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 | Northeastern University Professional Programs | 5100 | 53000 | 0.9035 | 2,525 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 6200 | 12900 | 0.5181 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Santa Ana College | 6300 | 30400 | 0.792 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Wellesley College | 7000 | 90900 | 0.9233 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 5 | Santa Monica College | 7100 | 15500 | 0.5427 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 5 | Washington and Lee University | 7100 | 87100 | 0.9186 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
| 7 | Amherst College | 7200 | 95600 | 0.9246 | 1,914 | 1514 | 0.0901 | |
| 8 | Hamilton College | 8700 | 88400 | 0.9017 | 2,037 | 1499 | 0.1362 | |
| 9 | Pomona College | 8800 | 88500 | 0.9005 | 1,766 | 1520 | 0.0709 | |
| 10 | Haverford College | 9100 | 97300 | 0.9065 | 1,431 | 1499 | 0.1237 | |
| 11 | Smith College | 9200 | 92700 | 0.9003 | 2,549 | 1477 | 0.21 | |
| 12 | Grinnell College | 9400 | 91400 | 0.8973 | 1,788 | 1462 | 0.1451 | |
| 12 | St Olaf College | 9400 | 75600 | 0.8754 | 3,124 | 1378 | 0.4832 | |
| 12 | Stanford University | 9400 | 71500 | 0.868 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 15 | Vassar College | 9600 | 91500 | 0.8949 | 2,462 | 1499 | 0.1857 | |
| 16 | Davidson College | 9800 | 89900 | 0.891 | 1,869 | 1454 | 0.1337 | |
| 17 | Colgate University | 10000 | 91600 | 0.8904 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 18 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 10200 | 94100 | 0.8919 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 19 | Swarthmore College | 10300 | 88900 | 0.8842 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 20 | Bates College | 10400 | 91800 | 0.8866 | 1,760 | 1438 | 0.1332 | |
| 21 | Trinity College | 10800 | 91500 | 0.882 | 2,237 | 1393 | 0.3352 | |
| 22 | University of Pennsylvania | 11000 | 93000 | 0.8819 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 23 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11300 | 27200 | 0.5853 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 24 | Northeastern State University | 11800 | 22900 | 0.4846 | 5,085 | 1035 | 0.9935 | |
| 25 | Lafayette College | 12000 | 85800 | 0.8606 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 26 | Middlebury College | 12400 | 89800 | 0.8618 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 27 | Brigham Young University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5686 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 28 | Duke University | 13500 | 93500 | 0.8559 | 6,523 | 1539 | 0.0571 | |
| 29 | University of California-Merced | 13600 | 40400 | 0.6628 | 8,372 | 1070 | 0.9152 | |
| 29 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 32500 | 0.5809 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 31 | Bowdoin College | 13800 | 89900 | 0.8467 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 32 | University of North Florida | 13900 | 22400 | 0.3799 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 33 | Pitzer College | 14700 | 89800 | 0.8358 | 1,242 | 1279 | 0.2516 | |
| 34 | Albion College | 15100 | 72600 | 0.7919 | 1,308 | 1065 | 0.807 | |
| 34 | Murray State University | 15100 | 27000 | 0.4415 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 36 | Northeastern University | 15300 | 89900 | 0.8302 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 37 | University of North Georgia | 15400 | 21400 | 0.2804 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 38 | New York University | 15800 | 91800 | 0.8277 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 38 | Trinity University | 15800 | 64800 | 0.7563 | 2,518 | 1402 | 0.2592 | |
| 40 | University of California-Riverside | 16300 | 36500 | 0.5533 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 41 | Scripps College | 17100 | 93800 | 0.8178 | 1,117 | 1475 | 0.3829 | |
| 42 | Denison University | 17200 | 69300 | 0.7512 | 2,406 | 1383 | 0.1693 | |
| 43 | Barnard College | 17600 | 93200 | 0.8112 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 43 | University of Kansas | 17600 | 34900 | 0.4954 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 45 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 28100 | 0.3632 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 45 | Macalester College | 17900 | 88200 | 0.7974 | 2,144 | 1417 | 0.2852 | |
| 47 | Union College | 18300 | 91000 | 0.799 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 48 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3404 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 49 | Lee University | 19300 | 37100 | 0.4792 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 50 | Carleton College | 19500 | 74500 | 0.7382 | 2,128 | 1492 | 0.2041 | |
