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 | 1454 | 0.1262 | |
| 2 | Stanford University | 3500 | 1932400 | 0.9982 | 7,346 | 1535 | 0.038 | |
| 3 | University of Pennsylvania | 3600 | 93100 | 0.9618 | 9,989 | 1536 | 0.0492 | |
| 4 | Amherst College | 4800 | 99300 | 0.9513 | 1,907 | 1514 | 0.0772 | |
| 5 | Trinity College | 5900 | 92800 | 0.936 | 2,112 | 1393 | 0.2953 | |
| 6 | Swarthmore College | 6900 | 94600 | 0.9272 | 1,631 | 1520 | 0.0752 | |
| 7 | Smith College | 7800 | 97700 | 0.9199 | 2,578 | 1477 | 0.2241 | |
| 8 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 9 | Colgate University | 8200 | 95800 | 0.9144 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 10 | Pomona College | 8600 | 89300 | 0.9036 | 1,721 | 1499 | 0.0714 | |
| 11 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8700 | 98000 | 0.9113 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 12 | Bates College | 8900 | 92900 | 0.904 | 1,736 | 1469 | 0.1483 | |
| 13 | Washington and Lee University | 9000 | 96300 | 0.9062 | 1,916 | 1488 | 0.1354 | |
| 14 | Grinnell College | 9100 | 93600 | 0.9025 | 1,668 | 1462 | 0.1605 | |
| 15 | University of Richmond | 9500 | 92700 | 0.8971 | 3,052 | 1484 | 0.2224 | |
| 16 | Wellesley College | 10000 | 95500 | 0.8956 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 17 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38700 | 0.7376 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 18 | Middlebury College | 10500 | 94500 | 0.8892 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 19 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8901 | 6,096 | 1462 | 0.4191 | |
| 20 | Vassar College | 11100 | 93100 | 0.8808 | 2,514 | 1499 | 0.2093 | |
| 21 | Bowdoin College | 11300 | 96700 | 0.883 | 1,841 | 1505 | 0.0681 | |
| 22 | Cornell University | 11600 | 93700 | 0.8761 | 16,138 | 1521 | 0.0838 | |
| 22 | Lafayette College | 11600 | 91000 | 0.8721 | 2,675 | 1427 | 0.3116 | |
| 22 | University of California-Merced | 11600 | 40700 | 0.7153 | 8,234 | 1070 | 0.9704 | |
| 25 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 | St Olaf College | 12100 | 79500 | 0.8477 | 3,114 | 1378 | 0.4338 | |
| 27 | Albion College | 12200 | 78100 | 0.8441 | 1,168 | 1065 | 0.7437 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 12600 | 35200 | 0.6427 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 29 | Hamilton College | 12700 | 98000 | 0.8704 | 1,980 | 1499 | 0.1359 | |
| 29 | University of North Florida | 12700 | 22400 | 0.4336 | 14,837 | 1150 | 0.6815 | |
| 31 | Denison University | 13100 | 69300 | 0.8115 | 2,458 | 1412 | 0.1955 | |
| 32 | Scripps College | 13300 | 93900 | 0.8584 | 1,103 | 1475 | 0.3988 | |
| 33 | Trinity University | 13400 | 67000 | 0.7996 | 2,423 | 1423 | 0.2488 | |
| 34 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6095 | 19,287 | 1294 | 0.6924 | |
| 34 | University of North Alabama | 13500 | 28200 | 0.5216 | 8,078 | 1140 | 0.7054 | |
| 36 | Carleton College | 13800 | 74500 | 0.8141 | 1,974 | 1490 | 0.2178 | |
| 37 | Pitzer College | 13900 | 93200 | 0.8507 | 1,193 | 1279 | 0.2685 | |
| 38 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 14300 | 26300 | 0.4559 | 4,056 | 1124 | 0.4151 | |
| 39 | University of California-Riverside | 14400 | 36500 | 0.6053 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 40 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14700 | 71500 | 0.7947 | 15,735 | 1103 | 0.8797 | |
| 40 | University of Nevada-Reno | 14700 | 28200 | 0.4784 | 20,204 | 1134 | 0.8313 | |
| 42 | Murray State University | 14800 | 27000 | 0.4534 | 8,217 | 1115 | 0.8413 | |
| 43 | Colorado College | 15000 | 98000 | 0.8465 | 1,887 | 1357 | 0.2209 | |
| 43 | University of California-Irvine | 15000 | 40400 | 0.6285 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 45 | Macalester College | 15100 | 94900 | 0.8413 | 2,068 | 1425 | 0.2813 | |
| 46 | Kansas State University | 15600 | 26400 | 0.4097 | 16,555 | 1164 | 0.875 | |
| 47 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 10,397 | 1055 | 0.7439 | |
| 48 | Northeastern State University | 15800 | 28600 | 0.4483 | 5,145 | 1055 | 0.9974 | |
| 49 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 50 | Niagara University | 16100 | 57400 | 0.7192 | 2,638 | 1160 | 0.876 | |
| 51 | Union College | 16500 | 93300 | 0.8231 | 1,954 | 1393 | 0.4342 | |
| 52 | Haverford College | 17100 | 101400 | 0.8314 | 1,420 | 1499 | 0.1331 | |
| 53 | Duke University | 17300 | 98500 | 0.8246 | 6,525 | 1527 | 0.0524 | |
| 54 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 55 | Northeastern University | 17600 | 90000 | 0.8041 | 22,456 | 1490 | 0.0562 | |
