Considering a degree in Behavioral?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Behavioral majors who live in California.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Behavioral degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of California.
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 | United States Air Force Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,124 | 1344 | 0.1393 | |
| 2 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 100 | 22300 | 0.9939 | 6,029 | 1080 | 0.834 | |
| 3 | Johns Hopkins University | 4100 | 88600 | 0.9536 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 4 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 4500 | 12900 | 0.6524 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Colby College | 5100 | 90200 | 0.9432 | 2,412 | 1497 | 0.0709 | |
| 6 | Wesleyan University | 5800 | 91100 | 0.9367 | 3,805 | 1405 | 0.1649 | |
| 7 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 8 | Brown University | 6800 | 93900 | 0.9273 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 8 | Sisseton Wahpeton College | 6800 | 12600 | 0.4606 | 215 | 0 | 0.8208 | |
| 10 | Franklin and Marshall College | 9100 | 90100 | 0.8986 | 1,808 | 1396 | 0.2819 | |
| 11 | Duke University | 9300 | 93500 | 0.9009 | 6,523 | 1539 | 0.0571 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12100 | 30700 | 0.6055 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 13 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13000 | 39000 | 0.6675 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 14 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 15 | Lindsey Wilson College | 14900 | 47600 | 0.6863 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 16 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 41800 | 0.6191 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | University of Southern California | 16300 | 71400 | 0.772 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 18 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16700 | 64800 | 0.7426 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 19 | Centre College | 17900 | 70100 | 0.7449 | 1,356 | 1330 | 0.5553 | |
| 19 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 17900 | 45800 | 0.6089 | 767 | 1108 | 0.7277 | |
| 21 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 18000 | 27900 | 0.3543 | 1,357 | 1078 | 0.9907 | |
| 22 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 23 | Illinois College | 18900 | 52300 | 0.6391 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 23 | San Jose State University | 18900 | 30000 | 0.3702 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 25 | University of West Georgia | 19600 | 23600 | 0.1692 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 26 | Glenville State University | 20700 | 30900 | 0.3302 | 1,583 | 980 | 0.9924 | |
| 27 | Columbia College | 22200 | 36800 | 0.3973 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 28 | East Texas Baptist University | 22300 | 49900 | 0.5526 | 1,634 | 1025 | 0.5776 | |
| 29 | Life Pacific University | 22900 | 45900 | 0.5011 | 396 | 1055 | 0.9395 | |
| 30 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23300 | 58700 | 0.603 | 2,934 | 1160 | 0.9004 | |
| 31 | Utica University | 23500 | 41100 | 0.4279 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 32 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 23600 | 28100 | 0.1603 | 946 | 1095 | 0.8271 | |
| 33 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24100 | 32200 | 0.2515 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 34 | Northern Michigan University | 24400 | 32900 | 0.2587 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 35 | Tennessee Wesleyan University | 24600 | 44200 | 0.4433 | 857 | 1075 | 0.5941 | |
| 36 | University of Kansas | 25200 | 42000 | 0.4002 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 37 | University of Mount Saint Vincent | 25600 | 63200 | 0.5949 | 2,398 | 1084 | 0.8464 | |
| 38 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 39 | Point Park University | 26200 | 56800 | 0.5391 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 40 | Central Washington University | 26900 | 27200 | 0.011 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 41 | University of Tulsa | 27300 | 62700 | 0.5649 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 42 | University of Jamestown | 27400 | 34400 | 0.2035 | 1,049 | 1110 | 0.8808 | |
| 43 | Concordia University-Irvine | 27600 | 64500 | 0.5722 | 1,465 | 1172 | 0.5986 | |
| 43 | Florida Atlantic University | 27600 | 39200 | 0.2961 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 45 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 27700 | 36400 | 0.2375 | 5,162 | 1131 | 0.9502 | |
| 46 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 47 | Cornell College | 28200 | 74800 | 0.6235 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 48 | George Fox University | 28300 | 67100 | 0.5787 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 49 | Mercy University | 28400 | 44500 | 0.3619 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 50 | University of Iowa | 28900 | 31100 | 0.0709 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 51 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 29900 | 46100 | 0.3514 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 52 | Albright College | 30400 | 48700 | 0.3758 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 53 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64600 | 0.5216 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 54 | University of North Florida | 31400 | 37900 | 0.1715 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 55 | Missouri Baptist University | 31600 | 53800 | 0.4126 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 55 | The University of Montana-Western | 31600 | 41600 | 0.2406 | 1,440 | 990 | 0.995 | |
| 57 | Harding University | 32800 | 47000 | 0.3023 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 58 | Saint Francis University | 32900 | 61500 | 0.465 | 2,450 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
| 59 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3849 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 60 | Taylor University | 34000 | 57600 | 0.4097 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
| 61 | Seton Hill University | 35500 | 63800 | 0.4433 | 1,597 | 1150 | 0.7579 | |
| 62 | Andrews University | 36400 | 47100 | 0.227 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 63 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 64 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 37700 | 38900 | 0.0309 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 65 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 38500 | 48900 | 0.2126 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 66 | Wayne State University | 39000 | 45500 | 0.1428 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 67 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 68 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 68600 | 0.4116 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 69 | Quinnipiac University | 41900 | 79200 | 0.4709 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 70 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 71 | Rochester Christian University | 43200 | 45400 | 0.0485 | 1,144 | 980 | 0.653 | |
| 72 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1137 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 73 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84200 | 0.3956 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 74 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 75 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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