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 Massachusetts.
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 Massachusetts.
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 | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 2 | Kentucky State University | 9500 | 27400 | 0.6532 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 3 | Berea College | 9700 | 69400 | 0.8603 | 1,529 | 1209 | 0.1567 | |
| 4 | Indiana State University | 9800 | 32400 | 0.6978 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 5 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7366 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10700 | 28000 | 0.6172 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 10800 | 51400 | 0.7898 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 8 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11200 | 87500 | 0.8719 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 9 | Louisiana Tech University | 13100 | 42900 | 0.6945 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7781 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 11 | Texas Woman's University | 14100 | 23200 | 0.3916 | 9,962 | 1010 | 0.9658 | |
| 12 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14200 | 38200 | 0.6275 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 13 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14300 | 32700 | 0.5625 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 14 | California State University-San Marcos | 14600 | 24700 | 0.4097 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 15 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14700 | 33900 | 0.5662 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 15 | Sonoma State University | 14700 | 41200 | 0.6432 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 17 | University of Nevada-Reno | 14900 | 28200 | 0.4713 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 18 | Greensboro College | 15800 | 38300 | 0.5869 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 19 | Alcorn State University | 16000 | 22200 | 0.2787 | 2,469 | 905 | 0.3675 | |
| 20 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 16100 | 89500 | 0.8198 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8379 | |
| 21 | Georgia Southern University | 16500 | 49700 | 0.6682 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 22 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17400 | 44100 | 0.6057 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 23 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17600 | 44000 | 0.5996 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 24 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 18500 | 48900 | 0.6212 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 25 | Columbia College | 18800 | 60700 | 0.6898 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 25 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18800 | 54000 | 0.6515 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 27 | Stephens College | 19000 | 70100 | 0.7288 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7709 | |
| 28 | Connecticut College | 19700 | 93000 | 0.7879 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 28 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19700 | 40200 | 0.5101 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 30 | Stockton University | 20400 | 46100 | 0.5577 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 30 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 32 | SUNY Oneonta | 20500 | 55300 | 0.6299 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 33 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 34 | Southern Virginia University | 20800 | 53200 | 0.6095 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9659 | |
| 35 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 21300 | 57200 | 0.628 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 36 | Utah State University | 22000 | 39000 | 0.4358 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 37 | Florida State University | 22300 | 32600 | 0.3161 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 37 | Rockford University | 22300 | 80500 | 0.7228 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 39 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 40 | Seattle Pacific University | 22700 | 98900 | 0.7708 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 41 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 23400 | 44800 | 0.4773 | 3,604 | 1069 | 0.9761 | |
| 41 | University of Houston | 23400 | 28400 | 0.1763 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 43 | Lamar University | 23500 | 37900 | 0.3795 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 44 | University of North Texas | 23700 | 37400 | 0.3661 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 45 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23900 | 47900 | 0.5006 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 46 | Abilene Christian University | 24500 | 55000 | 0.5549 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 46 | University of Central Oklahoma | 24500 | 34000 | 0.2794 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 48 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24900 | 36900 | 0.3255 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 49 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25300 | 62800 | 0.597 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 49 | South Dakota State University | 25300 | 28700 | 0.1183 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 51 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26000 | 49600 | 0.4755 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 52 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1828 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 53 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 44500 | 0.4018 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 54 | University of Mount Union | 27100 | 56300 | 0.5194 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 55 | Houston Christian University | 27500 | 60500 | 0.5457 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 56 | North Dakota State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.092 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 57 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 28500 | 41900 | 0.3195 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 58 | University of Maine | 30400 | 35800 | 0.1509 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 59 | California State University-Long Beach | 30600 | 38800 | 0.2113 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 60 | Iowa State University | 30800 | 45200 | 0.3183 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 60 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30800 | 45000 | 0.3147 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 62 | Kent State University at Kent | 31100 | 37500 | 0.1706 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 62 | Texas State University | 31100 | 36300 | 0.1442 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 64 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31300 | 47100 | 0.3372 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 65 | Lesley University | 31600 | 53600 | 0.4105 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 66 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31900 | 54400 | 0.4135 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 66 | Southern Nazarene University | 31900 | 48400 | 0.3407 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 68 | Anderson University | 32300 | 54700 | 0.4098 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 69 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.275 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 69 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 71 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32600 | 35000 | 0.0684 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 72 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32800 | 44700 | 0.2661 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 73 | Baylor University | 33500 | 70400 | 0.5244 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 74 | University of Idaho | 33900 | 48700 | 0.3041 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 75 | Bridgewater College | 34100 | 42500 | 0.1978 | 1,412 | 1115 | 0.903 | |
| 76 | University of Vermont | 34400 | 66300 | 0.4808 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 77 | Samford University | 34600 | 93800 | 0.6312 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 78 | Westminster College | 34800 | 59000 | 0.4104 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 79 | Bradley University | 35300 | 60600 | 0.4174 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 80 | Temple University | 35700 | 57200 | 0.3756 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 80 | Texas Tech University | 35700 | 42100 | 0.1519 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 82 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 35800 | 39700 | 0.0983 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 83 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36200 | 54400 | 0.3346 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 84 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 70600 | 0.4762 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 85 | California State University-East Bay | 37200 | 45100 | 0.1753 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 85 | University of Rhode Island | 37200 | 44300 | 0.1601 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 87 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37300 | 66700 | 0.4409 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 88 | Washington State University | 37700 | 53600 | 0.2967 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 89 | Hope International University | 38200 | 58600 | 0.3481 | 649 | 995 | 0.6253 | |
| 90 | Oakwood University | 38400 | 43300 | 0.1131 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 91 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 92 | Mississippi State University | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2695 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 93 | University of Wyoming | 39900 | 45300 | 0.1191 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 94 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 63300 | 0.3285 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 95 | Montclair State University | 43300 | 47000 | 0.0788 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 96 | Merrimack College | 43400 | 78800 | 0.4492 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 97 | Kansas State University | 44000 | 48400 | 0.0913 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 98 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2758 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 99 | Illinois State University | 45700 | 49100 | 0.0692 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 100 | University of Georgia | 48400 | 52300 | 0.0746 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 101 | University of Arizona | 48600 | 48600 | 0 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 102 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 49600 | 64700 | 0.2335 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 103 | Binghamton University | 50400 | 52800 | 0.0453 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 104 | University of Utah | 51300 | 53700 | 0.0446 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 105 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 106 | University of California-San Diego | 55600 | 79600 | 0.3014 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 107 | George Mason University | 56200 | 61400 | 0.0847 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 108 | The University of Alabama | 57500 | 58500 | 0.0171 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 109 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63700 | 0.0848 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 110 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59200 | 61600 | 0.0389 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 111 | Howard University | 60000 | 88500 | 0.3222 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 112 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60800 | 63700 | 0.0455 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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