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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 Connecticut | 0 | 33200 | 1 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 2 | Utah State University | 3900 | 20300 | 0.8091 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 3 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 37800 | 0.732 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 4 | Cornell University | 10700 | 92000 | 0.8834 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 5 | Kentucky State University | 10800 | 17400 | 0.3782 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 7 | Bacone College | 12300 | 36800 | 0.6659 | 106 | 875 | 0.545 | |
| 8 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12400 | 29900 | 0.5852 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12500 | 37100 | 0.6626 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 10 | University of California-San Diego | 12600 | 34000 | 0.6289 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 11 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13200 | 25700 | 0.4863 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 11 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 13 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 24800 | 0.4482 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 15 | Northern Illinois University | 14000 | 29300 | 0.5221 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 15 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 26800 | 0.4772 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 17 | University of Idaho | 14100 | 26400 | 0.4656 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 18 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.454 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 19 | Texas Woman's University | 14700 | 23200 | 0.3661 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 20 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 15600 | 25700 | 0.3925 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 21 | Alcorn State University | 15800 | 24400 | 0.3528 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 21 | Florida State University | 15800 | 23100 | 0.3159 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 23 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16800 | 30700 | 0.4531 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 24 | California State University-East Bay | 18200 | 29700 | 0.3877 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 24 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 26 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 27 | Benedict College | 18800 | 38300 | 0.5097 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 28 | Gallaudet University | 18900 | 44200 | 0.5718 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 28 | Houston Christian University | 18900 | 56800 | 0.6672 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 30 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3395 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 31 | Brigham Young University | 19100 | 29000 | 0.3411 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 32 | Davis & Elkins College | 20200 | 47500 | 0.5742 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 33 | North Dakota State University | 21200 | 25700 | 0.1744 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 34 | University of Georgia | 21300 | 27100 | 0.2113 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 35 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21700 | 24800 | 0.1281 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 36 | Bradley University | 21900 | 50900 | 0.5697 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 37 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22100 | 34400 | 0.3575 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 38 | Columbia College | 22300 | 36800 | 0.3946 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 39 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 22500 | 35300 | 0.3631 | 50,793 | 0 | 0.7633 | |
| 40 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 41 | Eastern Kentucky University | 23200 | 38000 | 0.389 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 42 | Georgia Southern University | 23600 | 23800 | 0.0084 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 42 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23600 | 24500 | 0.0367 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 42 | University of Houston | 23600 | 23600 | 0 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 45 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24100 | 37400 | 0.3553 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 46 | Southern Virginia University | 24200 | 38200 | 0.3667 | 967 | 1070 | 0.9973 | |
| 47 | Stephens College | 24400 | 58600 | 0.5832 | 354 | 1185 | 0.9185 | |
| 48 | Rockford University | 24700 | 60300 | 0.5901 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 49 | Binghamton University | 25000 | 32000 | 0.2206 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 50 | University of North Texas | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 51 | South Dakota State University | 25800 | 28700 | 0.1005 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 51 | University of Arkansas | 25800 | 27700 | 0.068 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 53 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26000 | 48900 | 0.468 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 54 | University of Arizona | 26300 | 35200 | 0.2526 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 55 | California State University-San Bernardino | 26400 | 38000 | 0.305 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 55 | Lamar University | 26400 | 37700 | 0.2994 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 57 | Indiana State University | 26600 | 30900 | 0.1393 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 57 | University of Mount Union | 26600 | 50900 | 0.4771 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 59 | Iowa State University | 27200 | 41500 | 0.3453 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 27300 | 35600 | 0.233 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 60 | Southern Utah University | 27300 | 35600 | 0.2329 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 62 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 62 | Seattle Pacific University | 27400 | 62600 | 0.5624 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 64 | Southern Wesleyan University | 27600 | 43500 | 0.3656 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 65 | California State University-Long Beach | 27800 | 38400 | 0.2764 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 66 | California State University-San Marcos | 27900 | 38400 | 0.2732 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 66 | Mitchell College | 27900 | 65900 | 0.5763 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 68 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28000 | 45700 | 0.3874 | 3,361 | 1160 | 0.7887 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28200 | 41900 | 0.3269 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 70 | Syracuse University | 28900 | 83100 | 0.6522 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 71 | Connecticut College | 29000 | 83300 | 0.6522 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 72 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 29400 | 44700 | 0.3422 | 2,978 | 1222 | 0.7223 | |
| 72 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29400 | 52900 | 0.4444 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 74 | Oklahoma Christian University | 29500 | 43100 | 0.3164 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 75 | Westminster College | 29800 | 57500 | 0.4814 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 76 | The University of Alabama | 29900 | 29900 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 77 | Sonoma State University | 30000 | 40200 | 0.2539 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 78 | University of Rhode Island | 31000 | 46700 | 0.3362 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 79 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31300 | 38300 | 0.1825 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 80 | Samford University | 31500 | 65200 | 0.5168 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 81 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32100 | 44800 | 0.2835 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 82 | Southern Nazarene University | 32400 | 48400 | 0.3301 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 32600 | 44100 | 0.2607 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 84 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 85 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 86 | Anderson University | 33700 | 52400 | 0.3568 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 87 | Hope International University | 34000 | 56700 | 0.4006 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 88 | Nova Southeastern University | 34100 | 56300 | 0.3941 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 89 | Baylor University | 34700 | 70800 | 0.5096 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 89 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 91 | University of Nevada-Reno | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 92 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35500 | 43500 | 0.184 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 93 | Abilene Christian University | 35600 | 60700 | 0.4132 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 94 | University of Maine | 35800 | 45100 | 0.2062 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 95 | Towson University | 36200 | 45700 | 0.2079 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 96 | Mississippi State University | 36600 | 50500 | 0.2752 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 97 | Warner Pacific University | 36700 | 41600 | 0.1175 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
| 98 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37100 | 62000 | 0.4017 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 99 | University of Central Oklahoma | 37400 | 38500 | 0.0286 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 100 | Lesley University | 37600 | 54600 | 0.3112 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 101 | Illinois State University | 38000 | 45900 | 0.1738 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 102 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 103 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 104 | SUNY Oneonta | 40400 | 45300 | 0.1081 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 105 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 106 | Temple University | 40900 | 56100 | 0.2709 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 107 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 41200 | 45200 | 0.0886 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 108 | Montclair State University | 42400 | 46600 | 0.0901 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 108 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 110 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43300 | 46200 | 0.0624 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 111 | Merrimack College | 43700 | 78800 | 0.4453 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 112 | Oregon State University | 45000 | 61900 | 0.2733 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 113 | George Mason University | 49200 | 49200 | 0 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 114 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57300 | 59200 | 0.0318 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 115 | Howard University | 58400 | 61600 | 0.052 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 116 | Berea College | 69000 | 70100 | 0.0157 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 | 
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.