32 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19900 | 26900 | 0.2601 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 33 | Davis & Elkins College | 20200 | 47500 | 0.5742 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 33 | Montclair State University | 20200 | 36300 | 0.4438 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 35 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20400 | 43700 | 0.5336 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 36 | South Dakota State University | 20800 | 25200 | 0.1739 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 37 | University of Central Oklahoma | 20900 | 22700 | 0.0793 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 38 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 21900 | 34400 | 0.3633 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 39 | Bradley University | 22000 | 50900 | 0.5678 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 40 | Columbia College | 22400 | 36800 | 0.3918 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 41 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23700 | 24500 | 0.0326 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 42 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24200 | 37400 | 0.3526 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 43 | Southern Virginia University | 24300 | 38200 | 0.3641 | 967 | 1070 | 0.9973 | |
| 44 | Stephens College | 24500 | 58600 | 0.5815 | 354 | 1185 | 0.9185 | |
| 45 | Rockford University | 24800 | 60300 | 0.5885 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 46 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 25400 | 42200 | 0.3981 | 12,234 | 1194 | 0.8296 | |
| 47 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26200 | 48900 | 0.4639 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 48 | California State University-San Bernardino | 26600 | 38000 | 0.2997 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 48 | Lamar University | 26600 | 37700 | 0.2941 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 48 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 26600 | 38200 | 0.3036 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 48 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 30800 | 0.136 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 48 | University of Mount Union | 26600 | 50900 | 0.4771 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 53 | Iowa State University | 27200 | 41500 | 0.3453 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 54 | Southern Utah University | 27300 | 35600 | 0.2329 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 55 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 27500 | 35600 | 0.2273 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 56 | University of North Texas | 27500 | 37400 | 0.2649 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 58 | Seattle Pacific University | 27600 | 62600 | 0.5592 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 58 | Southern Wesleyan University | 27600 | 43500 | 0.3656 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 60 | California State University-Long Beach | 27900 | 38400 | 0.2738 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 61 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28000 | 45700 | 0.3874 | 3,361 | 1160 | 0.7887 | |
| 62 | Mitchell College | 28100 | 65900 | 0.5732 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 62 | North Dakota State University | 28100 | 30400 | 0.0752 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 64 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 28300 | 35400 | 0.2008 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 65 | Connecticut College | 28900 | 83300 | 0.6534 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 66 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 29400 | 44700 | 0.3422 | 2,978 | 1222 | 0.7223 | |
| 67 | Oklahoma Christian University | 29500 | 43100 | 0.3164 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 68 | California State University-East Bay | 29600 | 43000 | 0.3113 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 68 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29600 | 52900 | 0.4406 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 70 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29700 | 34000 | 0.1264 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 71 | Westminster College | 29800 | 57500 | 0.4814 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 72 | Sonoma State University | 30100 | 40200 | 0.2514 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 73 | Syracuse University | 30400 | 83100 | 0.6342 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 74 | University of Houston | 30700 | 35200 | 0.128 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 75 | University of Rhode Island | 31200 | 44800 | 0.3037 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 76 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 77 | Samford University | 31700 | 65200 | 0.5137 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 78 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 31800 | 33700 | 0.056 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 79 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32100 | 44800 | 0.2835 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 80 | Lesley University | 32300 | 53600 | 0.3974 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 81 | Southern Nazarene University | 32400 | 48400 | 0.3301 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 32700 | 44100 | 0.2584 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 83 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 83 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32800 | 34700 | 0.0547 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 85 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 86 | Anderson University | 33600 | 52400 | 0.3588 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 87 | Hope International University | 34100 | 56700 | 0.3989 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 88 | Nova Southeastern University | 34200 | 56300 | 0.3923 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 89 | Baylor University | 34700 | 70800 | 0.5096 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 89 | University of Vermont | 34700 | 66300 | 0.4767 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 91 | University of Nevada-Reno | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 92 | University of Maine | 35400 | 35400 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 93 | Abilene Christian University | 35600 | 60700 | 0.4132 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 93 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35600 | 43500 | 0.1817 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 95 | Mississippi State University | 36600 | 50500 | 0.2752 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 96 | Warner Pacific University | 36700 | 41600 | 0.1175 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
| 97 | Illinois State University | 38200 | 45900 | 0.1695 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 98 | Washington State University | 38800 | 53900 | 0.2799 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 99 | University of California-San Diego | 40100 | 61100 | 0.3438 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 100 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 101 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 102 | Temple University | 40900 | 56100 | 0.2709 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 102 | University of Connecticut | 40900 | 40900 | 0 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 104 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42200 | 52100 | 0.19 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 105 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42400 | 55100 | 0.2306 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 105 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 107 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43500 | 50300 | 0.1352 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 108 | Merrimack College | 43700 | 78800 | 0.4453 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 109 | Oregon State University | 45000 | 61900 | 0.2733 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 110 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 111 | George Mason University | 49200 | 49200 | 0 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 112 | Binghamton University | 50200 | 52100 | 0.0362 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 113 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57300 | 59200 | 0.0318 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 114 | Howard University | 58400 | 61600 | 0.052 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 115 | Berea College | 68900 | 70100 | 0.0171 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 | 
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.