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Considering a degree in Human Services?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Human Services majors who live in Maryland.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Human Services 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 | Northwest Indian College | 5000 | 16400 | 0.6949 | 636 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10000 | 27800 | 0.6392 | 9,129 | 1075 | 0.9399 | |
| 3 | East Central University | 10500 | 24700 | 0.5754 | 2,644 | 1055 | 0.5815 | |
| 4 | Grace Christian University | 11000 | 42100 | 0.7394 | 928 | 1075 | 0.9916 | |
| 5 | University of South Florida | 12600 | 17100 | 0.2629 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 6 | Arkansas Baptist College | 13000 | 24000 | 0.4578 | 342 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13700 | 19000 | 0.2792 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.865 | |
| 8 | Northern Illinois University | 14000 | 30400 | 0.54 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 9 | Lincoln University | 14100 | 32600 | 0.5668 | 1,545 | 890 | 0.6572 | |
| 10 | Northeastern University | 14700 | 89900 | 0.8365 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 11 | Urshan University | 14800 | 19600 | 0.2454 | 474 | 990 | 0.8378 | |
| 12 | Troy University | 15100 | 26700 | 0.4344 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 13 | University of North Texas | 15600 | 26100 | 0.403 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 14 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 15800 | 25400 | 0.3785 | 9,302 | 1125 | 0.9735 | |
| 15 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 16000 | 46400 | 0.6557 | 771 | 1085 | 0.7338 | |
| 16 | Waynesburg University | 16100 | 45000 | 0.6426 | 1,030 | 1093 | 0.8982 | |
| 17 | Morgan State University | 16800 | 28500 | 0.4104 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 18 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 17100 | 29800 | 0.4257 | 7,062 | 965 | 0.928 | |
| 19 | Lindsey Wilson College | 17200 | 47100 | 0.6351 | 1,722 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | Northeastern University Oakland | 17500 | 90000 | 0.8057 | 464 | 1469 | 0.1665 | |
| 21 | Bethel University | 17900 | 35300 | 0.4924 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 22 | Central Washington University | 18100 | 22700 | 0.2024 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 22 | Southwestern Christian University | 18100 | 26800 | 0.3251 | 380 | 975 | 0.6206 | |
| 24 | Towson University | 18200 | 29900 | 0.391 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 25 | University of Mary | 18300 | 32600 | 0.4376 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 26 | Simpson College | 18500 | 60500 | 0.6939 | 1,235 | 1430 | 0.8622 | |
| 27 | Quincy University | 18900 | 57800 | 0.6728 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 27 | University of Northern Colorado | 18900 | 30500 | 0.3803 | 6,480 | 1085 | 0.8585 | |
| 29 | Carson-Newman University | 19300 | 51900 | 0.6283 | 1,596 | 1110 | 0.9045 | |
| 30 | Lee University | 19400 | 37400 | 0.4816 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 30 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19400 | 62200 | 0.689 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 32 | Bethel University | 19600 | 54500 | 0.64 | 1,065 | 1030 | 0.9766 | |
| 33 | Bellevue University | 20200 | 36400 | 0.4442 | 11,037 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20400 | 23200 | 0.1207 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 35 | Anna Maria College | 21000 | 54200 | 0.6128 | 916 | 885 | 0.503 | |
| 36 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 37 | Upper Iowa University | 21900 | 41700 | 0.4746 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 38 | Gordon State College | 22000 | 35300 | 0.3771 | 3,179 | 1015 | 0.859 | |
| 38 | Nelson University | 22000 | 55500 | 0.6036 | 1,479 | 990 | 0.8902 | |
| 40 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22200 | 53000 | 0.5806 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 40 | Washburn University | 22200 | 29500 | 0.2478 | 5,331 | 1095 | 0.9551 | |
| 42 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 43 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 22500 | 35300 | 0.3631 | 52,187 | 0 | 0 | |
| 44 | University of the Cumberlands | 22800 | 26400 | 0.1339 | 7,612 | 1025 | 0.9881 | |
| 45 | East Tennessee State University | 23300 | 30600 | 0.2384 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 46 | North Central University | 23400 | 43900 | 0.4671 | 759 | 1075 | 0.9898 | |
| 46 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 48 | Midland University | 23500 | 65300 | 0.6397 | 1,309 | 1045 | 0.6612 | |
| 49 | Saint Norbert College | 23800 | 63800 | 0.6267 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 50 | Fitchburg State University | 24100 | 33700 | 0.2849 | 3,027 | 1145 | 0.8693 | |
| 50 | Judson University | 24100 | 49100 | 0.5086 | 718 | 1015 | 0.4759 | |
| 52 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24200 | 55200 | 0.5626 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 53 | Calumet College of Saint Joseph | 24400 | 41500 | 0.4124 | 530 | 895 | 0.4 | |
| 54 | Elmira College | 24600 | 60600 | 0.594 | 745 | 1250 | 0.7696 | |
| 55 | Saint Leo University | 25100 | 50000 | 0.4978 | 7,516 | 1110 | 0.784 | |
| 56 | Doane University | 25200 | 71000 | 0.6454 | 1,315 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 57 | Shorter University | 25500 | 36500 | 0.3012 | 1,203 | 1110 | 0.9646 | |
| 58 | Columbia College | 26400 | 46900 | 0.4372 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 58 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4753 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 60 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 60 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26600 | 36600 | 0.2731 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 60 | William Woods University | 26600 | 58400 | 0.5442 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 63 | Wingate University | 26700 | 65000 | 0.5891 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 64 | Valley City State University | 27100 | 29300 | 0.0777 | 1,651 | 1055 | 0.9907 | |