| 50 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 52 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19900 | 28200 | 0.2943 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 53 | Niagara University | 20400 | 57400 | 0.6444 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21200 | 29400 | 0.279 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 55 | Cottey College | 21300 | 37300 | 0.4292 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 56 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7011 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 57 | Canisius University | 21700 | 53200 | 0.5917 | 1,724 | 1129 | 0.7224 | |
| 58 | Sterling College | 22000 | 53600 | 0.5894 | 670 | 1090 | 0.8916 | |
| 59 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 22100 | 36100 | 0.3876 | 4,214 | 1090 | 0.8949 | |
| 60 | University of Rochester | 23300 | 93100 | 0.7499 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 61 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 23400 | 71600 | 0.6734 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 62 | Wilson College | 24300 | 43300 | 0.4385 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 63 | Whitman College | 24400 | 84800 | 0.7126 | 1,561 | 1399 | 0.3815 | |
| 64 | Occidental College | 25300 | 87400 | 0.7106 | 1,881 | 1447 | 0.4417 | |
| 65 | Westminster University | 25700 | 59500 | 0.5677 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 66 | Lake Forest College | 25800 | 76700 | 0.6633 | 1,814 | 1323 | 0.5681 | |
| 67 | Earlham College | 26500 | 75800 | 0.6509 | 696 | 1233 | 0.7311 | |
| 68 | St. Francis College | 26600 | 39400 | 0.3253 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
| 68 | University of North Alabama | 26600 | 41500 | 0.3592 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 70 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26900 | 83600 | 0.6785 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 71 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27300 | 61400 | 0.5549 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 71 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27300 | 40300 | 0.3224 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 73 | Creighton University | 27400 | 56600 | 0.516 | 4,647 | 1328 | 0.7975 | |
| 74 | College of Coastal Georgia | 28000 | 43200 | 0.3515 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 75 | Knox College | 28400 | 61000 | 0.5347 | 1,136 | 1287 | 0.7079 | |
| 76 | Regis University | 28500 | 67200 | 0.5755 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 77 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29100 | 52900 | 0.4501 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 78 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29900 | 30000 | 0.0033 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 79 | Gannon University | 30000 | 45300 | 0.3378 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 80 | Agnes Scott College | 30600 | 69000 | 0.5567 | 843 | 1273 | 0.6215 | |
| 81 | The College of Wooster | 31100 | 83100 | 0.6264 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 82 | Southern Nazarene University | 32200 | 48400 | 0.334 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 82 | University of Central Missouri | 32200 | 34300 | 0.0606 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 84 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54600 | 0.3754 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 85 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35400 | 47300 | 0.2515 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 86 | Western Kentucky University | 36100 | 41900 | 0.1385 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 87 | New York Institute of Technology | 39100 | 78600 | 0.5023 | 3,355 | 1235 | 0.7808 | |
| 87 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39100 | 52900 | 0.2607 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 89 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 90 | Oglethorpe University | 42000 | 68600 | 0.3876 | 1,361 | 1216 | 0.886 | |
| 91 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43700 | 68800 | 0.3647 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 92 | Georgia College & State University | 45000 | 52400 | 0.1412 | 6,006 | 1155 | 0.8779 | |
| 93 | Montclair State University | 46200 | 46600 | 0.0086 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 94 | Drexel University | 51300 | 82600 | 0.3788 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 95 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0386 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 96 | University of California-Irvine | 52200 | 64800 | 0.1944 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 97 | Sacred Heart University | 52800 | 75200 | 0.2979 | 6,960 | 1245 | 0.6768 | |
| 98 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 59000 | 61100 | 0.034 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 99 | University of Oregon | 59400 | 68900 | 0.1389 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 100 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 101 | University of California-Berkeley | 74600 | 75500 | 0.0119 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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