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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 Maine.
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 Maine.
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 | Kentucky State University | 9800 | 29700 | 0.6711 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 3 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10000 | 22900 | 0.5643 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 4 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 5 | University of Southern Maine | 11600 | 23000 | 0.4951 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.8699 | |
| 6 | Texas Woman's University | 11700 | 23200 | 0.4953 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 7 | Indiana State University | 12500 | 31200 | 0.6 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 12500 | 44000 | 0.7155 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 9 | Louisiana Tech University | 13000 | 36900 | 0.6476 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 10 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 54500 | 0.7577 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 11 | University of Houston | 13500 | 23100 | 0.4157 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 12 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4773 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14100 | 46000 | 0.6931 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 15 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 16 | California State University-San Marcos | 14900 | 38300 | 0.6108 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 16 | Northern Illinois University | 14900 | 30700 | 0.5149 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 18 | California State University-San Bernardino | 15300 | 43900 | 0.6521 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 19 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,454 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 20 | Florida State University | 15600 | 22900 | 0.3184 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 21 | Alcorn State University | 15900 | 23700 | 0.3291 | 2,532 | 935 | 0.4533 | |
| 22 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 23 | Lamar University | 16200 | 22900 | 0.2922 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 24 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16400 | 31600 | 0.4816 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 24 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16400 | 42600 | 0.6153 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 26 | Sonoma State University | 16800 | 26700 | 0.3708 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 27 | University of Rhode Island | 17300 | 33900 | 0.4898 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 28 | Greensboro College | 17400 | 37800 | 0.5396 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 29 | Houston Christian University | 17600 | 56800 | 0.6901 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 30 | Georgia Southern University | 17900 | 26800 | 0.3326 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 31 | Southern University at New Orleans | 18100 | 34200 | 0.4706 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 32 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18600 | 42800 | 0.5648 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 33 | California State University-East Bay | 18700 | 30100 | 0.3793 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 34 | Benedict College | 18800 | 41100 | 0.5431 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 35 | Connecticut College | 19300 | 115500 | 0.8326 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 36 | Gallaudet University | 19800 | 44900 | 0.5592 | 875 | 895 | 0.5806 | |
| 37 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20300 | 40200 | 0.4952 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 38 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 20600 | 42500 | 0.5159 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 39 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 40 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21400 | 42700 | 0.499 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 41 | Bradley University | 21500 | 50800 | 0.5767 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 42 | Rockford University | 21800 | 68200 | 0.6807 | 968 | 980 | 0.5704 | |
| 43 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21900 | 25400 | 0.1388 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 44 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 22200 | 45300 | 0.5095 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 45 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 22600 | 47900 | 0.5278 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 46 | Columbia College | 22700 | 39700 | 0.4287 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 47 | Stephens College | 22800 | 60900 | 0.6252 | 354 | 1045 | 0.9185 | |
| 48 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23400 | 36800 | 0.3643 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 48 | SUNY Oneonta | 23400 | 49300 | 0.5258 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 48 | The University of Alabama | 23400 | 31000 | 0.245 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 51 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 23500 | 50000 | 0.5298 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 52 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3859 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 53 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 23900 | 48900 | 0.5109 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 54 | Southern Virginia University | 24000 | 46000 | 0.4782 | 967 | 1094 | 0.9973 | |
| 55 | Miami University-Oxford | 24800 | 28400 | 0.1267 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 55 | University of Mount Union | 24800 | 50900 | 0.512 | 1,927 | 1240 | 0.8013 | |
| 57 | Temple University | 24900 | 36400 | 0.3162 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 58 | Rivier University | 25000 | 73300 | 0.6587 | 1,335 | 1060 | 0.8176 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 25500 | 47400 | 0.4623 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 60 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 61 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 25900 | 59900 | 0.5675 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 62 | Seattle Pacific University | 26100 | 77000 | 0.6614 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 63 | University of Arkansas | 26700 | 29600 | 0.0991 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 64 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 65 | University of Arizona | 27200 | 38500 | 0.2932 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 66 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 67 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 68 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28100 | 46000 | 0.3893 | 3,361 | 1075 | 0.7887 | |
| 69 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3365 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 70 | Westminster College | 29500 | 57600 | 0.4879 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 71 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 72 | University of North Texas | 30500 | 37400 | 0.1844 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 73 | Samford University | 30600 | 78000 | 0.6074 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 73 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30600 | 62800 | 0.5124 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 75 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3089 | 2,012 | 1138 | 0.9707 | |
| 76 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.3316 | 887 | 1100 | 1 | |
| 77 | Liberty University | 31900 | 44300 | 0.2799 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 78 | Southern Nazarene University | 32200 | 48400 | 0.3353 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 79 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 80 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32700 | 44700 | 0.2684 | 2,978 | 1219 | 0.7223 | |
| 81 | Anderson University | 33200 | 52500 | 0.3678 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 82 | University of Central Missouri | 33700 | 35800 | 0.0596 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 83 | Hope International University | 34100 | 69600 | 0.51 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 84 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4787 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 85 | Baylor University | 34700 | 70300 | 0.5063 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 86 | Abilene Christian University | 35700 | 60700 | 0.4115 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 86 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35700 | 42800 | 0.1648 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 88 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 89 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 45300 | 0.1787 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 90 | California State University-Long Beach | 37400 | 38600 | 0.0311 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 90 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37400 | 66500 | 0.4373 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 92 | Lesley University | 37800 | 54700 | 0.3091 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 93 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 94 | Oakwood University | 38600 | 43300 | 0.1071 | 1,279 | 1020 | 0.507 | |
| 94 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 96 | Texas Tech University | 38700 | 41000 | 0.0561 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 97 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1134 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 98 | Montclair State University | 42100 | 46200 | 0.0888 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 99 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 57700 | 0.2615 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 100 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 53700 | 0.1917 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 101 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 102 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 103 | Illinois State University | 45200 | 47300 | 0.0451 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 103 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 105 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 106 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 107 | University of California-San Diego | 49300 | 77100 | 0.3603 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 108 | Binghamton University | 50700 | 52800 | 0.0404 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 109 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 110 | George Mason University | 53600 | 61000 | 0.1213 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 111 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0361 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 112 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 113 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 114 | Berea College | 69000 | 69000 | 0 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 | |
| 115 | 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.