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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 | Grace Christian University | 11000 | 42100 | 0.7394 | 928 | 1075 | 0.9916 | |
| 3 | East Texas A&M University | 12900 | 30000 | 0.5701 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 4 | Arkansas Baptist College | 13000 | 24000 | 0.4578 | 342 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Northern Illinois University | 14000 | 30400 | 0.54 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 6 | Lincoln University | 14100 | 32600 | 0.5668 | 1,545 | 890 | 0.6572 | |
| 7 | Stephen F Austin State University | 14500 | 23400 | 0.3799 | 9,129 | 1075 | 0.9399 | |
| 8 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14600 | 31600 | 0.5386 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 9 | Northeastern University | 14700 | 89900 | 0.8365 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 10 | Urshan University | 14800 | 19600 | 0.2454 | 474 | 990 | 0.8378 | |
| 11 | Murray State University | 14900 | 27000 | 0.4491 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 12 | Lander University | 15000 | 24600 | 0.3895 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 13 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 15800 | 25400 | 0.3785 | 9,302 | 1125 | 0.9735 | |
| 13 | Valley City State University | 15800 | 23800 | 0.3376 | 1,651 | 1055 | 0.9907 | |
| 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 | |
| 17 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4345 | 52,187 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 20 | Lindsey Wilson College | 17200 | 47100 | 0.6351 | 1,722 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17400 | 27400 | 0.3648 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 22 | Northeastern University Oakland | 17500 | 90000 | 0.8057 | 464 | 1469 | 0.1665 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17500 | 22800 | 0.2328 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.865 | |
| 24 | Bethel University | 17900 | 35300 | 0.4924 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 25 | Southwestern Christian University | 18100 | 26800 | 0.3251 | 380 | 975 | 0.6206 | |
| 26 | Towson University | 18200 | 29900 | 0.391 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 27 | California State University-Fullerton | 18300 | 20600 | 0.1108 | 38,760 | 1090 | 0.9052 | |
| 27 | University of Mary | 18300 | 32600 | 0.4376 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 29 | Simpson College | 18500 | 60500 | 0.6939 | 1,235 | 1430 | 0.8622 | |
| 30 | Quincy University | 18900 | 57800 | 0.6728 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 31 | Carson-Newman University | 19300 | 51900 | 0.6283 | 1,596 | 1110 | 0.9045 | |
| 32 | Lee University | 19400 | 37400 | 0.4816 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 32 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19400 | 62200 | 0.689 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 34 | Bethel University | 19600 | 54500 | 0.64 | 1,065 | 1030 | 0.9766 | |
| 35 | Bellevue University | 20200 | 36400 | 0.4442 | 11,037 | 0 | 0 | |
| 36 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20400 | 23200 | 0.1207 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 37 | Anna Maria College | 21000 | 54200 | 0.6128 | 916 | 885 | 0.503 | |
| 38 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 39 | East Central University | 21500 | 36200 | 0.4059 | 2,644 | 1055 | 0.5815 | |
| 40 | Upper Iowa University | 21900 | 41700 | 0.4746 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 41 | Gordon State College | 22000 | 35300 | 0.3771 | 3,179 | 1015 | 0.859 | |
| 41 | Nelson University | 22000 | 55500 | 0.6036 | 1,479 | 990 | 0.8902 | |
| 43 | Texas Southern University | 22100 | 25500 | 0.1335 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 44 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22200 | 53000 | 0.5806 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 45 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 46 | University of the Cumberlands | 22800 | 26400 | 0.1339 | 7,612 | 1025 | 0.9881 | |
| 47 | Central Washington University | 23000 | 27900 | 0.1759 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 48 | East Tennessee State University | 23300 | 30600 | 0.2384 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 49 | North Central University | 23400 | 43900 | 0.4671 | 759 | 1075 | 0.9898 | |
| 49 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 51 | Midland University | 23500 | 65300 | 0.6397 | 1,309 | 1045 | 0.6612 | |
| 52 | Saint Norbert College | 23800 | 63800 | 0.6267 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 53 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 23900 | 34600 | 0.3092 | 4,526 | 0 | 0 | |
| 54 | Fitchburg State University | 24100 | 33700 | 0.2849 | 3,027 | 1145 | 0.8693 | |
| 54 | Judson University | 24100 | 49100 | 0.5086 | 718 | 1015 | 0.4759 | |
| 56 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24200 | 55200 | 0.5626 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 57 | Calumet College of Saint Joseph | 24400 | 41500 | 0.4124 | 530 | 895 | 0.4 | |
| 58 | Elmira College | 24600 | 60600 | 0.594 | 745 | 1250 | 0.7696 | |
| 59 | Saint Leo University | 25100 | 50000 | 0.4978 | 7,516 | 1110 | 0.784 | |
| 60 | Doane University | 25200 | 71000 | 0.6454 | 1,315 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 61 | Shorter University | 25500 | 36500 | 0.3012 | 1,203 | 1110 | 0.9646 | |
