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 | 3300 | 53000 | 0.9374 | 2,525 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Washington and Lee University | 3600 | 87100 | 0.9588 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
| 3 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 4500 | 12900 | 0.6524 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Santa Ana College | 4500 | 30400 | 0.8511 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 4600 | 93000 | 0.9507 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 6 | Amherst College | 5100 | 95600 | 0.9465 | 1,914 | 1514 | 0.0901 | |
| 7 | Davidson College | 5600 | 89900 | 0.9381 | 1,869 | 1454 | 0.1337 | |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6000 | 94100 | 0.9365 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 8 | Swarthmore College | 6000 | 88900 | 0.9325 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 10 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 11 | Trinity College | 6500 | 91500 | 0.929 | 2,237 | 1393 | 0.3352 | |
| 12 | Bates College | 6900 | 91800 | 0.9247 | 1,760 | 1438 | 0.1332 | |
| 12 | Smith College | 6900 | 92700 | 0.9251 | 2,549 | 1477 | 0.21 | |
| 14 | Wellesley College | 7000 | 90900 | 0.9233 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 15 | Middlebury College | 8000 | 89800 | 0.9108 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 16 | Hamilton College | 8700 | 88400 | 0.9017 | 2,037 | 1499 | 0.1362 | |
| 17 | Pomona College | 8800 | 88500 | 0.9005 | 1,766 | 1520 | 0.0709 | |
| 18 | Haverford College | 8900 | 97300 | 0.9086 | 1,431 | 1499 | 0.1237 | |
| 19 | Duke University | 9300 | 93500 | 0.9009 | 6,523 | 1539 | 0.0571 | |
| 19 | Grinnell College | 9300 | 91400 | 0.8984 | 1,788 | 1462 | 0.1451 | |
| 21 | St Olaf College | 9400 | 75600 | 0.8754 | 3,124 | 1378 | 0.4832 | |
| 21 | Stanford University | 9400 | 71500 | 0.868 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 23 | Vassar College | 9600 | 91500 | 0.8949 | 2,462 | 1499 | 0.1857 | |
| 24 | Colgate University | 9900 | 91600 | 0.8915 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 25 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38000 | 0.7304 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 26 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10400 | 27200 | 0.6184 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 27 | Brigham Young University | 10700 | 29000 | 0.6306 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 28 | New York University | 11500 | 91800 | 0.8745 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 29 | Lafayette College | 11800 | 85800 | 0.863 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 29 | Northeastern State University | 11800 | 22900 | 0.4846 | 5,085 | 1035 | 0.9935 | |
| 31 | Bowdoin College | 12100 | 89900 | 0.8656 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 32 | Denison University | 13000 | 69300 | 0.8123 | 2,406 | 1383 | 0.1693 | |
| 33 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 34 | University of North Florida | 13500 | 22400 | 0.3978 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 35 | University of California-Merced | 13600 | 40400 | 0.6628 | 8,372 | 1070 | 0.9152 | |
| 36 | Kansas State University | 14100 | 26100 | 0.4588 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 36 | Union College | 14100 | 91000 | 0.8451 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 38 | Trinity University | 14400 | 64800 | 0.7779 | 2,518 | 1402 | 0.2592 | |
| 39 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 14500 | 22700 | 0.3607 | 4,214 | 1090 | 0.8949 | |
| 40 | Pitzer College | 14600 | 89800 | 0.8369 | 1,242 | 1279 | 0.2516 | |
| 41 | Macalester College | 15000 | 88200 | 0.8303 | 2,144 | 1417 | 0.2852 | |
| 41 | University of California-Berkeley | 15000 | 43600 | 0.6561 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 43 | Albion College | 15100 | 72600 | 0.7919 | 1,308 | 1065 | 0.807 | |
| 43 | Carleton College | 15100 | 74500 | 0.7979 | 2,128 | 1492 | 0.2041 | |
| 45 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 35300 | 0.5703 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 46 | Northeastern University | 15300 | 89900 | 0.8302 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 47 | University of California-Riverside | 16400 | 36500 | 0.5505 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 48 | Scripps College | 17100 | 93800 | 0.8178 | 1,117 | 1475 | 0.3829 | |
| 49 | Occidental College | 17500 | 87400 | 0.7999 | 1,881 | 1447 | 0.4417 | |
