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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 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 2 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 3 | Kentucky State University | 10100 | 17400 | 0.4184 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 4 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11600 | 25700 | 0.548 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 5 | Texas Woman's University | 11900 | 28200 | 0.5781 | 9,962 | 1010 | 0.9658 | |
| 6 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 7 | Lamar University | 12300 | 22900 | 0.4623 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 9 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 26500 | 0.5202 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 10 | California State University-San Bernardino | 12800 | 30800 | 0.5851 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 11 | University of Arizona | 12900 | 30900 | 0.5835 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 12 | University of Georgia | 13600 | 26600 | 0.4887 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 13 | Northern Illinois University | 14100 | 30400 | 0.5355 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 14 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14200 | 37400 | 0.6197 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 15 | Texas State University | 15000 | 25500 | 0.412 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 16 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 17 | University of North Texas | 15700 | 26100 | 0.3991 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 18 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 19 | Alcorn State University | 16000 | 25900 | 0.3822 | 2,469 | 905 | 0.3675 | |
| 19 | California State University-Long Beach | 16000 | 25800 | 0.3799 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 21 | Houston Christian University | 17000 | 56800 | 0.7007 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 22 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 23 | Greensboro College | 17500 | 37800 | 0.537 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 24 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17600 | 43500 | 0.5949 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 25 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18000 | 28600 | 0.3704 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 26 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3465 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 27 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18700 | 31000 | 0.3972 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 28 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 29 | Stephens College | 19000 | 49900 | 0.6195 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7709 | |
| 29 | University of Rhode Island | 19000 | 33900 | 0.4396 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 31 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19100 | 28200 | 0.3224 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 32 | Connecticut College | 19200 | 95300 | 0.7982 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 33 | SUNY Oneonta | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3344 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 34 | Columbia College | 19600 | 35800 | 0.4525 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 35 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 36 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20400 | 23200 | 0.1207 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 37 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 38 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 20800 | 48900 | 0.5742 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 38 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 40 | Southern Virginia University | 20900 | 46700 | 0.5524 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9659 | |
| 41 | Louisiana Tech University | 21200 | 26100 | 0.1879 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 42 | Bradley University | 21600 | 50800 | 0.5747 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 43 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32400 | 0.3091 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 44 | Illinois State University | 23100 | 36400 | 0.3667 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 45 | Abilene Christian University | 23500 | 59000 | 0.6013 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 46 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23600 | 34400 | 0.3139 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 47 | Indiana State University | 24000 | 32400 | 0.2594 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 48 | Eastern Kentucky University | 24700 | 38400 | 0.3571 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 49 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 50 | Seattle Pacific University | 25500 | 70000 | 0.6357 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 51 | Rockford University | 25800 | 59600 | 0.5673 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 51 | Westminster College | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5521 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 53 | Georgia Southern University | 26400 | 26800 | 0.015 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26600 | 41500 | 0.3588 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 54 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.0793 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 56 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 57 | Kansas State University | 26900 | 30400 | 0.1175 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27100 | 37700 | 0.2814 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 58 | University of Mount Union | 27100 | 56300 | 0.5183 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 60 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 61 | California State University-San Marcos | 27800 | 38300 | 0.2741 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 62 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28000 | 46000 | 0.3915 | 3,604 | 1069 | 0.9761 | |
| 63 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 28700 | 39700 | 0.2772 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 63 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 65 | California State University-East Bay | 29200 | 45100 | 0.3527 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 66 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29300 | 34000 | 0.1381 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 66 | Sonoma State University | 29300 | 41200 | 0.2888 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 29500 | 48100 | 0.387 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 69 | Southern Utah University | 29800 | 40800 | 0.2697 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 70 | George Mason University | 30600 | 35700 | 0.1427 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 71 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30900 | 45000 | 0.3123 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 72 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 73 | Lesley University | 31400 | 53600 | 0.4142 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 73 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3349 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 75 | Southern Nazarene University | 32000 | 48400 | 0.3385 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 76 | Samford University | 32500 | 64600 | 0.497 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 77 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32700 | 35000 | 0.0654 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 78 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32800 | 44700 | 0.2661 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 79 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 80 | Baylor University | 33500 | 70300 | 0.5233 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 81 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33700 | 41000 | 0.1784 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 82 | Bridgewater College | 34200 | 42500 | 0.1953 | 1,412 | 1115 | 0.903 | |
| 83 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 84 | Stockton University | 34600 | 44500 | 0.2226 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 84 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 34600 | 38700 | 0.106 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 86 | Texas Tech University | 35500 | 38900 | 0.0874 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 87 | University of Maine | 35800 | 35800 | 0 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 88 | Temple University | 35900 | 56400 | 0.3636 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 89 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53100 | 0.3162 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 90 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 49700 | 0.2534 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 91 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37300 | 66300 | 0.4375 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 92 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 93 | Hope International University | 38300 | 58600 | 0.3463 | 649 | 995 | 0.6253 | |
| 94 | Oakwood University | 38500 | 43300 | 0.1107 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 95 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 96 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 39500 | 42500 | 0.0707 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 97 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 39700 | 50000 | 0.2062 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 98 | Montclair State University | 41500 | 46600 | 0.1095 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 99 | Anderson University | 42300 | 53600 | 0.2108 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 100 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 56200 | 0.2421 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 101 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 43200 | 89500 | 0.5171 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8379 | |
| 102 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 103 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 104 | University of California-San Diego | 45800 | 77200 | 0.4068 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 105 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 106 | Binghamton University | 50500 | 52800 | 0.0433 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 107 | Howard University | 54900 | 66500 | 0.1745 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 108 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 58500 | 0.0478 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 109 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 110 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60700 | 64100 | 0.053 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 111 | University of California-Davis | 68500 | 69800 | 0.0186 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 112 | Berea College | 68800 | 69000 | 0.0029 | 1,529 | 1209 | 0.1567 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.