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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 | Cornell University | 10400 | 92000 | 0.8866 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 2 | University of California-San Diego | 11300 | 34000 | 0.6671 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 3 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11600 | 34300 | 0.6614 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 4 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 5 | Bacone College | 12300 | 36800 | 0.6659 | 106 | 875 | 0.545 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 7 | Brigham Young University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5686 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12500 | 37100 | 0.6626 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 9 | Utah State University | 13000 | 30000 | 0.5659 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 10 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 11 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 24800 | 0.4482 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 12 | Northern Illinois University | 14000 | 29300 | 0.5216 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 12 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 26800 | 0.4772 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 14 | University of Idaho | 14100 | 26400 | 0.4656 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 15 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 15000 | 25700 | 0.4158 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 16 | Florida State University | 15400 | 23100 | 0.3332 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 17 | California State University-San Marcos | 15500 | 24700 | 0.3732 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 18 | Alcorn State University | 15900 | 24400 | 0.3487 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 19 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16200 | 28800 | 0.4373 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 20 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16600 | 30700 | 0.4596 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 21 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4345 | 50,793 | 0 | 0.7633 | |
| 22 | Sonoma State University | 17000 | 26700 | 0.3633 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 23 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 24 | University of Arkansas | 17400 | 27700 | 0.3708 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 25 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1260 | 0.7333 | |
| 26 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27500 | 0.3235 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 26 | SUNY Oneonta | 18600 | 29300 | 0.3652 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 28 | Benedict College | 18800 | 38300 | 0.5097 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 29 | Kentucky State University | 18900 | 27600 | 0.3158 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 30 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3402 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 31 | Gallaudet University | 19200 | 44200 | 0.565 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 31 | Towson University | 19200 | 30000 | 0.3596 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 31 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19200 | 28200 | 0.3192 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 34 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5856 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 35 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1701 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 36 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20200 | 38100 | 0.4693 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 37 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20600 | 30000 | 0.3138 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 38 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1818 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 39 | University of Georgia | 21300 | 27100 | 0.2113 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 40 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21500 | 35400 | 0.3932 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 41 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 21600 | 33000 | 0.3451 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 42 | Bradley University | 21900 | 50900 | 0.5697 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 43 | Houston Christian University | 22100 | 56800 | 0.6109 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 44 | Columbia College | 22300 | 36800 | 0.3946 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 45 | Eastern Kentucky University | 23200 | 38000 | 0.389 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 46 | Georgia Southern University | 23500 | 23800 | 0.0126 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 47 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23600 | 24500 | 0.0367 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 47 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 47 | University of Houston | 23600 | 23600 | 0 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 50 | Southern Virginia University | 24200 | 38200 | 0.3667 | 967 | 1070 | 0.9973 | |
| 51 | Stephens College | 24400 | 58600 | 0.5832 | 354 | 1185 | 0.9185 | |
| 52 | Rockford University | 24700 | 60300 | 0.5901 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 53 | University of North Texas | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 54 | Indiana State University | 25600 | 30900 | 0.1717 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 54 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1071 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 56 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26000 | 36500 | 0.2873 | 14,783 | 1140 | 0.8096 | |
| 56 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26000 | 48900 | 0.468 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 58 | Texas Woman's University | 26100 | 41300 | 0.3681 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 59 | University of Arizona | 26300 | 35200 | 0.2526 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 60 | California State University-San Bernardino | 26400 | 38000 | 0.305 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 60 | Lamar University | 26400 | 37700 | 0.2994 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 62 | University of Mount Union | 26500 | 50900 | 0.4791 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 63 | Southern Utah University | 27300 | 35600 | 0.2329 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 64 | Seattle Pacific University | 27400 | 62600 | 0.5624 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 65 | California State University-Long Beach | 27800 | 38400 | 0.2764 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 66 | Mitchell College | 27900 | 65900 | 0.5763 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 66 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 27900 | 31400 | 0.1115 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 68 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28100 | 45700 | 0.3852 | 3,361 | 1160 | 0.7887 | |
| 69 | Connecticut College | 28700 | 83300 | 0.6558 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 70 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2138 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 71 | California State University-East Bay | 29400 | 43000 | 0.316 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 72 | Westminster College | 29600 | 57500 | 0.4849 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 73 | The University of Alabama | 29900 | 29900 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 74 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 75 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30600 | 46200 | 0.3372 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 76 | University of Rhode Island | 31000 | 46700 | 0.3362 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 77 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3076 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 78 | Samford University | 31600 | 65200 | 0.5153 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 78 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 31600 | 33700 | 0.0617 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 80 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32000 | 39200 | 0.1839 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 81 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32100 | 44800 | 0.2835 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 82 | Southern Nazarene University | 32200 | 48400 | 0.334 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 83 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 34700 | 0.0633 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 84 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32800 | 44700 | 0.2662 | 2,978 | 1222 | 0.7223 | |
| 84 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 86 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 33600 | 40900 | 0.1786 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 88 | Anderson University | 33700 | 52400 | 0.3568 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 89 | Hope International University | 34000 | 56700 | 0.4006 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 90 | Nova Southeastern University | 34100 | 56300 | 0.3941 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 91 | University of Vermont | 34600 | 66300 | 0.4782 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 92 | Baylor University | 34700 | 70800 | 0.5096 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 93 | Abilene Christian University | 35600 | 60700 | 0.4132 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 94 | University of Maine | 35900 | 45100 | 0.204 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 95 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2789 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 96 | Warner Pacific University | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1221 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
| 97 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37100 | 62000 | 0.4017 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 98 | University of Central Oklahoma | 37400 | 38500 | 0.0286 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 99 | Lesley University | 37600 | 54600 | 0.3112 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 100 | University of Connecticut | 37800 | 41800 | 0.0957 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 101 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 102 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 102 | Washington State University | 38600 | 53900 | 0.2835 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 104 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 105 | Temple University | 40700 | 56100 | 0.2744 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 106 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 41200 | 45200 | 0.0886 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 107 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42200 | 55100 | 0.2343 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 108 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4464 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 109 | Illinois State University | 45200 | 47300 | 0.0439 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 110 | Montclair State University | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 111 | George Mason University | 49200 | 49200 | 0 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 112 | Binghamton University | 50000 | 52100 | 0.0398 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 113 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0351 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 114 | Howard University | 58400 | 61600 | 0.052 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 115 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 116 | 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.