| 50 | Barnard College | 17600 | 93200 | 0.8112 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 51 | University of Rochester | 17700 | 93100 | 0.8101 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 52 | College of Coastal Georgia | 18400 | 32900 | 0.4413 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 53 | Lee University | 19300 | 37100 | 0.4792 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 53 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19300 | 28200 | 0.3156 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 55 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 56 | Whitman College | 20000 | 84800 | 0.7639 | 1,561 | 1399 | 0.3815 | |
| 57 | Niagara University | 20400 | 57400 | 0.6444 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 58 | Cottey College | 21300 | 37300 | 0.429 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 59 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7025 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 60 | Lake Forest College | 21600 | 76700 | 0.718 | 1,814 | 1323 | 0.5681 | |
| 61 | Canisius University | 21700 | 53200 | 0.5917 | 1,724 | 1129 | 0.7224 | |
| 62 | Sterling College | 22000 | 53600 | 0.5894 | 670 | 1090 | 0.8916 | |
| 63 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 23400 | 71600 | 0.6734 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 64 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 23700 | 83600 | 0.7168 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 65 | Creighton University | 24700 | 56600 | 0.5637 | 4,647 | 1328 | 0.7975 | |
| 66 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4412 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 67 | University of Kansas | 25200 | 42000 | 0.4002 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 68 | Westminster University | 25700 | 59500 | 0.5677 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania Western University | 26200 | 35600 | 0.2643 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 70 | Earlham College | 26400 | 75800 | 0.6521 | 696 | 1233 | 0.7311 | |
| 71 | St. Francis College | 26600 | 39400 | 0.3253 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
| 71 | University of North Alabama | 26600 | 41500 | 0.3592 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 73 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 26800 | 40300 | 0.3348 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 74 | University of North Georgia | 26900 | 35500 | 0.2422 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 75 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27300 | 61400 | 0.5548 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 76 | Murray State University | 27700 | 32400 | 0.1454 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 77 | Knox College | 28400 | 61000 | 0.5347 | 1,136 | 1287 | 0.7079 | |
| 78 | Regis University | 28500 | 67200 | 0.5755 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 79 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29100 | 52900 | 0.4501 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 80 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 81 | Gannon University | 30000 | 45300 | 0.3378 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 82 | Agnes Scott College | 30600 | 69000 | 0.5567 | 843 | 1273 | 0.6215 | |
| 83 | The College of Wooster | 31000 | 83100 | 0.6268 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 84 | Southern Nazarene University | 32100 | 48400 | 0.3367 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 84 | University of Central Missouri | 32100 | 34300 | 0.0643 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 86 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 34700 | 0.0691 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 87 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 88 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35400 | 47300 | 0.2515 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 88 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.5761 | 3,355 | 1235 | 0.7808 | |
| 90 | Western Kentucky University | 36100 | 41900 | 0.1385 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 91 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 92 | Oglethorpe University | 41900 | 68600 | 0.3895 | 1,361 | 1216 | 0.886 | |
| 93 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3675 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 94 | Georgia College & State University | 44900 | 52400 | 0.1431 | 6,006 | 1155 | 0.8779 | |
| 95 | Montclair State University | 46200 | 46600 | 0.0086 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 96 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1137 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 97 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 98 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 99 | Sacred Heart University | 52800 | 75200 | 0.2979 | 6,960 | 1245 | 0.6768 | |
| 100 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.035 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 101 | University of Oregon | 66700 | 68900 | 0.032 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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