| 65 | University of Arizona | 27200 | 38100 | 0.2862 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 66 | Murray State University | 27600 | 32400 | 0.1477 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 67 | Chestnut Hill College | 27900 | 60100 | 0.5356 | 868 | 995 | 0.7446 | |
| 68 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28100 | 41800 | 0.3274 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 69 | Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary & Graduate School | 28300 | 48800 | 0.4197 | 1,793 | 1174 | 0.5589 | |
| 70 | University of Minnesota-Morris | 28400 | 33700 | 0.1569 | 981 | 1140 | 0.7493 | |
| 71 | New England College | 28500 | 65800 | 0.5669 | 1,032 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
| 71 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 71 | Wayland Baptist University | 28500 | 37300 | 0.2361 | 2,087 | 1010 | 0.5596 | |
| 74 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29200 | 34000 | 0.1411 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 75 | East Texas A&M University | 29300 | 36500 | 0.1972 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 76 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3868 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 77 | Hilbert College | 29800 | 57100 | 0.4782 | 931 | 1080 | 0.972 | |
| 78 | Mercy University | 30000 | 44500 | 0.326 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 79 | Mount Saint Mary College | 31000 | 68600 | 0.5481 | 2,141 | 1153 | 0.8888 | |
| 80 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3347 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 81 | Columbia International University | 31500 | 44800 | 0.2965 | 965 | 1079 | 0.9447 | |
| 81 | Missouri Baptist University | 31500 | 53800 | 0.414 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 83 | Grand View University | 31800 | 58100 | 0.4525 | 1,500 | 1020 | 0.9909 | |
| 83 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3652 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 85 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5891 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 32800 | 45300 | 0.2762 | 4,526 | 0 | 0 | |
| 87 | Lander University | 33000 | 37700 | 0.1248 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 87 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 33000 | 37200 | 0.1129 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 89 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 90 | California Baptist University | 33400 | 65600 | 0.4908 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 90 | Nova Southeastern University | 33400 | 56100 | 0.4045 | 7,311 | 1165 | 0.7321 | |
| 92 | University of Bridgeport | 33500 | 60500 | 0.4464 | 1,570 | 1000 | 0.8302 | |
| 93 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 93 | Ottawa University-Surprise | 33600 | 67500 | 0.5026 | 837 | 995 | 0.7815 | |
| 95 | Emmanuel College | 33700 | 71400 | 0.528 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 95 | Franklin Pierce University | 33700 | 68300 | 0.5063 | 997 | 1174 | 0.9347 | |
| 95 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 98 | Fisher College | 33800 | 65300 | 0.4818 | 1,536 | 961 | 0.7068 | |
| 99 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 100 | Southeastern University | 34200 | 60500 | 0.4345 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 100 | Texas Southern University | 34200 | 42500 | 0.1954 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 102 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34400 | 44300 | 0.2233 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 103 | Meredith College | 34600 | 64200 | 0.4612 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 104 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 34800 | 37600 | 0.0739 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 105 | Hardin-Simmons University | 35900 | 49700 | 0.2776 | 1,291 | 1110 | 0.9 | |
| 106 | Lesley University | 36500 | 54700 | 0.3329 | 1,229 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 107 | Goldey-Beacom College | 37100 | 40200 | 0.0778 | 697 | 0 | 0.8451 | |
| 108 | Bluefield University | 37200 | 43200 | 0.1389 | 627 | 995 | 0.5931 | |
| 109 | Queens University of Charlotte | 37900 | 68200 | 0.444 | 1,225 | 1208 | 0.6208 | |
| 110 | Touro University | 38900 | 42000 | 0.0737 | 4,872 | 1322 | 0.6083 | |
| 111 | Loyola University Chicago | 39000 | 74100 | 0.4735 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 112 | California State University-Fullerton | 39200 | 41500 | 0.055 | 38,760 | 1090 | 0.9052 | |
| 113 | Ohio Christian University | 40000 | 42300 | 0.0539 | 1,288 | 890 | 0.3797 | |
| 114 | Montreat College | 41800 | 58100 | 0.2803 | 781 | 1164 | 0.692 | |
| 115 | Western Washington University | 41900 | 51500 | 0.1866 | 13,752 | 1272 | 0.9325 | |
| 116 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1643 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 117 | Anderson University | 42300 | 53600 | 0.2108 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 118 | Central Christian College of Kansas | 42900 | 45200 | 0.0505 | 454 | 1020 | 0.5271 | |
| 119 | Spelman College | 44100 | 49200 | 0.1032 | 3,417 | 1218 | 0.2487 | |
| 120 | Lees-McRae College | 44400 | 58700 | 0.2432 | 873 | 1140 | 0.7678 | |
| 121 | Beacon College | 48500 | 81800 | 0.407 | 531 | 0 | 0.4347 | |
| 122 | Mercer University | 49000 | 63700 | 0.2309 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 123 | Elon University | 56700 | 68900 | 0.1772 | 6,452 | 1215 | 0.6635 | |
| 124 | University of Oregon | 66700 | 68900 | 0.0331 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.