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 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 3 | Colby College | 3800 | 91300 | 0.958 | 2,360 | 1477 | 0.0803 | |
| 4 | Wesleyan University | 5800 | 93700 | 0.9385 | 3,043 | 1435 | 0.1637 | |
| 5 | Sisseton Wahpeton College | 6400 | 13600 | 0.533 | 207 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 7 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5865 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 8 | University of Tulsa | 11600 | 62900 | 0.8153 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 9 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 10 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14000 | 26600 | 0.4728 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 10 | Duke University | 14000 | 93600 | 0.8506 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 12 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 13 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 15800 | 33200 | 0.5249 | 1,466 | 1078 | 0.4912 | |
| 14 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 16500 | 45100 | 0.6343 | 771 | 1085 | 0.7338 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28000 | 0.4111 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 16 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 17 | Wayne State University | 16800 | 32900 | 0.4891 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 18 | Centre College | 16900 | 73000 | 0.7685 | 1,385 | 1323 | 0.4816 | |
| 19 | Houston Christian University | 17000 | 56800 | 0.7007 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 20 | Lindsey Wilson University | 18300 | 47100 | 0.6117 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 21 | Central Washington University | 19000 | 22700 | 0.1628 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 22 | Life Pacific University | 19500 | 47800 | 0.5918 | 460 | 1020 | 0.958 | |
| 23 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78600 | 0.7492 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 24 | Franklin and Marshall College | 20000 | 90300 | 0.7785 | 1,778 | 1387 | 0.3163 | |
| 25 | Columbia College | 20300 | 35800 | 0.433 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 26 | Albright College | 20400 | 49300 | 0.5861 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 26 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 28 | University of Southern California | 20600 | 75900 | 0.729 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 29 | East Texas Baptist University | 21900 | 47500 | 0.5388 | 1,663 | 1059 | 0.7306 | |
| 30 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 22000 | 35300 | 0.3764 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 31 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23300 | 61100 | 0.6186 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 31 | San Jose State University | 23300 | 41100 | 0.4332 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 33 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 23500 | 28100 | 0.1633 | 1,012 | 1075 | 0.8671 | |
| 34 | University of Kansas | 24600 | 43000 | 0.4276 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 35 | Walsh University | 24900 | 46400 | 0.4634 | 1,523 | 1159 | 0.7074 | |
| 36 | Point Park University | 25200 | 57000 | 0.5582 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 37 | University of Jamestown | 25400 | 34400 | 0.2616 | 1,097 | 1055 | 0.88 | |
| 38 | Mount Aloysius College | 26200 | 49200 | 0.4677 | 3,135 | 1045 | 0.936 | |
| 39 | University of South Dakota | 27300 | 29600 | 0.0773 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 40 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 41 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 42 | Cornell College | 28100 | 74800 | 0.6242 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 43 | Concordia University-Irvine | 28200 | 72300 | 0.6098 | 1,554 | 1172 | 0.6599 | |
| 44 | George Fox University | 28400 | 69400 | 0.5911 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 45 | Wayland Baptist University | 28800 | 37300 | 0.2281 | 1,894 | 1045 | 0.5477 | |
| 46 | Southern Adventist University | 29700 | 46900 | 0.3666 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 47 | University of West Georgia | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3525 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 48 | University of North Florida | 30800 | 33000 | 0.0667 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 49 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.474 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 50 | Missouri Baptist University | 31500 | 53800 | 0.4142 | 5,253 | 910 | 0.7062 | |
| 51 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31600 | 59100 | 0.4651 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 52 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33200 | 75200 | 0.5587 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 53 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 54 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 55300 | 0.3889 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 55 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 56 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34600 | 50900 | 0.3202 | 1,961 | 1099 | 0.7512 | |
| 57 | Seton Hill University | 35700 | 89200 | 0.5997 | 1,502 | 1134 | 0.7953 | |
| 58 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 59 | Andrews University | 37200 | 70100 | 0.4694 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 60 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | 37500 | 57100 | 0.3435 | 1,732 | 1108 | 0.9117 | |
| 61 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 38900 | 38900 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 62 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 39100 | 43400 | 0.0989 | 5,288 | 1138 | 0.9459 | |
| 63 | Saint Francis University | 39200 | 63100 | 0.3788 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 64 | California Baptist University | 39800 | 65600 | 0.3933 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 65 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 40200 | 42500 | 0.0542 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 66 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 67 | Saint Mary's College of California | 40600 | 81500 | 0.5016 | 1,955 | 1175 | 0.8856 | |
| 68 | Pace University | 40700 | 74800 | 0.4558 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 69 | Rochester Christian University | 43100 | 45400 | 0.0504 | 1,162 | 970 | 0.9764 | |
| 70 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 71 | Quinnipiac University | 44900 | 79200 | 0.433 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 72 | Wagner College | 46900 | 73400 | 0.3611 | 1,666 | 1240 | 0.88 | |
| 73 | University of Delaware | 48200 | 61300 | 0.2136 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 74 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 75 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 76 | Mount St. Joseph University | 53900 | 54300 | 0.0074 | 1,268 | 1105 | 0.9128 | |
| 77 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 78 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 58200 | 61400 | 0.0521 | 344 | 1125 | 0.8984 | |
| 79 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 80 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 82400 | 82400 | 0 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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