| 62 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 63 | Columbia College | 26400 | 46900 | 0.4372 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 63 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4753 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 65 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 65 | William Woods University | 26600 | 58400 | 0.5442 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 67 | Wingate University | 26700 | 65000 | 0.5891 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 68 | Troy University | 26900 | 34700 | 0.2248 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 69 | University of Arizona | 27200 | 38100 | 0.2862 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 70 | Chestnut Hill College | 27900 | 60100 | 0.5356 | 868 | 995 | 0.7446 | |
| 71 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28100 | 41800 | 0.3274 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 72 | Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary & Graduate School | 28300 | 48800 | 0.4197 | 1,793 | 1174 | 0.5589 | |
| 73 | University of Minnesota-Morris | 28400 | 33700 | 0.1569 | 981 | 1140 | 0.7493 | |
| 74 | New England College | 28500 | 65800 | 0.5669 | 1,032 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
| 74 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 74 | Wayland Baptist University | 28500 | 37300 | 0.2361 | 2,087 | 1010 | 0.5596 | |
| 77 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3868 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 78 | Hilbert College | 29800 | 57100 | 0.4782 | 931 | 1080 | 0.972 | |
| 79 | Mercy University | 30000 | 44500 | 0.326 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 80 | Mount Saint Mary College | 31000 | 68600 | 0.5481 | 2,141 | 1153 | 0.8888 | |
| 81 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3347 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 82 | Columbia International University | 31500 | 44800 | 0.2965 | 965 | 1079 | 0.9447 | |
| 82 | Missouri Baptist University | 31500 | 53800 | 0.414 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 84 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 31600 | 45700 | 0.3088 | 7,062 | 965 | 0.928 | |
| 85 | Grand View University | 31800 | 58100 | 0.4525 | 1,500 | 1020 | 0.9909 | |
| 85 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3652 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 87 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5891 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 88 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 33000 | 37200 | 0.1129 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 88 | University of Oregon | 33000 | 38600 | 0.1444 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 90 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 91 | California Baptist University | 33400 | 65600 | 0.4908 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 91 | Nova Southeastern University | 33400 | 56100 | 0.4045 | 7,311 | 1165 | 0.7321 | |
| 93 | University of Bridgeport | 33500 | 60500 | 0.4464 | 1,570 | 1000 | 0.8302 | |
| 94 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 94 | Ottawa University-Surprise | 33600 | 67500 | 0.5026 | 837 | 995 | 0.7815 | |
| 96 | Emmanuel College | 33700 | 71400 | 0.528 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 96 | Franklin Pierce University | 33700 | 68300 | 0.5063 | 997 | 1174 | 0.9347 | |
| 96 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 99 | Fisher College | 33800 | 65300 | 0.4818 | 1,536 | 961 | 0.7068 | |
| 100 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 101 | Southeastern University | 34200 | 60500 | 0.4345 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 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 | |
| 103 | Washburn University | 34600 | 38400 | 0.0989 | 5,331 | 1095 | 0.9551 | |
| 105 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 34800 | 37600 | 0.0739 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 106 | Hardin-Simmons University | 35900 | 49700 | 0.2776 | 1,291 | 1110 | 0.9 | |
| 107 | University of Northern Colorado | 36100 | 39100 | 0.0768 | 6,480 | 1085 | 0.8585 | |
| 108 | Lesley University | 36500 | 54700 | 0.3329 | 1,229 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 109 | Goldey-Beacom College | 37100 | 40200 | 0.0778 | 697 | 0 | 0.8451 | |
| 110 | Bluefield University | 37200 | 43200 | 0.1389 | 627 | 995 | 0.5931 | |
| 111 | Queens University of Charlotte | 37900 | 68200 | 0.444 | 1,225 | 1208 | 0.6208 | |
| 112 | Touro University | 38900 | 42000 | 0.0737 | 4,872 | 1322 | 0.6083 | |
| 113 | Loyola University Chicago | 39000 | 74100 | 0.4735 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 114 | Ohio Christian University | 40000 | 42300 | 0.0539 | 1,288 | 890 | 0.3797 | |
| 115 | Montreat College | 41800 | 58100 | 0.2803 | 781 | 1164 | 0.692 | |
| 116 | Western Washington University | 41900 | 51500 | 0.1866 | 13,752 | 1272 | 0.9325 | |
| 117 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1643 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 118 | Anderson University | 42300 | 53600 | 0.2108 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 119 | Central Christian College of Kansas | 42900 | 45200 | 0.0505 | 454 | 1020 | 0.5271 | |
| 120 | Spelman College | 44100 | 49200 | 0.1032 | 3,417 | 1218 | 0.2487 | |
| 121 | Lees-McRae College | 44400 | 58700 | 0.2432 | 873 | 1140 | 0.7678 | |
| 122 | Beacon College | 48500 | 81800 | 0.407 | 531 | 0 | 0.4347 | |
| 123 | Mercer University | 49000 | 63700 | 0.2309 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 124 | Elon University | 56700 | 68900 | 0.1772 | 6,452 | 1215 | 0.6635 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.