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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 | Southern Utah University | 10200 | 22200 | 0.5416 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 2 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11700 | 22900 | 0.49 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 5 | Texas Woman's University | 12000 | 28200 | 0.5745 | 10,039 | 1035 | 0.9612 | |
| 5 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 7 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13000 | 19400 | 0.33 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 8 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 9 | University of Georgia | 13600 | 26600 | 0.4887 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 11 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 12 | University of Idaho | 14000 | 25800 | 0.4582 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 13 | Northern Illinois University | 14100 | 30400 | 0.5354 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 14 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14300 | 37400 | 0.6171 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 15 | Kentucky State University | 15000 | 28900 | 0.4806 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 15 | Texas State University | 15000 | 25500 | 0.412 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 17 | California State University-East Bay | 15500 | 30100 | 0.4857 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 18 | University of North Texas | 15700 | 26100 | 0.3991 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 19 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3949 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 20 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15900 | 38400 | 0.5856 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 21 | Alcorn State University | 16000 | 25900 | 0.3822 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 21 | California State University-Long Beach | 16000 | 25800 | 0.3799 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 23 | Connecticut College | 16700 | 95300 | 0.8244 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 24 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17100 | 43500 | 0.6064 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 25 | Greensboro College | 17500 | 37800 | 0.537 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 26 | Houston Christian University | 17600 | 56800 | 0.6901 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 27 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 28 | Benedict College | 18200 | 33000 | 0.4481 | 1,628 | 915 | 0.957 | |
| 28 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 30 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 31 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 31 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 18800 | 31400 | 0.4013 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 31 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18800 | 31000 | 0.394 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 34 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18900 | 22700 | 0.1674 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 35 | Stephens College | 19000 | 49900 | 0.6195 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7722 | |
| 36 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19100 | 28200 | 0.3224 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 37 | Columbia College | 19600 | 35800 | 0.4525 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 37 | Gallaudet University | 19600 | 44600 | 0.5604 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 39 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1732 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 40 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20500 | 39200 | 0.4773 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 41 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20600 | 23200 | 0.1121 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 42 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2594 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 43 | Southern Virginia University | 20900 | 46700 | 0.5524 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9642 | |
| 44 | Louisiana Tech University | 21200 | 26100 | 0.1879 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 45 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 21300 | 48900 | 0.564 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 46 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22300 | 25900 | 0.1373 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 47 | Florida State University | 22600 | 32400 | 0.3029 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 48 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 23600 | 43300 | 0.4555 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8378 | |
| 49 | Indiana State University | 23900 | 32400 | 0.2625 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 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 | Seattle Pacific University | 25600 | 70000 | 0.6343 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 54 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1097 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 56 | Rockford University | 25800 | 59600 | 0.5673 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 57 | Westminster College | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5486 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 58 | Southern University at New Orleans | 26200 | 42300 | 0.3804 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 59 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26300 | 36800 | 0.2855 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 60 | University of Mount Union | 26500 | 50900 | 0.4799 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 61 | Georgia Southern University | 26600 | 26800 | 0.0075 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26600 | 41500 | 0.3588 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 61 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.078 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 64 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 26700 | 48100 | 0.4452 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9806 | |
| 65 | California State University-San Bernardino | 27200 | 39100 | 0.3042 | 15,365 | 990 | 0.9374 | |
| 65 | University of Arizona | 27200 | 38100 | 0.2862 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 67 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 68 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.084 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 69 | California State University-San Marcos | 28000 | 38300 | 0.2689 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 70 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28400 | 46000 | 0.3828 | 3,424 | 1209 | 0.7887 | |
| 71 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0984 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 72 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 73 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29300 | 34000 | 0.1381 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 73 | Sonoma State University | 29300 | 41200 | 0.2888 | 5,272 | 1050 | 0.9343 | |
| 75 | Rivier University | 29700 | 65700 | 0.5479 | 1,252 | 1120 | 0.8259 | |
| 76 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 77 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30300 | 39200 | 0.2273 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 78 | Lamar University | 31000 | 38300 | 0.1907 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 79 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3092 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 80 | Lesley University | 31500 | 53600 | 0.4124 | 1,229 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 80 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.332 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 82 | Baylor University | 31900 | 70300 | 0.546 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32100 | 40900 | 0.2151 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 84 | Samford University | 32500 | 64600 | 0.497 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 85 | University of Rhode Island | 32700 | 44300 | 0.2616 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 86 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32800 | 44700 | 0.2661 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 87 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32900 | 40200 | 0.1817 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 88 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 89 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33700 | 41000 | 0.178 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 89 | University of Central Missouri | 33700 | 35800 | 0.06 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 91 | Hope International University | 34100 | 60500 | 0.4366 | 564 | 1027 | 0.3298 | |
| 92 | Texas Tech University | 35500 | 38900 | 0.0874 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 93 | University of Maine | 35800 | 35800 | 0 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 94 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 95 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37300 | 66300 | 0.4375 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 96 | Southern Nazarene University | 38200 | 48400 | 0.2117 | 1,456 | 0 | 0 | |
| 96 | Washington State University | 38200 | 53900 | 0.2906 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 98 | Oakwood University | 38600 | 43300 | 0.1074 | 1,177 | 1005 | 0.4522 | |
| 98 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53100 | 0.2729 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 100 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 40400 | 53600 | 0.2464 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 101 | SUNY Oneonta | 41700 | 41700 | 0 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 102 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46600 | 0.0987 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 103 | Anderson University | 42300 | 53600 | 0.2108 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 104 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 105 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2746 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 106 | University of California-San Diego | 45800 | 76000 | 0.3973 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 107 | Illinois State University | 45900 | 49100 | 0.0642 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 108 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0517 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 109 | Binghamton University | 50700 | 52800 | 0.0407 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 110 | George Mason University | 53700 | 61000 | 0.1197 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 111 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 56500 | 0.0124 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 112 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57000 | 59200 | 0.0363 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 113 | Howard University | 60000 | 66500 | 0.0978 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 114 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60400 | 64100 | 0.0577 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 115 | Berea College | 69000 | 69000 | 0 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.