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                                Considering a degree in Behavioral?
                                
                                These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Behavioral majors who live in California.
                                
                                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 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 | 4,124 | 1344 | 0.1393 | |
| 1 | University of California-Los Angeles | 0 | 36700 | 1 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 3 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 100 | 22300 | 0.9939 | 6,029 | 1080 | 0.834 | |
| 4 | Colby College | 5100 | 90200 | 0.9432 | 2,412 | 1497 | 0.0709 | |
| 5 | Wesleyan University | 5800 | 91100 | 0.9367 | 3,805 | 1405 | 0.1649 | |
| 6 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 6200 | 12900 | 0.5189 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Santa Ana College | 6300 | 23100 | 0.7268 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Santa Monica College | 7000 | 15500 | 0.5492 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 9 | Sisseton Wahpeton College | 7200 | 12600 | 0.4288 | 215 | 0 | 0.8208 | |
| 10 | Johns Hopkins University | 9600 | 88600 | 0.8915 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 11 | Franklin and Marshall College | 10700 | 90100 | 0.8809 | 1,808 | 1396 | 0.2819 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 13 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13000 | 39000 | 0.6675 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 14 | Duke University | 13900 | 93500 | 0.8516 | 6,523 | 1539 | 0.0571 | |
| 15 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 16 | Lindsey Wilson College | 14900 | 47600 | 0.6863 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 17 | Centre College | 15700 | 70100 | 0.7763 | 1,356 | 1330 | 0.5553 | |
| 18 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 17000 | 64800 | 0.7377 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 19 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 17900 | 45800 | 0.6089 | 767 | 1108 | 0.7277 | |
| 20 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 18000 | 27900 | 0.3543 | 1,357 | 1078 | 0.9907 | |
| 21 | San Jose State University | 18900 | 30000 | 0.3702 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 22 | Illinois College | 19100 | 52300 | 0.6349 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 23 | University of Southern California | 19500 | 71400 | 0.7271 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 24 | Wayne State University | 19700 | 32300 | 0.3906 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 25 | Brown University | 20400 | 93900 | 0.7825 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 26 | Glenville State University | 20700 | 30900 | 0.3302 | 1,583 | 980 | 0.9924 | |
| 27 | Columbia College | 22100 | 36800 | 0.4 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 28 | East Texas Baptist University | 22300 | 49900 | 0.5526 | 1,634 | 1025 | 0.5776 | |
| 29 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 22800 | 35400 | 0.3555 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 30 | Life Pacific University | 22900 | 45900 | 0.5011 | 396 | 1055 | 0.9395 | |
| 31 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23200 | 58700 | 0.6046 | 2,934 | 1160 | 0.9004 | |
| 32 | Utica University | 23400 | 41100 | 0.4303 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 33 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 23900 | 28100 | 0.1489 | 946 | 1095 | 0.8271 | |
| 34 | University of Mount Saint Vincent | 24200 | 63200 | 0.6171 | 2,398 | 1084 | 0.8464 | |
| 35 | Northern Michigan University | 24400 | 32900 | 0.2587 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 36 | Tennessee Wesleyan University | 24600 | 44200 | 0.4433 | 857 | 1075 | 0.5941 | |
| 37 | University of Kansas | 25200 | 42000 | 0.3998 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 38 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 39 | Point Park University | 26300 | 56800 | 0.5374 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 40 | Central Washington University | 26900 | 27200 | 0.011 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 41 | University of Tulsa | 27300 | 62700 | 0.5649 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 42 | University of Jamestown | 27400 | 34400 | 0.2035 | 1,049 | 1110 | 0.8808 | |
| 43 | Cornell College | 27500 | 72200 | 0.6189 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 44 | Concordia University-Irvine | 27600 | 64500 | 0.5722 | 1,465 | 1172 | 0.5986 | |
| 44 | Florida Atlantic University | 27600 | 39200 | 0.2961 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 46 | Rowan University | 27700 | 40500 | 0.316 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 47 | Villanova University | 28100 | 88800 | 0.6834 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 48 | George Fox University | 28300 | 67100 | 0.5787 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 48 | Mercy University | 28300 | 44500 | 0.3642 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 50 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 30200 | 46100 | 0.3444 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 51 | University of West Georgia | 30800 | 36000 | 0.1445 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 52 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64600 | 0.5216 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 53 | University of North Florida | 31300 | 37900 | 0.1742 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 54 | The University of Montana-Western | 31600 | 41600 | 0.2406 | 1,440 | 990 | 0.995 | |
| 55 | Albright College | 31800 | 48700 | 0.3471 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 56 | Harding University | 31900 | 43800 | 0.2712 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 56 | Missouri Baptist University | 31900 | 53800 | 0.4067 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 58 | Saint Francis University | 33100 | 61500 | 0.4618 | 2,450 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
| 59 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3849 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 60 | Taylor University | 34100 | 57600 | 0.4076 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
| 61 | University of Vermont | 34700 | 66300 | 0.4767 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 62 | Seton Hill University | 35400 | 63800 | 0.4449 | 1,597 | 1150 | 0.7579 | |
| 63 | Andrews University | 35900 | 47100 | 0.2376 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 64 | Florida International University | 36100 | 36800 | 0.019 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 65 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 37700 | 38900 | 0.0309 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 66 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 39500 | 43400 | 0.0895 | 5,162 | 1131 | 0.9502 | |
| 67 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 68 | Quinnipiac University | 41900 | 79200 | 0.4709 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 69 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 70 | Rochester University | 43500 | 45400 | 0.0415 | 1,144 | 980 | 0.653 | |
| 71 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.114 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 72 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 49500 | 56400 | 0.1222 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 73 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51200 | 84200 | 0.392 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 74 | University of Iowa | 51300 | 53200 | 0.0354 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 75 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | 
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.