Recent Articles
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 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 3 | Indiana State University | 11100 | 25900 | 0.5723 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11600 | 22900 | 0.4943 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 5 | Lamar University | 12200 | 22900 | 0.4667 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 6 | California State University-San Bernardino | 12800 | 30800 | 0.5851 | 15,365 | 990 | 0.9374 | |
| 7 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 7 | University of Houston | 13400 | 22000 | 0.3902 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 9 | University of Georgia | 13500 | 26600 | 0.4925 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 11 | University of Idaho | 13900 | 25800 | 0.462 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 12 | Northern Illinois University | 14000 | 30400 | 0.54 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 12 | Texas Woman's University | 14000 | 23200 | 0.3959 | 10,039 | 1035 | 0.9612 | |
| 14 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14300 | 29600 | 0.5176 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 15 | California State University-San Marcos | 14500 | 24700 | 0.4137 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 16 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4478 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 17 | Texas State University | 14800 | 25500 | 0.4199 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 18 | Kentucky State University | 14900 | 28900 | 0.4841 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 19 | California State University-East Bay | 15400 | 30100 | 0.4891 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 20 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 21 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3949 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 22 | Alcorn State University | 15900 | 25900 | 0.3861 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 22 | California State University-Long Beach | 15900 | 25800 | 0.3838 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 22 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15900 | 38400 | 0.5856 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 25 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16200 | 40600 | 0.6004 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 26 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16300 | 31000 | 0.4735 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 27 | Georgia Southern University | 16500 | 20100 | 0.1787 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 28 | Connecticut College | 16700 | 95300 | 0.8244 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 29 | Greensboro College | 17300 | 37800 | 0.5422 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 30 | Houston Christian University | 17600 | 56800 | 0.6901 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 31 | Benedict College | 18100 | 33000 | 0.4511 | 1,628 | 915 | 0.957 | |
| 31 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 33 | Towson University | 18400 | 29900 | 0.3843 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 34 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 34 | Stephens College | 18800 | 49900 | 0.6235 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7722 | |
| 36 | University of Rhode Island | 18900 | 33900 | 0.4426 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 37 | Columbia College | 19400 | 35800 | 0.4581 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 37 | University of Arizona | 19400 | 30900 | 0.3728 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 39 | Gallaudet University | 19500 | 44600 | 0.5627 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 40 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20400 | 39200 | 0.4798 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 41 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20600 | 23200 | 0.1121 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 42 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2594 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 43 | Southern Virginia University | 20800 | 46700 | 0.5545 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9642 | |
| 44 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1847 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 45 | Louisiana Tech University | 21100 | 25300 | 0.1661 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 45 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 21100 | 48900 | 0.5681 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 47 | Florida State University | 22500 | 22900 | 0.0174 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 47 | The University of Alabama | 22500 | 31000 | 0.274 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 47 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 22500 | 35300 | 0.3631 | 52,187 | 0 | 0 | |
| 50 | Illinois State University | 23200 | 36400 | 0.3628 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 51 | Bradley University | 24000 | 50800 | 0.5275 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 52 | Abilene Christian University | 24300 | 59000 | 0.5877 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 53 | Seattle Pacific University | 25400 | 70000 | 0.6371 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 25600 | 37500 | 0.3177 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 54 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1097 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 54 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.0776 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 57 | Rockford University | 25800 | 59600 | 0.5673 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 58 | Westminster College | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5486 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 59 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 60 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26200 | 36800 | 0.2882 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26400 | 41500 | 0.3636 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 62 | University of Mount Union | 26500 | 50900 | 0.4799 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 63 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 26600 | 48100 | 0.4473 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9806 | |
| 64 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 65 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 66 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28400 | 46000 | 0.3828 | 3,424 | 1209 | 0.7887 | |
| 67 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3368 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 68 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2143 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 68 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0984 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 70 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29100 | 34000 | 0.144 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 71 | Sonoma State University | 29200 | 41200 | 0.2913 | 5,272 | 1050 | 0.9343 | |
| 71 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 73 | Morgan State University | 29500 | 41900 | 0.2962 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 74 | Rivier University | 29600 | 65700 | 0.5494 | 1,252 | 1120 | 0.8259 | |
| 75 | Southern Utah University | 29800 | 40800 | 0.2697 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 76 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 77 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30100 | 39200 | 0.2324 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 78 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3092 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 79 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.332 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 80 | Baylor University | 31900 | 70300 | 0.546 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 81 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32000 | 40900 | 0.2176 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 82 | Samford University | 32400 | 64600 | 0.4986 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 83 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 84 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32800 | 44700 | 0.2661 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 85 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32900 | 40200 | 0.1817 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 85 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32900 | 35000 | 0.0614 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 87 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 88 | University of Central Missouri | 33700 | 35800 | 0.06 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 89 | Hope International University | 34100 | 60500 | 0.4366 | 564 | 1027 | 0.3298 | |
| 90 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4788 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 91 | Temple University | 35600 | 56400 | 0.3689 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 92 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 93 | Lesley University | 36500 | 54700 | 0.3329 | 1,229 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 94 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37100 | 66300 | 0.4405 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 95 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 96 | Southern Nazarene University | 38200 | 48400 | 0.2117 | 1,456 | 0 | 0 | |
| 96 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38200 | 38700 | 0.0129 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 96 | Washington State University | 38200 | 53900 | 0.2906 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 99 | Oakwood University | 38600 | 43300 | 0.1074 | 1,177 | 1005 | 0.4522 | |
| 100 | University of Maine | 39700 | 45200 | 0.1218 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 101 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 40100 | 53600 | 0.252 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 102 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40200 | 50000 | 0.1962 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 102 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 40200 | 42500 | 0.0542 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 102 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40200 | 44100 | 0.0885 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 105 | SUNY Oneonta | 41700 | 41700 | 0 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 106 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46600 | 0.0987 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 107 | Anderson University | 42300 | 53600 | 0.2108 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 108 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 109 | University of California-San Diego | 45600 | 76000 | 0.3999 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 110 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0517 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 111 | Binghamton University | 50700 | 52800 | 0.0407 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 112 | George Mason University | 53700 | 61000 | 0.1197 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 113 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57000 | 59200 | 0.0363 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 114 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 115 | Howard University | 60000 | 66500 | 0.0978 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 116 | Berea College | 69000 | 69000 | 0 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 | |
| 117 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.