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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 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 6900 | 41500 | 0.8333 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 3 | California State University-East Bay | 8800 | 45100 | 0.8053 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 4 | Kentucky State University | 9500 | 27400 | 0.6532 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 5 | Berea College | 9700 | 69400 | 0.8603 | 1,529 | 1209 | 0.1567 | |
| 6 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7362 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 10300 | 51400 | 0.7996 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 8 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 10500 | 32800 | 0.6795 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 9 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10600 | 27300 | 0.6128 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 10 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11100 | 31400 | 0.6466 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 11 | Louisiana Tech University | 12000 | 42900 | 0.7202 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 12 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 26500 | 0.5202 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 13 | University of Houston | 13000 | 21800 | 0.4036 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 14 | University of Georgia | 13300 | 27200 | 0.5103 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 16 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 17 | California State University-San Marcos | 14000 | 38300 | 0.6343 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 17 | Texas Woman's University | 14000 | 23200 | 0.3959 | 9,962 | 1010 | 0.9658 | |
| 17 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14000 | 31000 | 0.549 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 20 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14200 | 32700 | 0.5655 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 21 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14600 | 50100 | 0.7083 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 21 | Sonoma State University | 14600 | 41200 | 0.6457 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 23 | Texas State University | 14700 | 26100 | 0.4367 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 24 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 14900 | 26000 | 0.4264 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 25 | Greensboro College | 15600 | 38300 | 0.5921 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 26 | Morgan State University | 15800 | 30700 | 0.4849 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 27 | Alcorn State University | 15900 | 22200 | 0.2832 | 2,469 | 905 | 0.3675 | |
| 28 | Indiana State University | 16000 | 32400 | 0.5064 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 29 | Georgia Southern University | 16300 | 20100 | 0.1886 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 30 | Montclair State University | 16800 | 36000 | 0.5339 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 30 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.433 | 52,187 | 0 | 1 | |
| 32 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16900 | 33900 | 0.5013 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 33 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17500 | 44000 | 0.6019 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 34 | Columbia College | 18200 | 60700 | 0.6996 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 34 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 34 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 18200 | 48900 | 0.6274 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 37 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 38 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18700 | 54000 | 0.6534 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 39 | Stephens College | 18800 | 70100 | 0.7317 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7709 | |
| 40 | Connecticut College | 19000 | 93000 | 0.7954 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 41 | SUNY Oneonta | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3344 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 42 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19700 | 40200 | 0.5101 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 42 | University of Rhode Island | 19700 | 47400 | 0.5845 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 44 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19900 | 45100 | 0.559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 45 | Stockton University | 20000 | 45800 | 0.5635 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 46 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 47 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 48 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20400 | 39200 | 0.4798 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 49 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 50 | North Dakota State University | 20600 | 25700 | 0.2008 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 50 | Washington State University | 20600 | 35900 | 0.4276 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 52 | Southern Virginia University | 20800 | 53200 | 0.6095 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9659 | |
| 53 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22100 | 34200 | 0.3541 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 54 | Florida State University | 22200 | 23000 | 0.0348 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 54 | Rockford University | 22200 | 80500 | 0.7241 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 56 | The University of Alabama | 22400 | 33400 | 0.3292 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 57 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 57 | Seattle Pacific University | 22500 | 98900 | 0.7728 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 59 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 23000 | 44800 | 0.4862 | 3,604 | 1069 | 0.9761 | |
| 60 | Lamar University | 23200 | 37700 | 0.3844 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 61 | University of North Texas | 23600 | 26100 | 0.0957 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23800 | 47900 | 0.5027 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 63 | Abilene Christian University | 24300 | 58800 | 0.5869 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 64 | Kent State University at Kent | 24900 | 28400 | 0.1253 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 65 | Westminster College | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5538 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 25900 | 49600 | 0.4775 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 67 | University of Arkansas | 26000 | 28500 | 0.0899 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 68 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1818 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 69 | University of Mount Union | 27000 | 56300 | 0.5211 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 70 | California State University-Long Beach | 27100 | 38800 | 0.3015 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 70 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 72 | University of Central Oklahoma | 27200 | 33800 | 0.1951 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 73 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 55500 | 0.4737 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 74 | Towson University | 29500 | 30100 | 0.02 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 75 | Mississippi State University | 29900 | 34400 | 0.1326 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 76 | George Mason University | 30500 | 35700 | 0.1455 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 77 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30600 | 45000 | 0.3185 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 78 | Houston Christian University | 30700 | 60500 | 0.4928 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 78 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 80 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31100 | 47100 | 0.3408 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 81 | Southern Nazarene University | 31800 | 48400 | 0.3442 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 82 | Anderson University | 32300 | 54700 | 0.4098 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 82 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32300 | 43900 | 0.2643 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 84 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 84 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32500 | 35000 | 0.0732 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 86 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32800 | 44700 | 0.2661 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 87 | Baylor University | 33500 | 70400 | 0.5244 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 88 | Bridgewater College | 33900 | 42500 | 0.2018 | 1,412 | 1115 | 0.903 | |
| 89 | Samford University | 34500 | 93800 | 0.6323 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 89 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 91 | University of Nevada-Reno | 34700 | 45800 | 0.2425 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 92 | Bradley University | 35200 | 60300 | 0.4164 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 92 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35200 | 35200 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 94 | Temple University | 35600 | 57200 | 0.3774 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 95 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 35700 | 39700 | 0.1008 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 96 | Hope International University | 38000 | 58600 | 0.351 | 649 | 995 | 0.6253 | |
| 97 | Oakwood University | 38200 | 43300 | 0.117 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 98 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 99 | University of Wyoming | 39700 | 45300 | 0.1229 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 100 | University of Maine | 40100 | 42800 | 0.0631 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 101 | University of Arizona | 42500 | 48600 | 0.1254 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 102 | Lesley University | 42600 | 57500 | 0.2592 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 103 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 104 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0923 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 105 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2766 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 106 | Illinois State University | 45500 | 49100 | 0.0726 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 107 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 108 | University of California-San Diego | 48500 | 79600 | 0.3906 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 109 | Binghamton University | 50300 | 52800 | 0.0486 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 110 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 111 | Howard University | 54900 | 88500 | 0.3798 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 112 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63600 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 113 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 114 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60800 | 63600 | 0.044 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.