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Considering a degree in Behavioral Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Behavioral Sciences majors who live in California.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Behavioral Sciences 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 | United States Air Force Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,114 | 1335 | 0.1409 | |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 3 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Sisseton Wahpeton College | 7000 | 13600 | 0.4868 | 207 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | MiraCosta College | 7100 | 22400 | 0.6813 | 12,125 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | University of Tulsa | 11200 | 62900 | 0.8216 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 8 | Duke University | 13500 | 93600 | 0.856 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 9 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 10 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 15400 | 33200 | 0.5369 | 1,466 | 1078 | 0.4912 | |
| 11 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 15900 | 46400 | 0.6579 | 771 | 1085 | 0.7338 | |
| 12 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 13 | Houston Christian University | 17000 | 56800 | 0.7007 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 14 | Life Pacific University | 18700 | 46900 | 0.602 | 460 | 1020 | 0.958 | |
| 15 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 40800 | 0.5349 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 16 | Columbia College | 19200 | 35800 | 0.4637 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 17 | Franklin and Marshall College | 20000 | 90300 | 0.7785 | 1,778 | 1387 | 0.3163 | |
| 18 | East Texas Baptist University | 20900 | 47500 | 0.5599 | 1,663 | 1059 | 0.7306 | |
| 19 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22500 | 61100 | 0.6317 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 20 | Central Washington University | 22900 | 27200 | 0.1579 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 21 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 23500 | 28100 | 0.1633 | 1,012 | 1075 | 0.8671 | |
| 22 | Walsh University | 23700 | 46400 | 0.4889 | 1,523 | 1159 | 0.7074 | |
| 23 | University of Kansas | 23800 | 43000 | 0.4462 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 24 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 34100 | 0.301 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 25 | Point Park University | 25200 | 57000 | 0.5582 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 26 | Mount Aloysius College | 26200 | 49200 | 0.4677 | 3,135 | 1045 | 0.936 | |
| 27 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 26700 | 43000 | 0.3798 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 | |
| 28 | George Fox University | 26900 | 69400 | 0.6127 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 29 | Concordia University-Irvine | 28200 | 72300 | 0.6099 | 1,554 | 1172 | 0.6599 | |
| 30 | Wayland Baptist University | 28700 | 37300 | 0.2308 | 1,894 | 1045 | 0.5477 | |
| 31 | University of West Georgia | 29800 | 46800 | 0.3632 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 32 | California Baptist University | 30700 | 64800 | 0.5254 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 33 | Missouri Baptist University | 31500 | 53800 | 0.4142 | 5,253 | 910 | 0.7062 | |
| 34 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33300 | 75200 | 0.5573 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 35 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 36 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34600 | 50900 | 0.3202 | 1,961 | 1099 | 0.7512 | |
| 37 | Andrews University | 37200 | 70100 | 0.4694 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 38 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | 37500 | 57100 | 0.3435 | 1,732 | 1108 | 0.9117 | |
| 39 | Saint Francis University | 38000 | 63100 | 0.3978 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 40 | Rochester Christian University | 43100 | 45400 | 0.0504 | 1,162 | 970 | 0.9764 | |
| 41 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 42 | Wagner College | 46900 | 73400 | 0.3611 | 1,666 | 1240 | 0.88 | |
| 43 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 59400 | 0.1633 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 44 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 45 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 46 | Mount St. Joseph University | 53900 | 54300 | 0.0074 | 1,268 | 1105 | 0.9128 | |
| 47 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 57100 | 61400 | 0.07 | 344 | 1125 | 0.8984 | |
| 48 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 49 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.