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 | 1463 | 0.1262 | |
| 2 | Stanford University | 3600 | 71800 | 0.9503 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 3 | Amherst College | 5600 | 96200 | 0.9423 | 1,907 | 1500 | 0.0772 | |
| 4 | Smith College | 5700 | 96800 | 0.9416 | 2,578 | 1466 | 0.2241 | |
| 5 | Swarthmore College | 5800 | 93800 | 0.9383 | 1,631 | 1513 | 0.0752 | |
| 6 | Trinity College | 6000 | 92800 | 0.9356 | 2,112 | 1404 | 0.2953 | |
| 7 | Bates College | 6400 | 92900 | 0.9309 | 1,736 | 1412 | 0.1483 | |
| 7 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | MiraCosta College | 7100 | 22400 | 0.6813 | 12,125 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 11 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8200 | 97100 | 0.916 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 12 | Pomona College | 8500 | 89000 | 0.904 | 1,721 | 1499 | 0.0714 | |
| 13 | Wellesley College | 8700 | 91300 | 0.9049 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 14 | Haverford College | 8900 | 97600 | 0.9089 | 1,420 | 1490 | 0.1331 | |
| 15 | University of Richmond | 9200 | 88400 | 0.896 | 3,052 | 1472 | 0.2224 | |
| 16 | Grinnell College | 9300 | 91400 | 0.8984 | 1,668 | 1469 | 0.1605 | |
| 17 | Washington and Lee University | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9025 | 1,916 | 1484 | 0.1354 | |
| 18 | Bowdoin College | 9500 | 89900 | 0.8945 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 19 | Colgate University | 10200 | 95800 | 0.8932 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 19 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38200 | 0.7339 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 21 | Vassar College | 11300 | 92400 | 0.8779 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 22 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 23 | Hamilton College | 11700 | 89100 | 0.869 | 1,980 | 1484 | 0.1359 | |
| 23 | Lafayette College | 11700 | 85800 | 0.8641 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 25 | University of Pennsylvania | 12000 | 92900 | 0.8708 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 26 | Albion College | 12300 | 75400 | 0.8374 | 1,168 | 1065 | 0.7437 | |
| 27 | St Olaf College | 12800 | 75900 | 0.8314 | 3,114 | 1374 | 0.4338 | |
| 28 | Denison University | 13000 | 69300 | 0.8116 | 2,458 | 1366 | 0.1955 | |
| 29 | Pitzer College | 13200 | 92500 | 0.8571 | 1,193 | 1279 | 0.2685 | |
| 30 | Scripps College | 13300 | 93900 | 0.8578 | 1,103 | 1472 | 0.3988 | |
| 31 | Duke University | 13500 | 93600 | 0.856 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 31 | Middlebury College | 13500 | 89900 | 0.8499 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 31 | Northeastern State University | 13500 | 20800 | 0.3504 | 5,145 | 1035 | 0.9974 | |
| 31 | Trinity University | 13500 | 69600 | 0.8064 | 2,423 | 1408 | 0.2488 | |
| 31 | Union College | 13500 | 92400 | 0.8538 | 1,954 | 1399 | 0.4342 | |
| 31 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 37 | University of California-Merced | 13600 | 42000 | 0.6764 | 8,234 | 1070 | 0.9704 | |
| 38 | Carleton College | 13900 | 74500 | 0.8133 | 1,974 | 1492 | 0.2178 | |
| 39 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 40 | Murray State University | 14900 | 27000 | 0.4495 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 41 | Colorado College | 15000 | 98000 | 0.8466 | 1,887 | 1357 | 0.2209 | |
| 42 | Macalester College | 15100 | 90100 | 0.8329 | 2,068 | 1415 | 0.2813 | |
| 43 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 44 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 45 | University of California-Riverside | 17000 | 36500 | 0.5341 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 46 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 46 | Occidental College | 17600 | 88100 | 0.7999 | 1,822 | 1440 | 0.4485 | |
| 48 | University of California-Berkeley | 17800 | 43600 | 0.5926 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 49 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 50 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 18500 | 34100 | 0.458 | 4,056 | 1090 | 0.4151 | |
| 51 | Stetson University | 19000 | 79100 | 0.7602 | 2,414 | 1089 | 0.7167 | |
| 52 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 72100 | 0.7294 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 52 | Whitman College | 19500 | 84800 | 0.77 | 1,468 | 1397 | 0.4016 | |
| 54 | University of Rochester | 20100 | 93100 | 0.7843 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 55 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 56 | Cottey College | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4154 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 56 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 58 | Sterling College | 22100 | 77400 | 0.7142 | 649 | 1103 | 0.8759 | |
