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Considering a degree in Behavioral?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Behavioral majors who live in Alabama.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Behavioral degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Alabama.
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 | Wesleyan University | 4900 | 97600 | 0.9503 | 3,043 | 1435 | 0.1637 | |
| 4 | Colby College | 5500 | 91300 | 0.9394 | 2,360 | 1477 | 0.0803 | |
| 5 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6100 | 40700 | 0.8492 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 6 | Sisseton Wahpeton College | 6900 | 15400 | 0.5529 | 207 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 9000 | 40100 | 0.775 | 1,466 | 1078 | 0.4912 | |
| 8 | Florida Atlantic University | 9500 | 26900 | 0.648 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 9 | University of Tulsa | 9900 | 63100 | 0.8436 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 10 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11300 | 27800 | 0.5919 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 11 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11800 | 31400 | 0.6243 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 11 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 11800 | 39000 | 0.6966 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 13 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 14 | Northern Arizona University | 12100 | 30400 | 0.6012 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 15 | Wayne State University | 12600 | 32900 | 0.6167 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 16 | Franklin and Marshall College | 12800 | 95700 | 0.8659 | 1,778 | 1387 | 0.3163 | |
| 17 | University of North Florida | 13300 | 22400 | 0.4068 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 18 | University of North Alabama | 14100 | 28200 | 0.5011 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 19 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14200 | 27600 | 0.4864 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 20 | Troy University | 15200 | 34700 | 0.5619 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 21 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 21 | University of West Georgia | 15600 | 24600 | 0.3662 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 23 | Duke University | 15800 | 98600 | 0.8396 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 24 | Lindsey Wilson University | 16100 | 48700 | 0.6697 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 25 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 26 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 16500 | 65300 | 0.7471 | 771 | 1085 | 0.7338 | |
| 27 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 17500 | 31500 | 0.4445 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 28 | Centre College | 17900 | 73400 | 0.7557 | 1,385 | 1323 | 0.4816 | |
| 29 | Albright College | 18000 | 51600 | 0.6514 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 30 | University of South Alabama | 18200 | 22400 | 0.1908 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 31 | Columbia College | 18300 | 60700 | 0.698 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 32 | San Jose State University | 18500 | 41100 | 0.5494 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 33 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 19400 | 38900 | 0.5008 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 34 | Life Pacific University | 19500 | 60100 | 0.6755 | 460 | 1020 | 0.958 | |
| 35 | University of Southern California | 20400 | 76400 | 0.7334 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 36 | Rowan University | 21000 | 41300 | 0.4918 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 37 | East Texas Baptist University | 21300 | 68900 | 0.6909 | 1,663 | 1059 | 0.7306 | |
| 38 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21500 | 41600 | 0.4832 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 39 | University of Kansas | 22200 | 44400 | 0.4997 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 40 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23000 | 85400 | 0.7306 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 41 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 23200 | 28100 | 0.1731 | 1,012 | 1075 | 0.8671 | |
| 42 | Point Park University | 23300 | 54300 | 0.5707 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 43 | Florida International University | 23700 | 34100 | 0.3049 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 44 | Central Washington University | 23800 | 27900 | 0.1472 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 45 | University of Jamestown | 24000 | 34400 | 0.3013 | 1,097 | 1055 | 0.88 | |
| 46 | Walsh University | 24700 | 46400 | 0.4674 | 1,523 | 1159 | 0.7074 | |
| 47 | Wayland Baptist University | 26700 | 36500 | 0.2683 | 1,894 | 1045 | 0.5477 | |
| 48 | George Fox University | 27100 | 92800 | 0.7082 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 49 | Concordia University-Irvine | 27500 | 94100 | 0.7078 | 1,554 | 1172 | 0.6599 | |
| 50 | Cornell College | 27900 | 74800 | 0.6267 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 50 | Mount Aloysius College | 27900 | 51100 | 0.4539 | 3,135 | 1045 | 0.936 | |
| 52 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 53 | University of Iowa | 29500 | 32100 | 0.0799 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 54 | Taylor University | 30100 | 60700 | 0.5048 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 55 | Houston Christian University | 30700 | 60500 | 0.4928 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 55 | Southern Adventist University | 30700 | 49000 | 0.3746 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 57 | Missouri Baptist University | 31300 | 53800 | 0.4193 | 5,253 | 910 | 0.7062 | |
| 58 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | 31900 | 78800 | 0.5952 | 1,732 | 1108 | 0.9117 | |
| 59 | Villanova University | 32500 | 92900 | 0.6504 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 60 | Harding University | 33200 | 47800 | 0.3047 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 61 | Seton Hill University | 33400 | 63700 | 0.4758 | 1,502 | 1134 | 0.7953 | |
| 62 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 57500 | 0.4137 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 63 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33900 | 75200 | 0.5493 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 64 | Pace University | 34000 | 75700 | 0.5512 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 65 | California Baptist University | 34300 | 69800 | 0.5084 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 65 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34300 | 50900 | 0.3256 | 1,961 | 1099 | 0.7512 | |
| 65 | University of Vermont | 34300 | 66300 | 0.4821 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 68 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34600 | 59100 | 0.4143 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 69 | Andrews University | 37100 | 76700 | 0.5161 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 70 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39900 | 59200 | 0.3258 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 71 | Saint Francis University | 40400 | 67300 | 0.3996 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 71 | Saint Mary's College of California | 40400 | 83400 | 0.5159 | 1,955 | 1175 | 0.8856 | |
| 73 | Rochester Christian University | 42900 | 45400 | 0.0565 | 1,162 | 970 | 0.9764 | |
| 74 | Wagner College | 46600 | 73400 | 0.3649 | 1,666 | 1240 | 0.88 | |
| 75 | Quinnipiac University | 48800 | 79700 | 0.3879 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 76 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 49500 | 67600 | 0.2678 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 77 | The University of Texas at Austin | 50200 | 58900 | 0.1477 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 78 | Mount St. Joseph University | 53900 | 54300 | 0.0074 | 1,268 | 1105 | 0.9128 | |
| 79 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 58400 | 67000 | 0.1279 | 5,288 | 1138 | 0.9459 | |
| 80 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 60500 | 65600 | 0.0778 | 344 | 1125 | 0.8984 | |
| 81 | 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.