Considering a degree in Behavioral?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Behavioral majors who live in South Dakota.
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 South Dakota.
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 | 4,114 | 1335 | 0.1409 | |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 3 | Wesleyan University | 5800 | 93700 | 0.9385 | 3,805 | 1484 | 0.1649 | |
| 4 | Colby College | 5900 | 91300 | 0.935 | 2,412 | 1497 | 0.0709 | |
| 5 | Sisseton Wahpeton College | 6400 | 13600 | 0.533 | 206 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | University of Tulsa | 11600 | 62900 | 0.8153 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 7 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12100 | 38800 | 0.6887 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 8 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 9 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 10 | Duke University | 14300 | 93600 | 0.8474 | 6,523 | 1527 | 0.0571 | |
| 11 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 12 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 15200 | 33200 | 0.543 | 1,464 | 980 | 0.9792 | |
| 13 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 14 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 16500 | 45100 | 0.6343 | 771 | 1085 | 0.7338 | |
| 15 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7415 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 16 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8077 | 797 | 1370 | 0.4453 | |
| 17 | Centre College | 17300 | 73000 | 0.7631 | 1,404 | 1314 | 0.5436 | |
| 18 | Lindsey Wilson College | 17500 | 47100 | 0.6287 | 1,722 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | Houston Christian University | 17700 | 56800 | 0.6883 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 20 | Central Washington University | 19000 | 22700 | 0.1628 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 21 | Life Pacific University | 19500 | 47800 | 0.5918 | 460 | 1020 | 0.958 | |
| 22 | Illinois College | 19800 | 55200 | 0.6419 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 23 | Franklin and Marshall College | 20000 | 90300 | 0.7785 | 1,808 | 1396 | 0.2819 | |
| 24 | Columbia College | 20300 | 35800 | 0.433 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 25 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1836 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 25 | University of Southern California | 20600 | 75900 | 0.729 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 27 | Albright College | 21100 | 49300 | 0.5719 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 28 | East Texas Baptist University | 21700 | 47500 | 0.543 | 1,634 | 1025 | 0.5776 | |
| 29 | Northern Michigan University | 21900 | 33100 | 0.3384 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 30 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23200 | 61100 | 0.6209 | 3,000 | 1130 | 0.8572 | |
| 31 | San Jose State University | 23400 | 41100 | 0.4308 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 32 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 23700 | 28100 | 0.1576 | 1,012 | 1075 | 0.8671 | |
| 33 | University of Kansas | 24700 | 43000 | 0.4262 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 34 | Walsh University | 24900 | 46400 | 0.4634 | 1,523 | 1159 | 0.7074 | |
| 35 | University of Jamestown | 25400 | 34400 | 0.2616 | 1,049 | 1055 | 0.8808 | |
| 36 | University of Mount Saint Vincent | 26100 | 64300 | 0.5937 | 2,725 | 1100 | 0.8511 | |
| 37 | University of South Dakota | 27500 | 29600 | 0.0719 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 38 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 39 | Concordia University-Irvine | 28200 | 72300 | 0.6098 | 1,544 | 1172 | 0.6599 | |
| 39 | Cornell College | 28200 | 74800 | 0.6228 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 41 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0685 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 42 | George Fox University | 29200 | 69400 | 0.5796 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 43 | Southern Adventist University | 29900 | 46900 | 0.3632 | 2,929 | 1134 | 0.655 | |
| 44 | University of West Georgia | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3525 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 45 | Mercy University | 30400 | 44500 | 0.317 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 46 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.473 | 2,503 | 1229 | 0.7353 | |
| 47 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31600 | 59100 | 0.4651 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 48 | Missouri Baptist University | 31700 | 53800 | 0.4112 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 49 | University of North Florida | 31800 | 33000 | 0.0364 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 50 | The University of Montana-Western | 32300 | 42900 | 0.2473 | 1,335 | 990 | 0.9978 | |
| 51 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4893 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 52 | Harding University | 33700 | 47800 | 0.2956 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 53 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 55300 | 0.3889 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 54 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4787 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 55 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34700 | 50900 | 0.3171 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 56 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 57 | New York Institute of Technology | 35500 | 83600 | 0.5753 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 58 | Seton Hill University | 35700 | 65000 | 0.4507 | 1,501 | 1134 | 0.7953 | |
| 59 | Florida International University | 36400 | 36800 | 0.0109 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 60 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 39300 | 43400 | 0.0952 | 5,160 | 1131 | 0.9502 | |
| 60 | Saint Francis University | 39300 | 63100 | 0.3772 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 62 | Saint Mary's College of California | 40700 | 81500 | 0.5004 | 1,954 | 1175 | 0.8653 | |
| 62 | Wayne State University | 40700 | 46200 | 0.1191 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 64 | Pace University | 40900 | 74800 | 0.4531 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 65 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 41000 | 42500 | 0.0353 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 66 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 42400 | 53200 | 0.203 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 67 | Rochester Christian University | 43300 | 45400 | 0.0469 | 1,161 | 970 | 0.9765 | |
| 68 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 69 | Quinnipiac University | 44900 | 79200 | 0.433 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 70 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 71 | University of Delaware | 49000 | 61300 | 0.2017 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 72 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 59400 | 0.1617 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 73 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 74 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 75 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54300 | 54300 | 0 | 1,545 | 1143 | 0.5912 | |
| 76 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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