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 | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 2 | Southern Utah University | 10200 | 22200 | 0.5416 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 3 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11700 | 22900 | 0.49 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 4 | Texas Woman's University | 12000 | 28200 | 0.5745 | 10,039 | 1035 | 0.9612 | |
| 4 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 7 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 26500 | 0.5202 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 8 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13000 | 19400 | 0.33 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 9 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 10 | Northern Illinois University | 14100 | 30400 | 0.5355 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 11 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14300 | 37400 | 0.6171 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 12 | Kentucky State University | 15000 | 28900 | 0.4806 | 1,793 | 865 | 0.9608 | |
| 13 | California State University-East Bay | 15500 | 30100 | 0.4857 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 13 | Florida State University | 15500 | 22900 | 0.3228 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 13 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 16 | University of North Texas | 15700 | 26100 | 0.3991 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 17 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15900 | 38400 | 0.5856 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 18 | Alcorn State University | 16000 | 25900 | 0.3822 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 19 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16300 | 40600 | 0.5979 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 20 | Connecticut College | 16700 | 95300 | 0.8244 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 21 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 22 | Greensboro College | 17500 | 37800 | 0.537 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 23 | Houston Christian University | 17800 | 56800 | 0.6866 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 24 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 25 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 26 | Stephens College | 19000 | 49900 | 0.6195 | 392 | 1045 | 0.7722 | |
| 26 | University of Rhode Island | 19000 | 33900 | 0.4396 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 28 | Columbia College | 19600 | 35800 | 0.4525 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 29 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 30 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20500 | 39200 | 0.4773 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 31 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20600 | 23200 | 0.1121 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 31 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1822 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 33 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2574 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 34 | Southern Virginia University | 20900 | 46700 | 0.5524 | 936 | 1094 | 0.9642 | |
| 35 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1826 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 36 | Louisiana Tech University | 21200 | 26100 | 0.1879 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 37 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 21300 | 48900 | 0.564 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 38 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 38 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22400 | 25900 | 0.1344 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 40 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23400 | 38200 | 0.3873 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9806 | |
| 41 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 23600 | 43300 | 0.4555 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8378 | |
| 42 | Indiana State University | 23900 | 32400 | 0.2625 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 42 | Stockton University | 23900 | 32100 | 0.2553 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 44 | Bradley University | 24100 | 50800 | 0.5255 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 45 | Abilene Christian University | 24400 | 59000 | 0.5861 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 46 | Seattle Pacific University | 25600 | 70000 | 0.6343 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 47 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 25700 | 37500 | 0.3151 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 48 | Rockford University | 25800 | 59600 | 0.5673 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 49 | Westminster College | 26100 | 57600 | 0.5469 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 50 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26300 | 36800 | 0.2855 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 51 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26800 | 0.0112 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 51 | University of Mount Union | 26500 | 50900 | 0.4793 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 53 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26600 | 41500 | 0.3588 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 54 | University of Arkansas | 26700 | 28900 | 0.0761 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 55 | Kansas State University | 26900 | 30400 | 0.1177 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 56 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 57 | California State University-San Bernardino | 27200 | 39100 | 0.3042 | 15,365 | 990 | 0.9374 | |
| 57 | University of Arizona | 27200 | 38100 | 0.2862 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 59 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 60 | California State University-San Marcos | 28000 | 38300 | 0.2689 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 60 | Texas State University | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 62 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1266 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 63 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28500 | 46000 | 0.3806 | 3,424 | 1209 | 0.7887 | |
| 64 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3355 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 65 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29300 | 34000 | 0.1381 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 65 | Sonoma State University | 29300 | 41200 | 0.2888 | 5,272 | 1050 | 0.9343 | |
| 67 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 29700 | 39700 | 0.252 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 68 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 69 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 69 | Lamar University | 31000 | 38300 | 0.1907 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 71 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.308 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 72 | Lesley University | 31600 | 53600 | 0.4105 | 1,229 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 72 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31600 | 47100 | 0.3308 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 74 | Baylor University | 31900 | 70300 | 0.546 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 75 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32100 | 40900 | 0.2151 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 76 | Samford University | 32500 | 64600 | 0.497 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 76 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 78 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32800 | 44700 | 0.2661 | 3,219 | 1226 | 0.5836 | |
| 79 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32900 | 40200 | 0.1817 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 80 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 81 | Bridgewater College | 33400 | 42500 | 0.2143 | 1,407 | 1174 | 0.9172 | |
| 82 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33700 | 41000 | 0.1782 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 83 | Texas Tech University | 35500 | 38900 | 0.0874 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 84 | Temple University | 35600 | 56400 | 0.3689 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 85 | University of Maine | 35800 | 35800 | 0 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 86 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 49700 | 0.2494 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 86 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37300 | 66300 | 0.4375 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 88 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 89 | Southern Nazarene University | 38200 | 48400 | 0.2105 | 1,456 | 0 | 0 | |
| 90 | Washington State University | 38300 | 53900 | 0.2895 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 91 | Hope International University | 38500 | 58600 | 0.343 | 564 | 1027 | 0.3298 | |
| 92 | Oakwood University | 38700 | 43300 | 0.1062 | 1,177 | 1005 | 0.4522 | |
| 93 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40200 | 44100 | 0.0885 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 94 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40300 | 50000 | 0.1942 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 94 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 40300 | 42500 | 0.0518 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 96 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 40400 | 53600 | 0.2464 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 97 | SUNY Oneonta | 41700 | 41700 | 0 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 98 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46600 | 0.0987 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 99 | Anderson University | 42300 | 53600 | 0.2108 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 100 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4467 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 101 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2743 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 102 | University of California-San Diego | 45800 | 77200 | 0.4068 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 103 | Illinois State University | 46000 | 49100 | 0.063 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 104 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0506 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 105 | University of Georgia | 48800 | 51600 | 0.0542 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 106 | Binghamton University | 50700 | 52800 | 0.0397 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 107 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.039 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 108 | George Mason University | 53700 | 61000 | 0.1197 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 109 | Howard University | 54900 | 66500 | 0.1745 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 110 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 58500 | 0.0478 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 111 | Berea College | 69000 | 69000 | 0 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 | |
| 112 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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