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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 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 2 | Kentucky State University | 9200 | 29700 | 0.6913 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 3 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 4 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11600 | 41800 | 0.7223 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 5 | Southern Utah University | 11800 | 44000 | 0.7314 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 6 | Indiana State University | 11900 | 25900 | 0.5414 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 7 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12500 | 54500 | 0.7706 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 8 | University of Houston | 13100 | 23100 | 0.433 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 9 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4825 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 10 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13400 | 25700 | 0.478 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 12 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14000 | 46000 | 0.6953 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 14 | Louisiana Tech University | 14500 | 36900 | 0.6069 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 14 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.455 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 14 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 17 | Northern Illinois University | 14600 | 30700 | 0.5246 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 18 | California State University-San Bernardino | 15100 | 43900 | 0.6566 | 15,365 | 990 | 0.9374 | |
| 18 | California State University-San Marcos | 15100 | 24700 | 0.3894 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 20 | Florida State University | 15500 | 22900 | 0.3227 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 20 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 22 | California State University-Long Beach | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3954 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 23 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15700 | 42600 | 0.6317 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 23 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 25 | Alcorn State University | 15800 | 23700 | 0.3333 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 26 | Lamar University | 16000 | 22900 | 0.3009 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 27 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16300 | 23200 | 0.2974 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 28 | Sonoma State University | 16600 | 26700 | 0.3783 | 5,272 | 1050 | 0.9343 | |
| 29 | Connecticut College | 16700 | 115500 | 0.8551 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 29 | University of Maine | 16700 | 29300 | 0.4303 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 31 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4345 | 52,187 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17000 | 34000 | 0.4996 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 32 | University of Rhode Island | 17000 | 33900 | 0.4986 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 34 | Greensboro College | 17200 | 37800 | 0.5449 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 35 | California State University-East Bay | 17600 | 45100 | 0.61 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 35 | University of Arkansas | 17600 | 27700 | 0.3641 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 37 | Houston Christian University | 17800 | 56800 | 0.6866 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 37 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 17800 | 48000 | 0.6287 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 39 | Georgia Southern University | 17900 | 23800 | 0.2483 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 39 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 37200 | 0.5189 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 41 | Southern University at New Orleans | 18000 | 34200 | 0.4735 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 42 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18200 | 42800 | 0.5741 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 43 | Texas Woman's University | 18300 | 28200 | 0.3511 | 10,039 | 1035 | 0.9612 | |
| 43 | University of Arizona | 18300 | 30900 | 0.4084 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 43 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 46 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18500 | 27700 | 0.332 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 47 | Benedict College | 18600 | 41100 | 0.548 | 1,628 | 915 | 0.957 | |
| 48 | Eastern Kentucky University | 19300 | 34400 | 0.4384 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 49 | Gallaudet University | 19800 | 44900 | 0.5592 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 50 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1708 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 51 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 52 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 34400 | 0.404 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 52 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 20500 | 42500 | 0.5182 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 54 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 54 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2572 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 56 | Rockford University | 21500 | 68200 | 0.6851 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 57 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21900 | 59900 | 0.6343 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 58 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22000 | 25400 | 0.1363 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 59 | Columbia College | 22400 | 39700 | 0.4363 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 59 | Stephens College | 22400 | 60900 | 0.6318 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7722 | |
| 61 | SUNY Oneonta | 23300 | 49300 | 0.5279 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 62 | Bradley University | 23500 | 50800 | 0.5373 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 63 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3848 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 64 | Southern Virginia University | 23900 | 46000 | 0.4804 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9642 | |
| 65 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 24100 | 48900 | 0.5068 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 66 | Miami University-Oxford | 24500 | 28400 | 0.1372 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 67 | Temple University | 24600 | 36400 | 0.3244 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 68 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 24900 | 42700 | 0.417 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 25300 | 47400 | 0.4665 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9806 | |
| 70 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1076 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 71 | University of North Texas | 25700 | 25700 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 72 | Seattle Pacific University | 25800 | 77000 | 0.6653 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 73 | Westminster College | 26100 | 57600 | 0.5469 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 74 | Rivier University | 26200 | 73300 | 0.6423 | 1,252 | 1120 | 0.8259 | |
| 75 | University of Mount Union | 26500 | 50900 | 0.4792 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 76 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27000 | 47900 | 0.436 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 76 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 78 | North Dakota State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.082 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 78 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6642 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 78 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 81 | Mississippi State University | 28300 | 32300 | 0.1265 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 82 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28500 | 46000 | 0.3806 | 3,424 | 1209 | 0.7887 | |
| 83 | Kansas State University | 28900 | 41600 | 0.305 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 84 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 85 | Samford University | 30400 | 78000 | 0.6099 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 86 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3079 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 86 | The University of Alabama | 31100 | 56500 | 0.4499 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 88 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31600 | 47100 | 0.3307 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 89 | Baylor University | 31900 | 70300 | 0.5462 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 90 | Liberty University | 32300 | 44300 | 0.2709 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 91 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32800 | 44700 | 0.2661 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 92 | Anderson University | 33300 | 52500 | 0.3659 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 93 | Hope International University | 33900 | 69600 | 0.5129 | 564 | 1027 | 0.3298 | |
| 94 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 95 | Lesley University | 37100 | 54700 | 0.3219 | 1,229 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 96 | Towson University | 37300 | 46400 | 0.1962 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 97 | University of Connecticut | 37400 | 43900 | 0.1482 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 98 | Abilene Christian University | 37500 | 60700 | 0.3819 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 99 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 100 | Southern Nazarene University | 38200 | 48400 | 0.2104 | 1,456 | 0 | 0 | |
| 101 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 102 | Oakwood University | 38700 | 43300 | 0.1061 | 1,177 | 1005 | 0.4522 | |
| 103 | Montclair State University | 42100 | 46200 | 0.0888 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 104 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42700 | 57700 | 0.2598 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 105 | University of Georgia | 43100 | 48800 | 0.1171 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 106 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4466 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 107 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2743 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 108 | Illinois State University | 45200 | 47300 | 0.0442 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 109 | University of California-San Diego | 49000 | 74200 | 0.3395 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 110 | Binghamton University | 50700 | 52800 | 0.0396 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 111 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0389 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 112 | George Mason University | 53800 | 61000 | 0.1181 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 113 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0353 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 114 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 115 | Howard University | 58400 | 76900 | 0.2405 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 116 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60400 | 64100 | 0.0577 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 117 | Berea College | 69000 | 69000 | 0 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.