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 | 3400 | 53000 | 0.9355 | 2,525 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Washington and Lee University | 3700 | 87100 | 0.9577 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
| 3 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 30400 | 0.8478 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | University of Pennsylvania | 4700 | 93000 | 0.9496 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 5 | Amherst College | 5100 | 95600 | 0.9465 | 1,914 | 1514 | 0.0901 | |
| 6 | Davidson College | 5700 | 89900 | 0.9372 | 1,869 | 1454 | 0.1337 | |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6100 | 94100 | 0.9354 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | Swarthmore College | 6100 | 88900 | 0.9314 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 9 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 10 | Trinity College | 6500 | 91500 | 0.929 | 2,237 | 1393 | 0.3352 | |
| 11 | Bates College | 7000 | 91800 | 0.9236 | 1,760 | 1438 | 0.1332 | |
| 11 | Smith College | 7000 | 92700 | 0.924 | 2,549 | 1477 | 0.21 | |
| 11 | Wellesley College | 7000 | 90900 | 0.9233 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 14 | Middlebury College | 8100 | 89800 | 0.9096 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 15 | Hamilton College | 8700 | 88400 | 0.9017 | 2,037 | 1499 | 0.1362 | |
| 16 | Pomona College | 8800 | 88500 | 0.9005 | 1,766 | 1520 | 0.0709 | |
| 17 | Haverford College | 9000 | 97300 | 0.9075 | 1,431 | 1499 | 0.1237 | |
| 18 | Duke University | 9400 | 93500 | 0.8998 | 6,523 | 1539 | 0.0571 | |
| 18 | Grinnell College | 9400 | 91400 | 0.8973 | 1,788 | 1462 | 0.1451 | |
| 18 | St Olaf College | 9400 | 75600 | 0.8754 | 3,124 | 1378 | 0.4832 | |
| 18 | Stanford University | 9400 | 71500 | 0.868 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 22 | Vassar College | 9600 | 91500 | 0.8949 | 2,462 | 1499 | 0.1857 | |
| 23 | Colgate University | 9900 | 91600 | 0.8915 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 24 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38000 | 0.7304 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 25 | Brigham Young University | 10700 | 29000 | 0.6306 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 26 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 10900 | 20800 | 0.4747 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | New York University | 11600 | 91800 | 0.8734 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 28 | Lafayette College | 11800 | 85800 | 0.863 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 28 | Northeastern State University | 11800 | 22900 | 0.4846 | 5,085 | 1035 | 0.9935 | |
| 30 | Bowdoin College | 12200 | 89900 | 0.8645 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 31 | Denison University | 13100 | 69300 | 0.8111 | 2,406 | 1383 | 0.1693 | |
| 32 | University of California-Merced | 13600 | 40400 | 0.6628 | 8,372 | 1070 | 0.9152 | |
| 33 | Union College | 14100 | 91000 | 0.8451 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 34 | Trinity University | 14500 | 64800 | 0.7764 | 2,518 | 1402 | 0.2592 | |
| 35 | Pitzer College | 14600 | 89800 | 0.8369 | 1,242 | 1279 | 0.2516 | |
| 36 | Carleton College | 15000 | 74500 | 0.7988 | 2,128 | 1492 | 0.2041 | |
| 36 | University of California-Berkeley | 15000 | 43600 | 0.6561 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 38 | Albion College | 15100 | 72600 | 0.7919 | 1,308 | 1065 | 0.807 | |
| 38 | Macalester College | 15100 | 88200 | 0.8292 | 2,144 | 1417 | 0.2852 | |
| 40 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 35300 | 0.5703 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 41 | Northeastern University | 15300 | 89900 | 0.8302 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 42 | University of California-Riverside | 16400 | 36500 | 0.5505 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 43 | Scripps College | 17100 | 93800 | 0.8178 | 1,117 | 1475 | 0.3829 | |
| 44 | Barnard College | 17600 | 93200 | 0.8112 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 45 | Occidental College | 17700 | 87400 | 0.7976 | 1,881 | 1447 | 0.4417 | |
| 46 | University of Rochester | 17800 | 93100 | 0.809 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 47 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18800 | 30900 | 0.3927 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 48 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3401 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 49 | Lee University | 19300 | 37100 | 0.4792 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 50 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 51 | Whitman College | 20000 | 84800 | 0.764 | 1,561 | 1399 | 0.3815 | |
| 52 | Niagara University | 20400 | 57400 | 0.6444 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 53 | Cottey College | 21300 | 37300 | 0.4291 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 54 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7022 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 55 | Canisius University | 21700 | 53200 | 0.5917 | 1,724 | 1129 | 0.7224 | |
| 55 | Lake Forest College | 21700 | 76700 | 0.7167 | 1,814 | 1323 | 0.5681 | |
| 57 | Sterling College | 22000 | 53600 | 0.5894 | 670 | 1090 | 0.8916 | |
| 58 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 22100 | 36100 | 0.3876 | 4,214 | 1090 | 0.8949 | |
| 59 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 23400 | 71600 | 0.6734 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 60 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 23800 | 83600 | 0.7156 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 61 | Wilson College | 24200 | 43300 | 0.4398 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 62 | Creighton University | 24700 | 56600 | 0.5637 | 4,647 | 1328 | 0.7975 | |
| 63 | University of Kansas | 25200 | 42000 | 0.3998 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 64 | Westminster University | 25700 | 59500 | 0.5677 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 65 | Pennsylvania Western University | 26200 | 35600 | 0.2643 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 66 | Earlham College | 26400 | 75800 | 0.6519 | 696 | 1233 | 0.7311 | |
| 67 | St. Francis College | 26600 | 39400 | 0.3253 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
| 67 | University of North Alabama | 26600 | 41500 | 0.3592 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 69 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 26800 | 40300 | 0.3348 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 70 | University of North Georgia | 26900 | 35500 | 0.2422 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 71 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27300 | 61400 | 0.5548 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 72 | Murray State University | 27700 | 32400 | 0.1448 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 73 | College of Coastal Georgia | 28000 | 43200 | 0.3515 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 74 | Knox College | 28400 | 61000 | 0.5347 | 1,136 | 1287 | 0.7079 | |
| 75 | Regis University | 28500 | 67200 | 0.5755 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 76 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29100 | 52900 | 0.4501 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 77 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 77 | 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 | 31000 | 83100 | 0.6265 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 82 | University of North Florida | 31400 | 37900 | 0.1715 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 83 | Southern Nazarene University | 32100 | 48400 | 0.3363 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 83 | University of Central Missouri | 32100 | 34300 | 0.0638 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 85 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 86 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 87 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35400 | 47300 | 0.2515 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 87 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.5758 | 3,355 | 1235 | 0.7808 | |
| 89 | Western Kentucky University | 36100 | 41900 | 0.1385 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 90 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39000 | 52900 | 0.2626 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 91 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 39600 | 56700 | 0.3017 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 92 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 93 | Oglethorpe University | 41900 | 68600 | 0.3892 | 1,361 | 1216 | 0.886 | |
| 94 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3672 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 95 | Georgia College & State University | 44900 | 52400 | 0.1431 | 6,006 | 1155 | 0.8779 | |
| 96 | Montclair State University | 46200 | 46600 | 0.0086 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 97 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1137 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 98 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 99 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0407 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 100 | Sacred Heart University | 52800 | 75200 | 0.2979 | 6,960 | 1245 | 0.6768 | |
| 101 | University of Oregon | 66700 | 68900 | 0.0317 | 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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