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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 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 37800 | 0.732 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 2 | Cornell University | 10300 | 92000 | 0.8877 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 3 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10600 | 22900 | 0.5381 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 10800 | 29000 | 0.6272 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 5 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11000 | 34300 | 0.6789 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 6 | University of California-San Diego | 11800 | 34000 | 0.6524 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 7 | Utah State University | 11900 | 20300 | 0.412 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 8 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12100 | 30700 | 0.6055 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 9 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12200 | 29900 | 0.5919 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 10 | Bacone College | 12400 | 36800 | 0.6632 | 106 | 875 | 0.545 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12600 | 37100 | 0.6599 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 13 | Indiana State University | 13400 | 25900 | 0.4834 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 14 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13600 | 19400 | 0.299 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 15 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 24900 | 0.4491 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 16 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 27000 | 0.4813 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 17 | Northern Illinois University | 14200 | 29300 | 0.5163 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 17 | University of Idaho | 14200 | 26400 | 0.4618 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 19 | California State University-San Marcos | 15100 | 24700 | 0.3894 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 20 | California State University-San Bernardino | 15400 | 25200 | 0.3889 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 21 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15800 | 28800 | 0.4512 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 22 | Alcorn State University | 15900 | 24400 | 0.3487 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 23 | Lamar University | 16000 | 22900 | 0.3009 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 24 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16300 | 30700 | 0.4694 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 25 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 26 | California State University-East Bay | 17700 | 29700 | 0.4045 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 26 | University of Rhode Island | 17700 | 34400 | 0.4852 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 28 | University of Maine | 17800 | 29000 | 0.3866 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 29 | 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 | Benedict College | 18800 | 38300 | 0.5097 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 32 | Texas State University | 18900 | 28900 | 0.3455 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 33 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3402 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 34 | Gallaudet University | 19100 | 44200 | 0.5673 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 34 | Kentucky State University | 19100 | 27600 | 0.3085 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 36 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19500 | 28200 | 0.3085 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 37 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 38 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20500 | 30000 | 0.3172 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 39 | North Dakota State University | 20900 | 25700 | 0.1868 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 40 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 41 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21400 | 35400 | 0.396 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 42 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21800 | 25400 | 0.1427 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 43 | Houston Christian University | 22000 | 56800 | 0.6126 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 44 | Bradley University | 22100 | 50900 | 0.5658 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 45 | Columbia College | 22500 | 36800 | 0.3891 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 46 | Florida State University | 22600 | 25000 | 0.0962 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 47 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 48 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 49 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23700 | 24500 | 0.0326 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 50 | Southern Virginia University | 24300 | 38200 | 0.3641 | 967 | 1070 | 0.9973 | |
| 51 | Stephens College | 24600 | 58600 | 0.5798 | 354 | 1185 | 0.9185 | |
| 52 | Temple University | 24700 | 36300 | 0.3198 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 53 | Rockford University | 24800 | 60300 | 0.5885 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 54 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 25400 | 42200 | 0.3981 | 12,234 | 1194 | 0.8296 | |
| 55 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 56 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 56 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25700 | 36500 | 0.2955 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 58 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26200 | 48900 | 0.4639 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 59 | Texas Woman's University | 26300 | 41300 | 0.3632 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 60 | University of Arizona | 26400 | 35200 | 0.2498 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 60 | University of Mount Union | 26400 | 50900 | 0.4805 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 62 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26700 | 0.0075 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 63 | University of Arkansas | 26700 | 30800 | 0.1334 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 64 | Southern Utah University | 27300 | 35600 | 0.2329 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 65 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 65 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27400 | 41900 | 0.346 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 67 | University of North Texas | 27500 | 37400 | 0.2649 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 68 | Seattle Pacific University | 27600 | 62600 | 0.5592 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 69 | California State University-Long Beach | 27900 | 38400 | 0.2738 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 70 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28100 | 45700 | 0.3852 | 3,361 | 1160 | 0.7887 | |
| 71 | Mitchell College | 28200 | 65900 | 0.5717 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 72 | Connecticut College | 28400 | 83300 | 0.6595 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 73 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3381 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 74 | Westminster College | 29500 | 57500 | 0.4866 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 75 | University of Connecticut | 29600 | 33200 | 0.1086 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 76 | Sonoma State University | 30100 | 40200 | 0.2514 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 77 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30500 | 46200 | 0.34 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 78 | University of Houston | 30800 | 35200 | 0.1251 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 79 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31000 | 45000 | 0.3105 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 80 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 81 | Samford University | 31700 | 65200 | 0.5137 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 82 | Lesley University | 32000 | 53600 | 0.403 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 83 | Southern Nazarene University | 32100 | 48400 | 0.3367 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 83 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32100 | 44800 | 0.2835 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 85 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 34700 | 0.0691 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 32700 | 44100 | 0.2584 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 87 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32800 | 44700 | 0.2662 | 2,978 | 1222 | 0.7223 | |
| 87 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 33500 | 40900 | 0.1811 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 90 | Anderson University | 33600 | 52400 | 0.3588 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 91 | Hope International University | 34100 | 56700 | 0.3989 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 92 | Nova Southeastern University | 34200 | 56300 | 0.3923 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 93 | Baylor University | 34700 | 70800 | 0.5096 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 94 | Abilene Christian University | 35700 | 60700 | 0.4115 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 95 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 96 | Warner Pacific University | 36400 | 41600 | 0.1252 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
| 97 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37300 | 62000 | 0.3985 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 98 | University of Central Oklahoma | 37500 | 38500 | 0.026 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 99 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 100 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 101 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 102 | SUNY Oneonta | 40400 | 45300 | 0.1081 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 103 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 104 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 41300 | 45200 | 0.0863 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 105 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42300 | 52100 | 0.1881 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 106 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 107 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 108 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2748 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 109 | Illinois State University | 45100 | 47300 | 0.0466 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 110 | Montclair State University | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 111 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 112 | George Mason University | 49200 | 49200 | 0 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 113 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57000 | 59200 | 0.0372 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 114 | Howard University | 58400 | 61600 | 0.052 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 115 | Berea College | 70100 | 70100 | 0 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.