Considering a degree in Research and Experimental Psychology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Research and Experimental Psychology majors who live in Illinois.
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 Illinois.
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 | Trinity College | 3900 | 92800 | 0.9575 | 2,112 | 1404 | 0.2953 | |
| 3 | University of Pennsylvania | 4500 | 93100 | 0.9521 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 4 | Amherst College | 5600 | 99300 | 0.9433 | 1,907 | 1500 | 0.0772 | |
| 5 | Bowdoin College | 6800 | 96700 | 0.9296 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 6 | Pomona College | 6900 | 93700 | 0.9264 | 1,721 | 1499 | 0.0714 | |
| 6 | University of Richmond | 6900 | 92700 | 0.9252 | 3,052 | 1472 | 0.2224 | |
| 8 | Smith College | 7000 | 97700 | 0.9283 | 2,578 | 1466 | 0.2241 | |
| 8 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 7000 | 41500 | 0.8323 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 10 | Swarthmore College | 7200 | 94600 | 0.9241 | 1,631 | 1513 | 0.0752 | |
| 11 | Lafayette College | 7700 | 91000 | 0.9149 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 12 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 13 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8700 | 98000 | 0.9115 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 14 | Middlebury College | 8800 | 94500 | 0.9069 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 15 | Bates College | 9000 | 92900 | 0.903 | 1,736 | 1412 | 0.1483 | |
| 16 | Grinnell College | 9100 | 93600 | 0.9025 | 1,668 | 1469 | 0.1605 | |
| 17 | Colgate University | 9200 | 95800 | 0.9039 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 17 | Washington and Lee University | 9200 | 96300 | 0.9041 | 1,916 | 1484 | 0.1354 | |
| 19 | Haverford College | 9600 | 101400 | 0.9053 | 1,420 | 1490 | 0.1331 | |
| 20 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 10200 | 41500 | 0.7543 | 8,945 | 1099 | 0.975 | |
| 20 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7362 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 22 | University of California-Merced | 10300 | 40600 | 0.7466 | 8,234 | 1070 | 0.9704 | |
| 23 | Wellesley College | 10400 | 95400 | 0.8905 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 24 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8903 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 25 | Cornell University | 10700 | 93700 | 0.8857 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 26 | St Olaf College | 10800 | 79500 | 0.8641 | 3,114 | 1374 | 0.4338 | |
| 27 | Carleton College | 11100 | 74000 | 0.85 | 1,974 | 1492 | 0.2178 | |
| 28 | Vassar College | 12000 | 93100 | 0.8712 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 29 | Pitzer College | 12200 | 94400 | 0.871 | 1,193 | 1279 | 0.2685 | |
| 29 | University of Illinois Chicago | 12200 | 30200 | 0.5969 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 31 | Albion College | 12600 | 109600 | 0.8849 | 1,168 | 1065 | 0.7437 | |
| 32 | Colorado College | 12800 | 98000 | 0.8689 | 1,887 | 1357 | 0.2209 | |
| 32 | Hamilton College | 12800 | 98000 | 0.8694 | 1,980 | 1484 | 0.1359 | |
| 34 | University of North Florida | 13000 | 22400 | 0.4202 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 35 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13200 | 27400 | 0.519 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 36 | Northern Illinois University | 13300 | 32100 | 0.5853 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 37 | Denison University | 13500 | 69300 | 0.8049 | 2,458 | 1366 | 0.1955 | |
| 37 | Trinity University | 13500 | 67000 | 0.7982 | 2,423 | 1408 | 0.2488 | |
| 39 | University of North Alabama | 14600 | 37300 | 0.6087 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 40 | University of California-Riverside | 14700 | 66000 | 0.7777 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 41 | Murray State University | 14800 | 27000 | 0.4534 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 42 | Stanford University | 14900 | 1932000 | 0.9923 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 43 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15000 | 54400 | 0.7248 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 43 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15000 | 28200 | 0.4677 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 45 | Macalester College | 15300 | 94800 | 0.8382 | 2,068 | 1415 | 0.2813 | |
| 46 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 15600 | 74500 | 0.7908 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 47 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 10,397 | 1055 | 0.7439 | |
| 47 | University of Kansas | 15700 | 34900 | 0.5504 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 49 | Duke University | 15900 | 98600 | 0.8386 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 50 | Niagara University | 16100 | 57400 | 0.7192 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 51 | Northeastern State University | 16200 | 28600 | 0.4343 | 5,145 | 1035 | 0.9974 | |
| 51 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 16200 | 30800 | 0.4743 | 4,056 | 1090 | 0.4151 | |