| 56 | Occidental College | 17700 | 88200 | 0.7997 | 1,822 | 1447 | 0.4485 | |
| 57 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19300 | 30900 | 0.3756 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 59 | Whitman College | 19500 | 84800 | 0.7699 | 1,468 | 1397 | 0.4016 | |
| 60 | Cottey College | 19700 | 37300 | 0.4714 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 61 | College of Coastal Georgia | 20400 | 51600 | 0.6045 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 62 | Luther College | 21400 | 75400 | 0.7164 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 63 | Sterling College | 21800 | 77400 | 0.7181 | 649 | 1070 | 0.8759 | |
| 64 | Stetson University | 23200 | 81100 | 0.7142 | 2,414 | 1179 | 0.7167 | |
| 65 | Lake Forest College | 23700 | 76000 | 0.6877 | 1,786 | 1323 | 0.5363 | |
| 66 | Creighton University | 24700 | 67900 | 0.6361 | 4,833 | 1328 | 0.9216 | |
| 66 | Wilson College | 24700 | 44400 | 0.4433 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 68 | Earlham College | 26200 | 75800 | 0.6538 | 670 | 1233 | 0.7904 | |
| 68 | University of Kansas | 26200 | 44400 | 0.4102 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 70 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27300 | 61400 | 0.5549 | 1,804 | 1164 | 0.7258 | |
| 71 | Canisius University | 27700 | 54700 | 0.4939 | 1,728 | 1186 | 0.7323 | |
| 72 | St. Francis College | 27800 | 39400 | 0.2948 | 1,719 | 1119 | 1 | |
| 73 | Knox College | 28000 | 68800 | 0.593 | 1,108 | 1281 | 0.772 | |
| 74 | New York University | 28900 | 92100 | 0.6862 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 75 | University of Toledo | 29600 | 42000 | 0.2954 | 10,726 | 1229 | 0.8889 | |
| 76 | The College of Wooster | 30800 | 83100 | 0.6291 | 1,515 | 1344 | 0.6438 | |
| 76 | Woodbury University | 30800 | 66600 | 0.5376 | 725 | 1087 | 0.7143 | |
| 78 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1435 | 0.1334 | |
| 79 | Westminster University | 31900 | 94100 | 0.6612 | 868 | 1233 | 0.6513 | |
| 80 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 32500 | 75200 | 0.5678 | 3,190 | 1307 | 0.6187 | |
| 81 | University of Oregon | 33100 | 40200 | 0.1784 | 20,710 | 1250 | 0.8742 | |
| 82 | Pace University | 33900 | 75700 | 0.5525 | 5,520 | 1260 | 0.7827 | |
| 83 | Western Kentucky University | 34600 | 43300 | 0.2009 | 13,732 | 970 | 0.9145 | |
| 84 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35300 | 69800 | 0.4945 | 2,532 | 1203 | 0.7739 | |
| 84 | New York Institute of Technology | 35300 | 83600 | 0.5781 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 86 | Berry College | 35600 | 62400 | 0.4293 | 2,262 | 1219 | 0.7315 | |
| 87 | Agnes Scott College | 36000 | 71200 | 0.4942 | 731 | 1269 | 0.6353 | |
| 88 | Loyola University New Orleans | 36700 | 74600 | 0.5079 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 89 | Southern Nazarene University | 37900 | 48400 | 0.2167 | 1,473 | 0 | 1 | |
| 90 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38300 | 54400 | 0.296 | 32,041 | 1302 | 0.4358 | |
| 91 | University of Charleston | 39100 | 51200 | 0.2361 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.5975 | |
| 92 | LeTourneau University | 39400 | 57300 | 0.3122 | 2,903 | 1178 | 0.4879 | |
| 93 | Sacred Heart University | 39600 | 67500 | 0.4133 | 7,291 | 950 | 0.6363 | |
| 94 | Drexel University | 39900 | 86400 | 0.5382 | 12,318 | 1339 | 0.699 | |
| 95 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 40700 | 55300 | 0.2642 | 21,388 | 1375 | 0.5945 | |
| 96 | Oglethorpe University | 41700 | 68600 | 0.3923 | 1,338 | 1216 | 0.898 | |
| 97 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1224 | 0.5796 | |
| 98 | Texas Christian University | 44400 | 87400 | 0.4921 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 99 | University of North Georgia | 50000 | 57000 | 0.1228 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 100 | University of California-Berkeley | 51300 | 76600 | 0.3302 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 100 | University of Utah | 51300 | 53700 | 0.0446 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 102 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53900 | 96100 | 0.439 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 103 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1406 | 0.3659 | |
| 104 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60600 | 63000 | 0.038 | 38,463 | 1302 | 0.7589 | |
| 105 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 63700 | 67600 | 0.0577 | 40,996 | 1331 | 0.4175 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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