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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 | Utah State University | 4700 | 21700 | 0.7832 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 28600 | 0.7176 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 3 | Kentucky State University | 9400 | 29700 | 0.6845 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 4 | University of California-San Diego | 11000 | 42500 | 0.741 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 5 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 6 | Indiana State University | 11900 | 25900 | 0.5414 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 7 | Bacone College | 12300 | 36800 | 0.666 | 106 | 875 | 0.545 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 12300 | 44000 | 0.72 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 9 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12500 | 54500 | 0.7706 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 10 | Louisiana Tech University | 12800 | 36900 | 0.653 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 11 | University of Houston | 13100 | 23100 | 0.433 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 12 | University of Idaho | 13200 | 25800 | 0.4876 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 13 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 14 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4786 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 31700 | 0.5674 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 16 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 30700 | 0.5486 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 17 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14000 | 46000 | 0.6953 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 18 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 19 | California State University-San Marcos | 14600 | 38300 | 0.6186 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 20 | University of North Texas | 14700 | 25700 | 0.4286 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 21 | California State University-San Bernardino | 15100 | 43900 | 0.6566 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 22 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15700 | 42500 | 0.6307 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 23 | Alcorn State University | 15800 | 23700 | 0.3333 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 24 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 25 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16200 | 42600 | 0.62 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 26 | Lamar University | 16900 | 41900 | 0.5966 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 27 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17000 | 34000 | 0.4996 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 27 | University of Rhode Island | 17000 | 33900 | 0.4986 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 29 | Houston Christian University | 17300 | 56800 | 0.6954 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 30 | University of Arkansas | 17600 | 27700 | 0.3646 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 31 | Georgia Southern University | 17900 | 23800 | 0.2483 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 32 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18200 | 42800 | 0.5741 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 33 | SUNY Oneonta | 18300 | 29300 | 0.3754 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 34 | Texas Woman's University | 18400 | 44600 | 0.5877 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 35 | California State University-East Bay | 18500 | 30100 | 0.3859 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 36 | Benedict College | 18700 | 41100 | 0.5456 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 36 | Eastern Kentucky University | 18700 | 34400 | 0.4558 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 38 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19100 | 26900 | 0.2898 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 39 | Connecticut College | 19300 | 115500 | 0.8326 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 39 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19300 | 27700 | 0.3034 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 41 | Gallaudet University | 19400 | 44900 | 0.5681 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 41 | Texas Tech University | 19400 | 27900 | 0.305 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 41 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 44 | Towson University | 19700 | 30000 | 0.3429 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 45 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 46 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1755 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 47 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 20100 | 31400 | 0.3599 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 48 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 49 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20400 | 40200 | 0.4927 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 50 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 34400 | 0.404 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 50 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 50 | South Dakota State University | 20500 | 25200 | 0.1866 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 53 | North Dakota State University | 20900 | 25700 | 0.1868 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 53 | University of Central Oklahoma | 20900 | 22700 | 0.0793 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 55 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 21000 | 50000 | 0.5797 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 56 | Bradley University | 21100 | 50800 | 0.5846 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 57 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21200 | 42700 | 0.5036 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 58 | Illinois State University | 21500 | 35200 | 0.3907 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 59 | Rockford University | 21700 | 68200 | 0.6822 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 60 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21900 | 59900 | 0.6343 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 21900 | 45300 | 0.5161 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 62 | Columbia College | 22400 | 39700 | 0.4363 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 63 | Florida State University | 22500 | 22900 | 0.0174 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 63 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 22500 | 35300 | 0.3631 | 50,793 | 0 | 0.7633 | |
| 65 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 66 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 23600 | 48900 | 0.517 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 67 | Southern Virginia University | 23900 | 46000 | 0.4804 | 967 | 1070 | 0.9973 | |
| 68 | Stephens College | 24400 | 60900 | 0.5989 | 354 | 1185 | 0.9185 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 25300 | 47400 | 0.4665 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 69 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 71 | Seattle Pacific University | 25800 | 77000 | 0.6653 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 72 | University of Mount Union | 26400 | 50900 | 0.4805 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27000 | 47900 | 0.436 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 74 | University of Arizona | 27200 | 38500 | 0.2932 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 75 | Mitchell College | 28000 | 75200 | 0.628 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 76 | Westminster College | 29400 | 57600 | 0.4896 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 77 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29500 | 42400 | 0.3041 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 78 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 79 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 30400 | 46000 | 0.3393 | 3,361 | 1160 | 0.7887 | |
| 79 | Samford University | 30400 | 78000 | 0.6099 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 81 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30500 | 46200 | 0.34 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 82 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31000 | 45000 | 0.3105 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 82 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 56300 | 0.4494 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 84 | Liberty University | 32000 | 60900 | 0.4748 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 85 | Southern Nazarene University | 32100 | 48400 | 0.3367 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 86 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32200 | 34400 | 0.064 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 87 | Nova Southeastern University | 32500 | 56300 | 0.4225 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 88 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32800 | 44700 | 0.2661 | 2,978 | 1222 | 0.7223 | |
| 89 | Anderson University | 33300 | 52500 | 0.3659 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 89 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 91 | Sonoma State University | 33500 | 41200 | 0.1869 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 92 | Hope International University | 34000 | 69600 | 0.5114 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 93 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4793 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 94 | Baylor University | 34700 | 70300 | 0.5063 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 95 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 96 | Abilene Christian University | 35600 | 60700 | 0.4132 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 97 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 98 | Warner Pacific University | 36400 | 41600 | 0.1252 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
| 99 | California State University-Long Beach | 37200 | 38600 | 0.0363 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 100 | Lesley University | 37700 | 54700 | 0.3109 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 100 | University of Connecticut | 37700 | 43900 | 0.1414 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 102 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 103 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 104 | Temple University | 40700 | 55300 | 0.2642 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 105 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46200 | 0.091 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 106 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42800 | 53700 | 0.2029 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 107 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 107 | University of Georgia | 43000 | 48700 | 0.1174 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 109 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 110 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2748 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 111 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 112 | Binghamton University | 50600 | 52800 | 0.0417 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 113 | George Mason University | 53700 | 61000 | 0.1197 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 114 | Howard University | 58400 | 76900 | 0.2405 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 115 | Berea College | 69000 | 69000 | 0 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 | |
| 116 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.