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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 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 2 | California State University-East Bay | 8900 | 45100 | 0.803 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 3 | Kentucky State University | 9500 | 27400 | 0.6532 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 4 | Berea College | 9700 | 69400 | 0.8603 | 1,529 | 1209 | 0.1567 | |
| 5 | Indiana State University | 9900 | 25900 | 0.6187 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10800 | 27300 | 0.6054 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 6 | Southern Utah University | 10800 | 51400 | 0.7898 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 8 | University of California-San Diego | 11400 | 41600 | 0.7264 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 9 | Louisiana Tech University | 12200 | 42900 | 0.7155 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 10 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 12900 | 19400 | 0.3351 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 11 | University of Houston | 13100 | 21800 | 0.399 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 13 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 14 | Texas Woman's University | 14100 | 23200 | 0.3916 | 9,962 | 1010 | 0.9658 | |
| 15 | California State University-San Marcos | 14200 | 38300 | 0.6291 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 16 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14300 | 32700 | 0.5625 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 17 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14700 | 50100 | 0.7063 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 17 | Sonoma State University | 14700 | 41200 | 0.6432 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 19 | Texas State University | 14800 | 26700 | 0.445 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 20 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15000 | 26000 | 0.4226 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 20 | University of Maine | 15000 | 29300 | 0.4883 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 22 | University of North Texas | 15700 | 26100 | 0.3982 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 23 | Greensboro College | 15800 | 38300 | 0.5869 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 24 | Alcorn State University | 16000 | 22200 | 0.2787 | 2,469 | 905 | 0.3675 | |
| 25 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 16100 | 89500 | 0.8198 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8379 | |
| 26 | Georgia Southern University | 16500 | 49700 | 0.6682 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 27 | California State University-Long Beach | 16600 | 25800 | 0.3567 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 28 | Montclair State University | 17000 | 36000 | 0.5284 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 29 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17100 | 33900 | 0.4954 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 30 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17400 | 44100 | 0.6057 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 31 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17600 | 44000 | 0.5996 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 32 | Columbia College | 18300 | 60700 | 0.698 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 32 | University of Rhode Island | 18300 | 33900 | 0.4603 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 34 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 18500 | 48900 | 0.6212 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 35 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 36 | Connecticut College | 19000 | 93000 | 0.7954 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 36 | Stephens College | 19000 | 70100 | 0.7288 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7709 | |
| 38 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 39 | SUNY Oneonta | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3344 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 40 | Stockton University | 19600 | 32100 | 0.3892 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 41 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19700 | 40200 | 0.5101 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 42 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19900 | 45100 | 0.559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 43 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 44 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 44 | University of Wyoming | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2742 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 46 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20500 | 39200 | 0.4773 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 47 | Washington State University | 20600 | 35900 | 0.4276 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 48 | Southern Virginia University | 20900 | 53200 | 0.6076 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9659 | |
| 49 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21700 | 25900 | 0.1598 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 50 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22200 | 34200 | 0.3512 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 50 | Florida State University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 52 | Rockford University | 22300 | 80500 | 0.7228 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 52 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 22300 | 42500 | 0.4753 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 54 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 54 | The University of Alabama | 22500 | 33400 | 0.3262 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 56 | Seattle Pacific University | 22700 | 98900 | 0.7708 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 57 | Illinois State University | 22800 | 36400 | 0.3742 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 58 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 23100 | 44800 | 0.484 | 3,604 | 1069 | 0.9761 | |
| 59 | Lamar University | 23300 | 37700 | 0.3818 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23900 | 47900 | 0.5006 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 61 | Abilene Christian University | 24500 | 58800 | 0.5835 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 62 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25300 | 39400 | 0.358 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 63 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 63 | Westminster College | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5538 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 65 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26000 | 49600 | 0.4755 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26200 | 40600 | 0.3546 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 67 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1812 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 68 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 44700 | 0.4042 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 69 | University of Mount Union | 27000 | 56300 | 0.5211 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 70 | North Dakota State University | 27400 | 30400 | 0.0976 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 70 | University of Central Oklahoma | 27400 | 33800 | 0.1892 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 72 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2171 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 73 | George Mason University | 30600 | 35700 | 0.1427 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 73 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30600 | 45000 | 0.3185 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 75 | Houston Christian University | 30700 | 60500 | 0.4928 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 75 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 77 | Kent State University at Kent | 30900 | 37500 | 0.1751 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 78 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31100 | 47100 | 0.3408 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 79 | Lesley University | 31200 | 53600 | 0.4179 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 80 | Southern Nazarene University | 31800 | 48400 | 0.3442 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 81 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31900 | 54400 | 0.4135 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 82 | Anderson University | 32200 | 54700 | 0.4116 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 83 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 84 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 85 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32800 | 44700 | 0.2661 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 86 | Baylor University | 33500 | 70400 | 0.5244 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 87 | Bridgewater College | 33900 | 42500 | 0.2018 | 1,412 | 1115 | 0.903 | |
| 88 | University of Vermont | 34300 | 66300 | 0.4821 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 89 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 90 | Samford University | 34600 | 93800 | 0.6312 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 91 | University of Nevada-Reno | 34700 | 45800 | 0.2425 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 92 | Bradley University | 35300 | 60300 | 0.4147 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 93 | Temple University | 35500 | 57200 | 0.3791 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 93 | Texas Tech University | 35500 | 41000 | 0.1342 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 95 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 35800 | 39700 | 0.0983 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 96 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36000 | 54000 | 0.3334 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 97 | University of Connecticut | 36900 | 70600 | 0.4776 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 98 | Hope International University | 38000 | 58600 | 0.351 | 649 | 995 | 0.6253 | |
| 99 | Oakwood University | 38200 | 43300 | 0.117 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 100 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 101 | University of Arizona | 42500 | 48600 | 0.1254 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 102 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 103 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0923 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 104 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 105 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 49900 | 64400 | 0.2251 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 106 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 107 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 108 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 109 | Howard University | 55000 | 88500 | 0.3787 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 110 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 111 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60800 | 63600 | 0.044 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 112 | University of California-Davis | 68200 | 69900 | 0.0243 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.