Considering a degree in Research and Experimental Psychology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Research and Experimental Psychology majors who live in California.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Research and Experimental Psychology 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 | Davidson College | 2800 | 95600 | 0.9704 | 1,860 | 1463 | 0.1262 | |
| 2 | Stanford University | 3600 | 71800 | 0.9503 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 3 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Amherst College | 5600 | 96200 | 0.9423 | 1,907 | 1500 | 0.0772 | |
| 5 | Smith College | 5700 | 96800 | 0.9416 | 2,578 | 1466 | 0.2241 | |
| 6 | Swarthmore College | 5800 | 93800 | 0.9383 | 1,631 | 1513 | 0.0752 | |
| 7 | Trinity College | 6000 | 92800 | 0.9356 | 2,112 | 1404 | 0.2953 | |
| 8 | Bates College | 6400 | 92900 | 0.9309 | 1,736 | 1412 | 0.1483 | |
| 8 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | MiraCosta College | 7100 | 22400 | 0.6813 | 12,125 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 12 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8200 | 97100 | 0.916 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 13 | Pomona College | 8500 | 89000 | 0.904 | 1,721 | 1499 | 0.0714 | |
| 14 | Wellesley College | 8700 | 91300 | 0.9049 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 15 | Haverford College | 8900 | 97600 | 0.9089 | 1,420 | 1490 | 0.1331 | |
| 16 | University of Richmond | 9200 | 88400 | 0.896 | 3,052 | 1472 | 0.2224 | |
| 17 | Grinnell College | 9300 | 91400 | 0.8984 | 1,668 | 1469 | 0.1605 | |
| 18 | Washington and Lee University | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9025 | 1,916 | 1484 | 0.1354 | |
| 19 | Bowdoin College | 9500 | 89900 | 0.8945 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 20 | Colgate University | 10200 | 95800 | 0.8932 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 20 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38200 | 0.7339 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 22 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11000 | 29100 | 0.6225 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 23 | Vassar College | 11300 | 92400 | 0.8779 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 24 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 25 | Hamilton College | 11700 | 89100 | 0.869 | 1,980 | 1484 | 0.1359 | |
| 25 | Lafayette College | 11700 | 85800 | 0.8641 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 27 | Northeastern State University | 11800 | 22900 | 0.4838 | 5,145 | 1035 | 0.9974 | |
| 28 | University of Pennsylvania | 12000 | 92900 | 0.8708 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 29 | Albion College | 12300 | 75400 | 0.8374 | 1,168 | 1065 | 0.7437 | |
| 30 | University of California-Merced | 12500 | 41900 | 0.7018 | 8,234 | 1070 | 0.9704 | |
| 31 | Western Kentucky University | 12700 | 27000 | 0.5296 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 32 | St Olaf College | 12800 | 75900 | 0.8314 | 3,114 | 1374 | 0.4338 | |
| 32 | University of North Alabama | 12800 | 28200 | 0.5464 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 34 | Denison University | 13000 | 69300 | 0.8116 | 2,458 | 1366 | 0.1955 | |
| 35 | Pitzer College | 13200 | 92500 | 0.8571 | 1,193 | 1279 | 0.2685 | |
| 36 | Scripps College | 13300 | 93900 | 0.8578 | 1,103 | 1472 | 0.3988 | |
| 36 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 38 | Duke University | 13500 | 93600 | 0.856 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 38 | Middlebury College | 13500 | 89900 | 0.8499 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 38 | Trinity University | 13500 | 69600 | 0.8064 | 2,423 | 1408 | 0.2488 | |
| 38 | Union College | 13500 | 92400 | 0.8538 | 1,954 | 1399 | 0.4342 | |
| 38 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 43 | Carleton College | 13900 | 74500 | 0.8133 | 1,974 | 1492 | 0.2178 | |
| 44 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 45 | Colorado College | 15000 | 98000 | 0.8466 | 1,887 | 1357 | 0.2209 | |
| 46 | Macalester College | 15100 | 90100 | 0.8329 | 2,068 | 1415 | 0.2813 | |
| 46 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.6031 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 48 | University of Kansas | 15700 | 34900 | 0.5503 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 49 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 50 | University of California-Riverside | 17000 | 36500 | 0.5341 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 51 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 51 | Occidental College | 17600 | 88100 | 0.7999 | 1,822 | 1440 | 0.4485 | |
| 53 | University of California-Berkeley | 17800 | 43600 | 0.5926 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 54 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 44300 | 0.5956 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 55 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 56 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 57 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 18500 | 34100 | 0.458 | 4,056 | 1090 | 0.4151 | |
