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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 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 2 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 3 | Indiana State University | 11100 | 25900 | 0.5723 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11600 | 22900 | 0.4943 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 5 | Texas Woman's University | 11800 | 28200 | 0.5816 | 9,962 | 1010 | 0.9658 | |
| 6 | University of Houston | 12000 | 22000 | 0.4537 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 7 | Lamar University | 12200 | 22900 | 0.4667 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 9 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 12900 | 19400 | 0.3351 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 10 | University of Georgia | 13500 | 26600 | 0.4925 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 11 | Northern Illinois University | 14000 | 30400 | 0.5401 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 11 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14000 | 37400 | 0.6251 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 13 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4515 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 14 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14600 | 31600 | 0.5386 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 15 | Kentucky State University | 14900 | 28900 | 0.4841 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 16 | Florida State University | 15500 | 22900 | 0.3228 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 17 | University of North Texas | 15600 | 26100 | 0.403 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 17 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 15600 | 26800 | 0.4183 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 19 | Alcorn State University | 15900 | 25900 | 0.3861 | 2,469 | 905 | 0.3675 | |
| 19 | California State University-Long Beach | 15900 | 25800 | 0.3838 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 21 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16200 | 40600 | 0.6004 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 22 | Georgia Southern University | 16500 | 20100 | 0.1787 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 23 | Morgan State University | 16800 | 28500 | 0.4104 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 24 | Houston Christian University | 17000 | 56800 | 0.7007 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 25 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 26 | Greensboro College | 17300 | 37800 | 0.5422 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 27 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18000 | 28600 | 0.3704 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 28 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 29 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 30 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18700 | 31000 | 0.3972 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 31 | Stephens College | 18800 | 49900 | 0.6235 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7709 | |
| 31 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18800 | 22700 | 0.1718 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 33 | University of Rhode Island | 18900 | 33900 | 0.4426 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 34 | Connecticut College | 19300 | 95300 | 0.7971 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 35 | Columbia College | 19400 | 35800 | 0.4581 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 36 | SUNY Oneonta | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3344 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 37 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20400 | 23200 | 0.1207 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 38 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 20600 | 48900 | 0.5783 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 39 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 39 | Southern Virginia University | 20800 | 46700 | 0.5545 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9659 | |
| 41 | Louisiana Tech University | 21000 | 25300 | 0.1701 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 42 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 43 | Bradley University | 21500 | 50800 | 0.5767 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 44 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 45 | The University of Alabama | 22500 | 31000 | 0.274 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 45 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 22500 | 35300 | 0.3628 | 52,187 | 0 | 1 | |
| 47 | Abilene Christian University | 23500 | 59000 | 0.6013 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 48 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 38100 | 0.3597 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 49 | Temple University | 24600 | 36100 | 0.3188 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 50 | Seattle Pacific University | 25300 | 70000 | 0.6386 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 51 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 51 | Texas State University | 25400 | 25500 | 0.0039 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 51 | University of Arkansas | 25400 | 27700 | 0.0826 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 54 | Rockford University | 25700 | 59600 | 0.569 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 55 | Westminster College | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5521 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 56 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26100 | 36800 | 0.2909 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 57 | Kansas State University | 26700 | 30400 | 0.1217 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 57 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27000 | 37700 | 0.2841 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 60 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 60 | University of Mount Union | 27100 | 56300 | 0.5183 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 62 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 63 | California State University-San Bernardino | 27600 | 39100 | 0.294 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 63 | California State University-San Marcos | 27600 | 38300 | 0.2793 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 65 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28000 | 46000 | 0.3915 | 3,604 | 1069 | 0.9761 | |
| 66 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 67 | California State University-East Bay | 29000 | 45100 | 0.3572 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 68 | Sonoma State University | 29200 | 41200 | 0.2913 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 68 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 70 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 29400 | 48100 | 0.3891 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 71 | Southern Utah University | 29800 | 40800 | 0.2697 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 72 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 73 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30200 | 39200 | 0.2299 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 74 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30900 | 45000 | 0.3123 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 75 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 76 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3349 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 77 | Southern Nazarene University | 32000 | 48400 | 0.3385 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 78 | Samford University | 32400 | 64600 | 0.4986 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 79 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32600 | 40200 | 0.1891 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 80 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32700 | 35000 | 0.0654 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 81 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32800 | 44700 | 0.2661 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 82 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 83 | Baylor University | 33500 | 70300 | 0.5233 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 84 | Bridgewater College | 34200 | 42500 | 0.1953 | 1,412 | 1115 | 0.903 | |
| 85 | Stockton University | 34400 | 44500 | 0.2271 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 86 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 87 | Lesley University | 36500 | 54700 | 0.3329 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 88 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37100 | 66300 | 0.4405 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 89 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 45800 | 0.1857 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 90 | Hope International University | 38300 | 58600 | 0.3463 | 649 | 995 | 0.6253 | |
| 91 | Oakwood University | 38500 | 43300 | 0.1107 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 92 | University of Maine | 39300 | 45200 | 0.1306 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 93 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 39400 | 42500 | 0.073 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 94 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 95 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 40300 | 53600 | 0.2483 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 96 | Montclair State University | 41400 | 46600 | 0.1116 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 97 | Anderson University | 42300 | 53600 | 0.2108 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 98 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42700 | 56200 | 0.2403 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 99 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 100 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 101 | Towson University | 45100 | 46400 | 0.028 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 102 | University of California-San Diego | 45700 | 77200 | 0.4081 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 103 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.067 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 104 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 105 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 106 | Binghamton University | 50500 | 52800 | 0.0433 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 107 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 108 | George Mason University | 53500 | 61000 | 0.123 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 109 | Howard University | 54900 | 66500 | 0.1745 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 110 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 111 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 112 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60700 | 64100 | 0.053 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 113 | University of California-Davis | 68500 | 69800 | 0.0186 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 114 | Berea College | 68900 | 69000 | 0.0014 | 1,529 | 1209 | 0.1567 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.