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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 California-Davis | 10100 | 37800 | 0.732 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 2 | Cornell University | 10400 | 92000 | 0.8866 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 3 | Southern Utah University | 11900 | 21100 | 0.4353 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 4 | University of California-San Diego | 12200 | 34000 | 0.6407 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 5 | Bacone College | 12300 | 36800 | 0.6659 | 106 | 875 | 0.545 | |
| 6 | Brigham Young University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5686 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12500 | 37100 | 0.6626 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 8 | Utah State University | 13000 | 30000 | 0.5659 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 9 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 10 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 24800 | 0.4482 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 12 | Northern Illinois University | 14000 | 29300 | 0.5216 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 12 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 26800 | 0.4772 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 14 | University of Idaho | 14100 | 26400 | 0.4656 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 15 | Kansas State University | 14200 | 26100 | 0.4563 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 16 | Texas Woman's University | 14400 | 23200 | 0.379 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 17 | Alcorn State University | 15900 | 24400 | 0.3487 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 18 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16500 | 30700 | 0.4629 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 19 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 16600 | 25700 | 0.3541 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 20 | Georgia Southern University | 17900 | 23800 | 0.2483 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 21 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27500 | 0.3235 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 22 | Benedict College | 18800 | 38300 | 0.5097 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 23 | Kentucky State University | 18900 | 27600 | 0.3158 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 24 | Gallaudet University | 19200 | 44200 | 0.565 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 24 | Towson University | 19200 | 30000 | 0.3596 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 26 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19600 | 28200 | 0.305 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 27 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19900 | 26900 | 0.2601 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 28 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5856 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 29 | University of Georgia | 21300 | 27100 | 0.2113 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 30 | Illinois State University | 21600 | 35200 | 0.3871 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 31 | Bradley University | 21900 | 50900 | 0.5697 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 32 | Houston Christian University | 22100 | 56800 | 0.6109 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 33 | Columbia College | 22300 | 36800 | 0.3946 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 34 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 22500 | 35300 | 0.3631 | 50,793 | 0 | 0.7633 | |
| 35 | Florida State University | 22600 | 23100 | 0.0216 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 36 | Eastern Kentucky University | 23200 | 38000 | 0.389 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 37 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23600 | 24500 | 0.0367 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 37 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 37 | University of Houston | 23600 | 23600 | 0 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 40 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24100 | 37400 | 0.3553 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 41 | Southern Virginia University | 24200 | 38200 | 0.3667 | 967 | 1070 | 0.9973 | |
| 42 | Stephens College | 24400 | 58600 | 0.5832 | 354 | 1185 | 0.9185 | |
| 43 | Rockford University | 24700 | 60300 | 0.5901 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 44 | University of North Texas | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 45 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25600 | 36500 | 0.2983 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 45 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1071 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 45 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.0749 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 48 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26000 | 48900 | 0.468 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 49 | University of Arizona | 26300 | 35200 | 0.2526 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 50 | California State University-San Bernardino | 26400 | 38000 | 0.305 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 50 | Lamar University | 26400 | 37700 | 0.2994 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 52 | University of Mount Union | 26500 | 50900 | 0.4791 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 53 | Indiana State University | 26600 | 30900 | 0.1393 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 54 | Seattle Pacific University | 27400 | 62600 | 0.5624 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 55 | California State University-Long Beach | 27800 | 38400 | 0.2764 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 56 | California State University-San Marcos | 27900 | 38400 | 0.2732 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 56 | Mitchell College | 27900 | 65900 | 0.5763 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 56 | North Dakota State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.0815 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 59 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28200 | 45700 | 0.383 | 3,361 | 1160 | 0.7887 | |
| 60 | Mississippi State University | 28300 | 32300 | 0.126 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 61 | Connecticut College | 28700 | 83300 | 0.6558 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 62 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3351 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 63 | California State University-East Bay | 29400 | 43000 | 0.316 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 63 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29400 | 52900 | 0.4444 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 65 | Westminster College | 29600 | 57500 | 0.4849 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 66 | The University of Alabama | 29900 | 29900 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 67 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 67 | Sonoma State University | 30000 | 40200 | 0.2539 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 69 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30600 | 46200 | 0.3372 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 70 | University of Rhode Island | 31000 | 46700 | 0.3362 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 71 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3076 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 72 | Samford University | 31600 | 65200 | 0.5153 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 72 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 31600 | 33700 | 0.0617 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 74 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32000 | 39200 | 0.1839 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 75 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32100 | 44800 | 0.2835 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 76 | Southern Nazarene University | 32200 | 48400 | 0.334 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 77 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 32500 | 44100 | 0.2629 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 77 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 34700 | 0.0633 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 79 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32800 | 44700 | 0.2662 | 2,978 | 1222 | 0.7223 | |
| 79 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 81 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 33600 | 40900 | 0.1786 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 83 | Anderson University | 33700 | 52400 | 0.3568 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 84 | Hope International University | 34000 | 56700 | 0.4006 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 85 | Nova Southeastern University | 34100 | 56300 | 0.3941 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 86 | University of Vermont | 34600 | 66300 | 0.4782 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 87 | Baylor University | 34700 | 70800 | 0.5096 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 88 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35500 | 43500 | 0.184 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 89 | Abilene Christian University | 35600 | 60700 | 0.4132 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 90 | University of Maine | 35900 | 45100 | 0.204 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 91 | Warner Pacific University | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1221 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
| 92 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37100 | 62000 | 0.4017 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 93 | University of Central Oklahoma | 37400 | 38500 | 0.0286 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 94 | Lesley University | 37600 | 54600 | 0.3112 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 95 | University of Connecticut | 37800 | 41800 | 0.0957 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 96 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 97 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 97 | Washington State University | 38600 | 53900 | 0.2835 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 99 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 100 | SUNY Oneonta | 40400 | 45300 | 0.1081 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 101 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 102 | Temple University | 40700 | 56100 | 0.2744 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 103 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 41200 | 45200 | 0.0886 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 104 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42000 | 52100 | 0.1939 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 105 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42200 | 55100 | 0.2343 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 106 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 107 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43200 | 46200 | 0.0665 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 108 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43400 | 50300 | 0.1372 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 109 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4464 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 110 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2742 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 111 | Montclair State University | 46200 | 46600 | 0.0086 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 112 | George Mason University | 49200 | 49200 | 0 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 113 | Binghamton University | 50000 | 52100 | 0.0398 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 114 | Howard University | 53400 | 61600 | 0.1331 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 115 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0351 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 116 | Berea College | 70100 | 70100 | 0 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.