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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 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 3 | Southern Utah University | 10200 | 22200 | 0.5416 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 3 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 5 | Indiana State University | 11200 | 25900 | 0.5685 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 6 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11600 | 25700 | 0.548 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 7 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 8 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13000 | 19400 | 0.33 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 9 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13500 | 25700 | 0.4747 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 11 | Northern Illinois University | 14100 | 30400 | 0.5355 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 11 | Texas Woman's University | 14100 | 23200 | 0.3916 | 10,039 | 1035 | 0.9612 | |
| 13 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14300 | 37400 | 0.6171 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 14 | California State University-San Marcos | 14500 | 24700 | 0.4137 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 15 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14700 | 31600 | 0.5354 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 16 | Kentucky State University | 15000 | 28900 | 0.4806 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 16 | Texas State University | 15000 | 25500 | 0.412 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 18 | California State University-East Bay | 15500 | 30100 | 0.4857 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 18 | Florida State University | 15500 | 22900 | 0.3228 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 20 | University of North Texas | 15700 | 26100 | 0.3991 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 21 | Alcorn State University | 16000 | 25900 | 0.3822 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 22 | University of Maine | 16400 | 29300 | 0.4405 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 23 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16500 | 31000 | 0.4671 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 24 | Connecticut College | 16600 | 95300 | 0.8254 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 24 | Georgia Southern University | 16600 | 20100 | 0.1737 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 26 | Houston Christian University | 16900 | 56800 | 0.7024 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 27 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17100 | 43500 | 0.6064 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 28 | Greensboro College | 17500 | 37800 | 0.537 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 29 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3465 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 29 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 31 | Benedict College | 18200 | 33000 | 0.4481 | 1,628 | 915 | 0.957 | |
| 32 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18800 | 31000 | 0.394 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 33 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18900 | 22700 | 0.1674 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 34 | Stephens College | 19000 | 49900 | 0.6195 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7722 | |
| 35 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19100 | 28200 | 0.3224 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 36 | Gallaudet University | 19500 | 44600 | 0.5627 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 36 | SUNY Oneonta | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3344 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 36 | University of Arizona | 19500 | 30900 | 0.3695 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 39 | Columbia College | 19600 | 35800 | 0.4525 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 40 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20400 | 23200 | 0.1207 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 40 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.1896 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 42 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20500 | 39200 | 0.4773 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 43 | University of Wyoming | 20600 | 27900 | 0.264 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 44 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1898 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 45 | Southern Virginia University | 20900 | 46700 | 0.5524 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9642 | |
| 46 | Louisiana Tech University | 21200 | 26100 | 0.1879 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 47 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 21300 | 48900 | 0.564 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 48 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 49 | Washington State University | 23600 | 38700 | 0.3897 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 50 | Bradley University | 24100 | 50800 | 0.5255 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 51 | Miami University-Oxford | 24200 | 27500 | 0.1202 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 52 | Abilene Christian University | 24300 | 59000 | 0.5877 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 53 | Temple University | 24700 | 36100 | 0.316 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 54 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25300 | 38400 | 0.3415 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 55 | Seattle Pacific University | 25600 | 70000 | 0.6343 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 56 | Rockford University | 25800 | 59600 | 0.5673 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 57 | Westminster College | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5504 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 58 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26300 | 36800 | 0.2855 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 59 | University of Mount Union | 26400 | 50900 | 0.4812 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 60 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.079 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 26700 | 48100 | 0.4452 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9806 | |
| 62 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 45200 | 0.4067 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 63 | Kansas State University | 26900 | 30400 | 0.1176 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 64 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27100 | 37700 | 0.2814 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 65 | California State University-San Bernardino | 27200 | 39100 | 0.3042 | 15,365 | 990 | 0.9374 | |
| 66 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6653 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 67 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.1323 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 68 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28300 | 46000 | 0.3849 | 3,424 | 1209 | 0.7887 | |
| 69 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.3398 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 70 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2152 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 71 | Montclair State University | 29200 | 36300 | 0.1957 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 71 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 37000 | 0.2106 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 73 | Sonoma State University | 29300 | 41200 | 0.2888 | 5,272 | 1050 | 0.9343 | |
| 74 | Rivier University | 29600 | 65700 | 0.5494 | 1,252 | 1120 | 0.8259 | |
| 75 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 76 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30300 | 39200 | 0.2273 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 77 | George Mason University | 30600 | 35700 | 0.1427 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 78 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 78 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30900 | 45000 | 0.3121 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 80 | Lamar University | 31000 | 38300 | 0.1907 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 81 | Lesley University | 31400 | 53600 | 0.4142 | 1,229 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 81 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3347 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 83 | Baylor University | 31900 | 70300 | 0.546 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 84 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32100 | 34400 | 0.0662 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 85 | Samford University | 32500 | 64600 | 0.497 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 86 | University of Rhode Island | 32700 | 44300 | 0.2616 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 87 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32800 | 44700 | 0.2661 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 88 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 89 | University of Central Missouri | 33600 | 35800 | 0.0636 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 90 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33700 | 41000 | 0.1782 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 91 | Hope International University | 34100 | 60500 | 0.4366 | 564 | 1027 | 0.3298 | |
| 92 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 93 | Texas Tech University | 35500 | 38900 | 0.0874 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 94 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37300 | 66300 | 0.4375 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 95 | Southern Nazarene University | 38000 | 48400 | 0.2144 | 1,456 | 0 | 0 | |
| 96 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38400 | 53100 | 0.2767 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 97 | Oakwood University | 38500 | 43300 | 0.1105 | 1,177 | 1005 | 0.4522 | |
| 98 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40300 | 50000 | 0.1942 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 98 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 40300 | 42500 | 0.0518 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 100 | Anderson University | 42300 | 53600 | 0.2108 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 101 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 43300 | 57500 | 0.2469 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8378 | |
| 102 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4477 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 103 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.0668 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 103 | University of California-San Diego | 45800 | 74600 | 0.3858 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 105 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0543 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 106 | University of Georgia | 48600 | 51600 | 0.0581 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 107 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 108 | Binghamton University | 50500 | 52800 | 0.0432 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 109 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0425 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 110 | Howard University | 54900 | 66500 | 0.1745 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 111 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 56300 | 0.0089 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 112 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 56900 | 59200 | 0.0385 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 114 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60300 | 64100 | 0.0592 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 115 | Berea College | 68800 | 69000 | 0.0029 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.