| 53 | Union College | 16500 | 93300 | 0.8231 | 1,954 | 1399 | 0.4342 | |
| 54 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 54 | Whitman College | 17500 | 85500 | 0.7959 | 1,468 | 1397 | 0.4016 | |
| 56 | Northeastern University | 17900 | 90000 | 0.801 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 57 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 57 | Occidental College | 18400 | 96300 | 0.8086 | 1,822 | 1440 | 0.4485 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19700 | 30900 | 0.3627 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 60 | Cottey College | 20300 | 37300 | 0.4568 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 61 | College of Coastal Georgia | 20900 | 51600 | 0.5948 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 62 | Georgia College & State University | 21200 | 52400 | 0.5953 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 63 | Luther College | 21400 | 75400 | 0.7164 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 64 | Stetson University | 21700 | 81100 | 0.7327 | 2,414 | 1089 | 0.7167 | |
| 65 | Sterling College | 22100 | 77400 | 0.7143 | 649 | 1103 | 0.8759 | |
| 66 | Wilson College | 24700 | 44400 | 0.4433 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 67 | Lake Forest College | 24800 | 75400 | 0.6716 | 1,786 | 1304 | 0.5363 | |
| 68 | Earlham College | 26200 | 75800 | 0.6538 | 670 | 1237 | 0.7904 | |
| 69 | St. Francis College | 26900 | 39400 | 0.3177 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 70 | Creighton University | 27700 | 67900 | 0.5918 | 4,833 | 1328 | 0.9216 | |
| 71 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27800 | 61400 | 0.5465 | 1,804 | 1159 | 0.7258 | |
| 72 | Knox College | 28200 | 68900 | 0.5904 | 1,108 | 1274 | 0.772 | |
| 73 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 74 | Canisius University | 30000 | 54700 | 0.4518 | 1,728 | 1186 | 0.7323 | |
| 75 | Scripps College | 30200 | 97800 | 0.6911 | 1,103 | 1472 | 0.3988 | |
| 76 | The College of Wooster | 30600 | 82400 | 0.6284 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 76 | University of Toledo | 30600 | 42000 | 0.2715 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 78 | Western Kentucky University | 30900 | 42800 | 0.2783 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 79 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 80 | Westminster University | 31800 | 94100 | 0.6623 | 868 | 1205 | 0.6513 | |
| 81 | Southern Nazarene University | 31900 | 48400 | 0.3407 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 82 | Pace University | 33800 | 75700 | 0.5538 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 83 | Berry College | 34400 | 62400 | 0.4488 | 2,262 | 1219 | 0.7315 | |
| 84 | New York Institute of Technology | 35300 | 83600 | 0.5781 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 85 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36200 | 54000 | 0.3297 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 86 | Agnes Scott College | 36300 | 71200 | 0.49 | 731 | 1219 | 0.6353 | |
| 87 | Loyola University New Orleans | 37000 | 74600 | 0.5039 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 88 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39000 | 69800 | 0.4415 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 89 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.5975 | |
| 90 | Drexel University | 39700 | 86400 | 0.5408 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 91 | Kansas State University | 40900 | 41900 | 0.0239 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 92 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41500 | 55300 | 0.2497 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 93 | Oglethorpe University | 41700 | 68600 | 0.3923 | 1,338 | 1205 | 0.898 | |
| 94 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 95 | Texas Christian University | 44300 | 87400 | 0.4934 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 96 | LeTourneau University | 44600 | 57300 | 0.2215 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 97 | University of Delaware | 47700 | 62400 | 0.2363 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 98 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 49200 | 67600 | 0.2722 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 99 | Sacred Heart University | 49700 | 67500 | 0.2637 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 100 | University of North Georgia | 50100 | 57000 | 0.121 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 101 | Woodbury University | 50700 | 69500 | 0.2704 | 725 | 1087 | 0.7143 | |
| 102 | University of Utah | 51300 | 53700 | 0.0446 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 103 | University of California-Berkeley | 51700 | 76600 | 0.325 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 104 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53800 | 96100 | 0.44 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 105 | University of Oregon | 68900 | 71300 | 0.0336 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 106 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75000 | 0.04 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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