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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 | 3900 | 20300 | 0.8091 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 2 | Berea College | 8200 | 102900 | 0.9199 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 | |
| 3 | Kentucky State University | 9700 | 17400 | 0.4413 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 4 | Cornell University | 10300 | 92000 | 0.8877 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 5 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 10500 | 34300 | 0.6935 | 36,970 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 6 | Southern Utah University | 11500 | 21100 | 0.4542 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 7 | Bacone College | 12200 | 36800 | 0.6686 | 106 | 875 | 0.545 | |
| 8 | Brigham Young University | 12400 | 29000 | 0.572 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12700 | 37100 | 0.6572 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 10 | Indiana State University | 13100 | 25900 | 0.495 | 6,118 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 11 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,613 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 12 | Louisiana Tech University | 13600 | 24900 | 0.4531 | 11,058 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas at Austin | 13600 | 30700 | 0.5567 | 43,718 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,256 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 15 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 29300 | 0.5255 | 11,339 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 15 | Texas Woman's University | 13900 | 23200 | 0.4006 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 17 | University of Idaho | 14000 | 26400 | 0.4694 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 18 | Kansas State University | 14100 | 26100 | 0.4578 | 15,649 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 18 | Texas Tech University | 14100 | 27000 | 0.4776 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 20 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14300 | 26500 | 0.4616 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 21 | California State University-Long Beach | 15200 | 25800 | 0.4109 | 36,021 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 21 | California State University-San Bernardino | 15200 | 25200 | 0.3969 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 23 | Alcorn State University | 15800 | 24400 | 0.3528 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 24 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16100 | 30700 | 0.4759 | 6,875 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 25 | California State University-East Bay | 17500 | 29700 | 0.4113 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 26 | Georgia Southern University | 17700 | 23800 | 0.2567 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 27 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 17800 | 32100 | 0.4461 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 28 | Benedict College | 18700 | 38300 | 0.5123 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 29 | Gallaudet University | 19100 | 44200 | 0.5673 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 30 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 19600 | 24500 | 0.1996 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 31 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 47500 | 0.5799 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 32 | George Mason University | 20200 | 33500 | 0.3971 | 28,292 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 33 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21500 | 35400 | 0.3932 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 34 | Bradley University | 21700 | 50900 | 0.5737 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 35 | Houston Christian University | 22000 | 56800 | 0.6126 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 36 | Columbia College | 22200 | 36800 | 0.3973 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 37 | Florida State University | 22600 | 25000 | 0.0962 | 32,709 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 38 | Eastern Kentucky University | 23100 | 38000 | 0.3917 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 39 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,955 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 40 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24100 | 37400 | 0.3553 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 41 | Southern Virginia University | 24200 | 38200 | 0.3667 | 967 | 1070 | 0.9973 | |
| 41 | Stephens College | 24200 | 58600 | 0.5866 | 354 | 1185 | 0.9185 | |
| 43 | South Dakota State University | 24300 | 25300 | 0.0396 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 44 | Rockford University | 24600 | 60300 | 0.5918 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 45 | Binghamton University | 25000 | 32000 | 0.2206 | 14,665 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 46 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 25200 | 42200 | 0.4028 | 12,222 | 1194 | 0.8296 | |
| 47 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25600 | 36500 | 0.2983 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 48 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 25900 | 48900 | 0.47 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 49 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 26100 | 38200 | 0.3167 | 2,339 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 50 | University of Arizona | 26200 | 35200 | 0.2555 | 43,817 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 51 | Lamar University | 26300 | 37700 | 0.3021 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 52 | University of Arkansas | 26400 | 30800 | 0.1415 | 28,855 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 53 | University of Mount Union | 26500 | 50900 | 0.4799 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 26600 | 35600 | 0.2526 | 1,214 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 55 | Iowa State University | 26900 | 41500 | 0.3518 | 25,261 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27000 | 41900 | 0.3555 | 43,729 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 57 | University of North Texas | 27200 | 37400 | 0.2729 | 37,529 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 58 | Seattle Pacific University | 27300 | 62600 | 0.564 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 58 | Southern Wesleyan University | 27300 | 43500 | 0.3718 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 60 | California State University-San Marcos | 27700 | 38400 | 0.2784 | 14,933 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 60 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 65900 | 0.5793 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 60 | Southern Nazarene University | 27700 | 42900 | 0.3553 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 63 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 64 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28000 | 45700 | 0.3874 | 3,361 | 1160 | 0.7887 | |
| 65 | Connecticut College | 28600 | 83300 | 0.657 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 66 | Westminster College | 29600 | 57500 | 0.4849 | 1,092 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 67 | Sonoma State University | 29900 | 40200 | 0.2564 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 68 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 69 | Oregon State University | 30400 | 35000 | 0.1313 | 31,146 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 69 | University of Houston | 30400 | 35200 | 0.1365 | 42,050 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 71 | University of Rhode Island | 30900 | 44800 | 0.3104 | 14,296 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 72 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31300 | 38300 | 0.1825 | 5,515 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 73 | Samford University | 31400 | 65200 | 0.5183 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 74 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 31500 | 33700 | 0.064 | 6,120 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 75 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 31900 | 39200 | 0.1865 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 76 | Lesley University | 32000 | 53600 | 0.403 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 77 | Oklahoma Christian University | 32200 | 43100 | 0.253 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 78 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 32400 | 44100 | 0.2652 | 578 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 78 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32400 | 34700 | 0.0662 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 80 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 70,898 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 81 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32900 | 44700 | 0.2639 | 2,978 | 1222 | 0.7223 | |
| 82 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 83 | Anderson University | 33700 | 52400 | 0.3568 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 84 | Hope International University | 34000 | 56700 | 0.4006 | 554 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 85 | Nova Southeastern University | 34100 | 56300 | 0.3941 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 86 | Baylor University | 34700 | 70800 | 0.5096 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 87 | University of Nevada-Reno | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 18,487 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 88 | University of Maine | 35400 | 35400 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 89 | Abilene Christian University | 35500 | 60700 | 0.4148 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 89 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35500 | 43500 | 0.184 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 91 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2805 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 92 | Warner Pacific University | 36400 | 41600 | 0.124 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
| 93 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 62000 | 0.4049 | 30,962 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 94 | University of Central Oklahoma | 37300 | 38500 | 0.0312 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 95 | Illinois State University | 37800 | 45900 | 0.1775 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 95 | University of Connecticut | 37800 | 40900 | 0.0758 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 97 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 98 | University of California-San Diego | 39800 | 61100 | 0.3487 | 34,808 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 99 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,356 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 100 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 101 | SUNY Oneonta | 40400 | 45300 | 0.1081 | 4,671 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 102 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 3,988 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 103 | Temple University | 40700 | 56100 | 0.2744 | 20,786 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 103 | University of Vermont | 40700 | 64100 | 0.3644 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 105 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 40900 | 59200 | 0.3099 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 106 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41700 | 52100 | 0.1996 | 49,382 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 107 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 108 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43200 | 46200 | 0.0661 | 41,678 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 109 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43300 | 50300 | 0.1392 | 33,626 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 110 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 111 | Montclair State University | 46200 | 46600 | 0.0086 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 112 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 35,413 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 113 | Washington State University | 50500 | 53900 | 0.0623 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 114 | Howard University | 58400 | 61600 | 0.052 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 115 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 31,082 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.