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Considering a degree in Behavioral Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Behavioral Sciences majors who live in South Dakota.
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 South Dakota.
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 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 3 | Sisseton Wahpeton College | 6400 | 13600 | 0.533 | 206 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 8600 | 25300 | 0.6597 | 1,464 | 980 | 0.9792 | |
| 5 | University of Tulsa | 11600 | 62900 | 0.8153 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 6 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 7 | Duke University | 14300 | 93600 | 0.8474 | 6,523 | 1527 | 0.0571 | |
| 8 | University of West Georgia | 15900 | 24600 | 0.354 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 9 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 16500 | 45100 | 0.6343 | 771 | 1085 | 0.7338 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28000 | 0.4111 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 11 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7438 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 12 | Houston Christian University | 16900 | 56800 | 0.7024 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 13 | Life Pacific University | 19500 | 47800 | 0.5918 | 460 | 1020 | 0.958 | |
| 14 | Franklin and Marshall College | 20000 | 90300 | 0.7785 | 1,808 | 1396 | 0.2819 | |
| 15 | Columbia College | 20300 | 35800 | 0.433 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 16 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.1896 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 17 | East Texas Baptist University | 21700 | 47500 | 0.543 | 1,634 | 1025 | 0.5776 | |
| 18 | Northern Michigan University | 21900 | 33100 | 0.3384 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 19 | University of South Dakota | 22700 | 26000 | 0.1261 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 20 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23200 | 61100 | 0.62 | 3,000 | 1130 | 0.8572 | |
| 21 | San Jose State University | 23400 | 41100 | 0.4308 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 22 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 23500 | 28100 | 0.163 | 1,012 | 1075 | 0.8671 | |
| 23 | Central Washington University | 23800 | 27200 | 0.1248 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 24 | University of Kansas | 24700 | 43000 | 0.425 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 25 | Walsh University | 24900 | 46400 | 0.4634 | 1,523 | 1159 | 0.7074 | |
| 26 | University of Mount Saint Vincent | 26100 | 64300 | 0.5937 | 2,725 | 1100 | 0.8511 | |
| 27 | Concordia University-Irvine | 28200 | 72300 | 0.6098 | 1,544 | 1172 | 0.6599 | |
| 28 | George Fox University | 29200 | 69400 | 0.5796 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 29 | Mercy University | 30400 | 44500 | 0.317 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 30 | Missouri Baptist University | 31500 | 53800 | 0.414 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 31 | The University of Montana-Western | 32300 | 42900 | 0.2473 | 1,335 | 990 | 0.9978 | |
| 32 | California Baptist University | 33400 | 65600 | 0.4908 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 33 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 55300 | 0.3889 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 34 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34600 | 50900 | 0.32 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 35 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 36 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.5769 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 37 | Saint Francis University | 39300 | 63100 | 0.3772 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 38 | Rochester Christian University | 43200 | 45400 | 0.0502 | 1,161 | 970 | 0.9765 | |
| 39 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 40 | University of Iowa | 50900 | 53200 | 0.0429 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 41 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 42 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54300 | 54300 | 0 | 1,545 | 1143 | 0.5912 | |
| 43 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.