| 58 | University of Nevada-Reno | 18900 | 28200 | 0.3295 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 59 | Stetson University | 19000 | 79100 | 0.7602 | 2,414 | 1089 | 0.7167 | |
| 60 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 72100 | 0.7294 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 60 | Whitman College | 19500 | 84800 | 0.77 | 1,468 | 1397 | 0.4016 | |
| 62 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 19800 | 32300 | 0.3868 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 63 | University of Rochester | 20100 | 93100 | 0.7843 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 64 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 65 | Cottey College | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4154 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 65 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 67 | Sterling College | 22100 | 77400 | 0.7142 | 649 | 1103 | 0.8759 | |
| 68 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania Western University | 24400 | 34400 | 0.2904 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 70 | Lake Forest College | 24800 | 76000 | 0.6733 | 1,786 | 1304 | 0.5363 | |
| 70 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4421 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 72 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26100 | 36000 | 0.2751 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 73 | Earlham College | 26300 | 75800 | 0.6528 | 670 | 1237 | 0.7904 | |
| 74 | Kansas State University | 26600 | 30400 | 0.126 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 75 | St. Francis College | 26800 | 39400 | 0.3202 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 76 | University of North Georgia | 27200 | 38600 | 0.2957 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 77 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27300 | 61400 | 0.5551 | 1,804 | 1159 | 0.7258 | |
| 78 | Murray State University | 27600 | 32400 | 0.148 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 79 | Creighton University | 27700 | 68000 | 0.5929 | 4,833 | 1328 | 0.9216 | |
| 80 | Agnes Scott College | 28400 | 69200 | 0.5894 | 731 | 1219 | 0.6353 | |
| 81 | Canisius University | 28500 | 54700 | 0.4792 | 1,728 | 1186 | 0.7323 | |
| 81 | Westminster University | 28500 | 62600 | 0.545 | 868 | 1205 | 0.6513 | |
| 83 | Knox College | 28600 | 68800 | 0.5843 | 1,108 | 1274 | 0.772 | |
| 84 | University of North Florida | 30100 | 33000 | 0.0879 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 85 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 86 | The College of Wooster | 30900 | 83100 | 0.6278 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 87 | Southern Nazarene University | 32000 | 48400 | 0.3385 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 88 | Berry College | 32700 | 60900 | 0.4633 | 2,262 | 1219 | 0.7315 | |
| 89 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33300 | 75200 | 0.5573 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 90 | University of Central Missouri | 33500 | 35800 | 0.0639 | 10,397 | 1055 | 0.7439 | |
| 91 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.577 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 91 | Woodbury University | 35400 | 66600 | 0.4686 | 725 | 1087 | 0.7143 | |
| 93 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36400 | 53100 | 0.3144 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 94 | LeTourneau University | 38500 | 54800 | 0.2977 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 95 | Baldwin Wallace University | 38700 | 66100 | 0.4147 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 96 | University of Charleston | 39100 | 51200 | 0.2361 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.5975 | |
| 97 | Pace University | 40400 | 74800 | 0.4598 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 98 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 40900 | 55200 | 0.259 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 99 | Oglethorpe University | 41800 | 68600 | 0.3908 | 1,338 | 1205 | 0.898 | |
| 100 | Sacred Heart University | 42800 | 67500 | 0.3662 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 101 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 102 | Texas Christian University | 44400 | 87400 | 0.4922 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 103 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 104 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48300 | 91400 | 0.4717 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 105 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 106 | University of Oregon | 69000 | 71300 | 0.0321 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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