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Considering a degree in Behavioral Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Behavioral Sciences majors who live in Virginia.
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 Virginia.
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 | Sisseton Wahpeton College | 6700 | 15400 | 0.5659 | 207 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 8800 | 40100 | 0.78 | 1,466 | 1078 | 0.4912 | |
| 5 | University of Tulsa | 9700 | 63100 | 0.8468 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 6 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 33800 | 0.6718 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 7 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11500 | 27800 | 0.5858 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 8 | Brown University | 12000 | 94000 | 0.8722 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 9 | Northern Arizona University | 12200 | 30400 | 0.5979 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 10 | University of West Georgia | 15400 | 24600 | 0.3744 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 11 | Duke University | 15900 | 98600 | 0.8386 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 12 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 16200 | 65300 | 0.7517 | 771 | 1085 | 0.7338 | |
| 13 | San Jose State University | 18200 | 41100 | 0.5567 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 14 | Central Washington University | 18400 | 22700 | 0.1892 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 14 | Columbia College | 18400 | 60700 | 0.6964 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 16 | Life Pacific University | 19200 | 60100 | 0.6805 | 460 | 1020 | 0.958 | |
| 17 | East Texas Baptist University | 20900 | 68900 | 0.6967 | 1,663 | 1059 | 0.7306 | |
| 18 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21400 | 41600 | 0.4856 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 19 | Franklin and Marshall College | 21500 | 95700 | 0.775 | 1,778 | 1387 | 0.3163 | |
| 20 | University of Kansas | 21900 | 44400 | 0.5071 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 21 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22500 | 33600 | 0.3301 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 22 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22700 | 85400 | 0.7344 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 23 | Point Park University | 23300 | 54300 | 0.5707 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 24 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 23400 | 28100 | 0.167 | 1,012 | 1075 | 0.8671 | |
| 25 | Walsh University | 24200 | 46400 | 0.4784 | 1,523 | 1159 | 0.7074 | |
| 26 | George Fox University | 26400 | 92800 | 0.7157 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 27 | Wayland Baptist University | 26700 | 36500 | 0.2683 | 1,894 | 1045 | 0.5477 | |
| 28 | Concordia University-Irvine | 27500 | 94100 | 0.7078 | 1,554 | 1172 | 0.6599 | |
| 29 | Mount Aloysius College | 28100 | 51100 | 0.45 | 3,135 | 1045 | 0.936 | |
| 30 | Houston Christian University | 30700 | 60500 | 0.4928 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 31 | Missouri Baptist University | 31400 | 53800 | 0.4161 | 5,253 | 910 | 0.7062 | |
| 32 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | 31900 | 78800 | 0.5952 | 1,732 | 1108 | 0.9117 | |
| 33 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33500 | 75200 | 0.5547 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 34 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 57500 | 0.4154 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 35 | California Baptist University | 34400 | 69800 | 0.5069 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 36 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34500 | 50900 | 0.3223 | 1,961 | 1099 | 0.7512 | |
| 37 | George Mason University | 35700 | 35800 | 0.0011 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 38 | Rowan University | 36500 | 53600 | 0.3189 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 39 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 40 | Saint Francis University | 39900 | 67300 | 0.407 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 41 | Old Dominion University | 42300 | 50500 | 0.1624 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 42 | Rochester Christian University | 43000 | 45400 | 0.0527 | 1,162 | 970 | 0.9764 | |
| 43 | Wagner College | 46800 | 73400 | 0.3626 | 1,666 | 1240 | 0.88 | |
| 44 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49500 | 58900 | 0.1596 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 45 | University of Iowa | 52000 | 54400 | 0.044 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 46 | Mount St. Joseph University | 53900 | 54300 | 0.0074 | 1,268 | 1105 | 0.9128 | |
| 47 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 60600 | 65600 | 0.0762 | 344 | 1125 | 0.8984 | |
| 48 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 61500 | 66900 | 0.0808 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 49 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 82900 | 82900 | 0 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.