| 59 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 60 | University of Kansas | 23800 | 43000 | 0.4462 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania Western University | 24400 | 34400 | 0.2904 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 62 | Lake Forest College | 24800 | 76000 | 0.6733 | 1,786 | 1304 | 0.5363 | |
| 62 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4421 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 64 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26100 | 36000 | 0.2751 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 65 | Earlham College | 26300 | 75800 | 0.6528 | 670 | 1237 | 0.7904 | |
| 66 | Kansas State University | 26600 | 30400 | 0.126 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 67 | St. Francis College | 26800 | 39400 | 0.3202 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 67 | Western Kentucky University | 26800 | 41800 | 0.3588 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 69 | University of North Alabama | 27200 | 37300 | 0.2708 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 69 | University of North Georgia | 27200 | 38600 | 0.2957 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 71 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27300 | 61400 | 0.5551 | 1,804 | 1159 | 0.7258 | |
| 72 | Creighton University | 27700 | 68000 | 0.5929 | 4,833 | 1328 | 0.9216 | |
| 73 | Agnes Scott College | 28400 | 69200 | 0.5894 | 731 | 1219 | 0.6353 | |
| 74 | Canisius University | 28500 | 54700 | 0.4792 | 1,728 | 1186 | 0.7323 | |
| 74 | Westminster University | 28500 | 62600 | 0.545 | 868 | 1205 | 0.6513 | |
| 76 | Knox College | 28600 | 68800 | 0.5843 | 1,108 | 1274 | 0.772 | |
| 77 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 78 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 79 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29400 | 38400 | 0.2343 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 80 | University of North Florida | 30100 | 33000 | 0.0879 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 81 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 82 | The College of Wooster | 30900 | 83100 | 0.6278 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 83 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 84 | Southern Nazarene University | 32000 | 48400 | 0.3385 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 85 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 86 | Berry College | 32700 | 60900 | 0.4633 | 2,262 | 1219 | 0.7315 | |
| 87 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33300 | 75200 | 0.5573 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 88 | University of Central Missouri | 33500 | 35800 | 0.0639 | 10,397 | 1055 | 0.7439 | |
| 89 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.577 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 89 | Woodbury University | 35400 | 66600 | 0.4686 | 725 | 1087 | 0.7143 | |
| 91 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36400 | 53100 | 0.3144 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 92 | LeTourneau University | 38500 | 54800 | 0.2977 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 93 | Baldwin Wallace University | 38700 | 66100 | 0.4147 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 94 | University of Charleston | 39100 | 51200 | 0.2361 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.5975 | |
| 95 | Pace University | 40400 | 74800 | 0.4598 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 96 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 40900 | 55200 | 0.259 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 97 | Oglethorpe University | 41800 | 68600 | 0.3908 | 1,338 | 1205 | 0.898 | |
| 98 | Sacred Heart University | 42800 | 67500 | 0.3662 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 99 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 100 | Texas Christian University | 44400 | 87400 | 0.4922 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 101 | Georgia College & State University | 44800 | 52400 | 0.145 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 102 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 103 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48300 | 91400 | 0.4717 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 104 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 105 | University of California-Irvine | 68900 | 75600 | 0.0886 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 106 | University of Oregon | 69000 | 71300 | 0.0321 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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