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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 Maryland.
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 Maryland.
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 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 2 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 3 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 4 | Texas Woman's University | 11800 | 28200 | 0.5816 | 9,962 | 1010 | 0.9658 | |
| 5 | University of Houston | 12000 | 22000 | 0.4537 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 6 | Lamar University | 12200 | 22900 | 0.4667 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 7 | California State University-San Bernardino | 12800 | 30800 | 0.5851 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 8 | University of Arizona | 12900 | 30900 | 0.5835 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 10 | Northern Illinois University | 14000 | 30400 | 0.5401 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 11 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14300 | 29600 | 0.5176 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 12 | California State University-San Marcos | 14400 | 24700 | 0.4178 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 12 | Sonoma State University | 14400 | 26700 | 0.4607 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 14 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14600 | 31600 | 0.5386 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 15 | Texas State University | 14800 | 25500 | 0.4199 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 16 | Kentucky State University | 14900 | 28900 | 0.4841 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 17 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 18 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 19 | Alcorn State University | 15900 | 25900 | 0.3861 | 2,469 | 905 | 0.3675 | |
| 19 | California State University-Long Beach | 15900 | 25800 | 0.3838 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 21 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16200 | 40600 | 0.6004 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 22 | University of Maine | 16300 | 29300 | 0.4439 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 23 | Georgia Southern University | 16500 | 20100 | 0.1787 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 24 | Morgan State University | 16800 | 28500 | 0.4104 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 24 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4338 | 52,187 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 | Houston Christian University | 17000 | 56800 | 0.7007 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 27 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 28 | Greensboro College | 17300 | 37800 | 0.5422 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 29 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18000 | 28600 | 0.3704 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 30 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3465 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 30 | Towson University | 18100 | 29900 | 0.3943 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 32 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 33 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 18700 | 31400 | 0.4045 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 34 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 34 | Stephens College | 18800 | 49900 | 0.6235 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7709 | |
| 36 | University of Rhode Island | 18900 | 33900 | 0.4426 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 37 | Connecticut College | 19300 | 95300 | 0.7971 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 38 | Columbia College | 19400 | 35800 | 0.4581 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 39 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 40 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20400 | 23200 | 0.1207 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 40 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20400 | 39200 | 0.4798 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 42 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 43 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 20600 | 48900 | 0.5783 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 44 | Southern Virginia University | 20800 | 46700 | 0.5545 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9659 | |
| 45 | Louisiana Tech University | 21000 | 25300 | 0.1701 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 46 | Bradley University | 21500 | 50800 | 0.5767 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 47 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22100 | 25900 | 0.1449 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 48 | Florida State University | 22400 | 22900 | 0.0218 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 49 | The University of Alabama | 22500 | 31000 | 0.274 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 50 | Abilene Christian University | 23500 | 59000 | 0.6013 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 50 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23500 | 34400 | 0.3168 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 52 | Indiana State University | 23800 | 32400 | 0.2655 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 53 | Eastern Kentucky University | 24600 | 38400 | 0.3597 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 54 | Seattle Pacific University | 25300 | 70000 | 0.6386 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 55 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 55 | University of Arkansas | 25400 | 27700 | 0.0826 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 57 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 57 | Rockford University | 25700 | 59600 | 0.569 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 59 | Westminster College | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5521 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 60 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26400 | 41500 | 0.3636 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 62 | University of Georgia | 26600 | 48600 | 0.4523 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 63 | Kansas State University | 26700 | 30400 | 0.1217 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 63 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 65 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 65 | University of Mount Union | 27100 | 56300 | 0.5183 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 67 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 68 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0886 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 69 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28000 | 46000 | 0.3915 | 3,604 | 1069 | 0.9761 | |
| 70 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 28500 | 39700 | 0.2822 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 71 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 72 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 73 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2153 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 74 | California State University-East Bay | 29000 | 45100 | 0.3572 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 75 | Montclair State University | 29100 | 36300 | 0.1985 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 76 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 29400 | 48100 | 0.3891 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 77 | Southern Utah University | 29800 | 40800 | 0.2697 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 78 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30200 | 39200 | 0.2299 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 79 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30900 | 45000 | 0.3123 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 80 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 81 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3349 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32000 | 40900 | 0.2176 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 82 | Southern Nazarene University | 32000 | 48400 | 0.3385 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 84 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 85 | Samford University | 32400 | 64600 | 0.4986 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 86 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32800 | 44700 | 0.2661 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 87 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 88 | Baylor University | 33500 | 70300 | 0.5233 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 89 | Bridgewater College | 34200 | 42500 | 0.1953 | 1,412 | 1115 | 0.903 | |
| 90 | Stockton University | 34400 | 44500 | 0.2271 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 90 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 34400 | 38700 | 0.1112 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 92 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 93 | Temple University | 35900 | 56400 | 0.3636 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 94 | Lesley University | 36500 | 54700 | 0.3329 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 95 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37100 | 66300 | 0.4405 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 96 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3062 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 97 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 45800 | 0.1857 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 98 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 99 | Hope International University | 38300 | 58600 | 0.3463 | 649 | 995 | 0.6253 | |
| 100 | Oakwood University | 38500 | 43300 | 0.1107 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 101 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 102 | SUNY Oneonta | 39400 | 41700 | 0.0551 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 103 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 104 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40200 | 44100 | 0.0885 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 105 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 40300 | 53600 | 0.2483 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 106 | Anderson University | 42300 | 53600 | 0.2108 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 107 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 108 | University of California-San Diego | 45700 | 77200 | 0.4081 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 109 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.067 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 110 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 111 | George Mason University | 53500 | 61000 | 0.123 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 112 | Howard University | 54900 | 66500 | 0.1745 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60700 | 64100 | 0.053 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 114 | Berea College | 68900 | 69000 | 0.0014 | 1,529 | 1209 | 0.1567 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.