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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 | |
| 2 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 100 | 22300 | 0.9934 | 6,029 | 1080 | 0.834 | |
| 3 | Colby College | 5100 | 90200 | 0.9432 | 2,412 | 1497 | 0.0709 | |
| 4 | Wesleyan University | 5800 | 91100 | 0.9367 | 3,805 | 1405 | 0.1649 | |
| 5 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 6200 | 12900 | 0.5181 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Johns Hopkins University | 6200 | 88600 | 0.9299 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 7 | Santa Ana College | 6300 | 30400 | 0.792 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Santa Monica College | 7100 | 15500 | 0.5427 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 9 | Sisseton Wahpeton College | 7200 | 12600 | 0.4288 | 215 | 0 | 0.8208 | |
| 10 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 11900 | 21600 | 0.4496 | 1,357 | 1078 | 0.9907 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 12 | Florida Atlantic University | 12900 | 24800 | 0.479 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 13 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13000 | 39000 | 0.6675 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 14 | Franklin and Marshall College | 13300 | 90100 | 0.852 | 1,808 | 1396 | 0.2819 | |
| 15 | Duke University | 13500 | 93500 | 0.8559 | 6,523 | 1539 | 0.0571 | |
| 16 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 32500 | 0.5809 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 17 | University of North Florida | 14000 | 22400 | 0.3755 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 18 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 19 | Lindsey Wilson College | 14900 | 47600 | 0.6863 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 20 | Florida International University | 15100 | 23700 | 0.3621 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 21 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5549 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 22 | The University of Montana-Western | 16800 | 25600 | 0.3434 | 1,440 | 990 | 0.995 | |
| 22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7406 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 24 | Central Washington University | 17200 | 22700 | 0.242 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 25 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 17900 | 45800 | 0.6089 | 767 | 1108 | 0.7277 | |
| 26 | Centre College | 18100 | 70100 | 0.742 | 1,356 | 1330 | 0.5553 | |
| 27 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 18300 | 20300 | 0.0985 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 28 | Glenville State University | 18900 | 28200 | 0.3297 | 1,583 | 980 | 0.9924 | |
| 28 | Illinois College | 18900 | 52300 | 0.6376 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 28 | San Jose State University | 18900 | 30000 | 0.3702 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 31 | University of Southern California | 19200 | 71400 | 0.7313 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 32 | University of West Georgia | 19900 | 23600 | 0.1565 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 33 | Brown University | 21300 | 93900 | 0.7729 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 34 | Columbia College | 22100 | 36800 | 0.4 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 35 | East Texas Baptist University | 22300 | 49900 | 0.5526 | 1,634 | 1025 | 0.5776 | |
| 36 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 22700 | 35400 | 0.3583 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 37 | Life Pacific University | 22900 | 45900 | 0.5011 | 396 | 1055 | 0.9395 | |
| 38 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23300 | 58700 | 0.6029 | 2,934 | 1160 | 0.9004 | |
| 39 | Utica University | 23400 | 41100 | 0.4303 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 40 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 23700 | 28100 | 0.1557 | 946 | 1095 | 0.8271 | |
| 41 | Northern Michigan University | 24400 | 32900 | 0.2587 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 42 | Tennessee Wesleyan University | 24600 | 44200 | 0.4433 | 857 | 1075 | 0.5941 | |
| 43 | University of Kansas | 25200 | 42000 | 0.3995 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 44 | University of Mount Saint Vincent | 25600 | 63200 | 0.5949 | 2,398 | 1084 | 0.8464 | |
| 45 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 46 | Point Park University | 26300 | 56800 | 0.5374 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 47 | University of Tulsa | 27300 | 62700 | 0.5649 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 48 | Cornell College | 27400 | 72200 | 0.6206 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 48 | University of Jamestown | 27400 | 34400 | 0.2035 | 1,049 | 1110 | 0.8808 | |
| 50 | Concordia University-Irvine | 27600 | 64500 | 0.5722 | 1,465 | 1172 | 0.5986 | |
| 51 | Villanova University | 28000 | 88800 | 0.6845 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 52 | George Fox University | 28300 | 67100 | 0.5787 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 53 | Mercy University | 28400 | 44500 | 0.3619 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 54 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 30000 | 46100 | 0.3485 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 55 | Albright College | 30400 | 48700 | 0.3758 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 56 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64600 | 0.5216 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 57 | Missouri Baptist University | 31700 | 53800 | 0.4102 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 58 | Harding University | 32900 | 47000 | 0.2995 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 59 | Saint Francis University | 33000 | 61500 | 0.4634 | 2,450 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
| 60 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3849 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 61 | Taylor University | 34100 | 57600 | 0.4074 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
| 62 | University of Vermont | 34600 | 66300 | 0.4782 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 63 | Seton Hill University | 35400 | 63800 | 0.4449 | 1,597 | 1150 | 0.7579 | |
| 64 | Andrews University | 36400 | 47100 | 0.227 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 65 | Wayne State University | 38900 | 45500 | 0.145 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 66 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 39300 | 43400 | 0.0939 | 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 Christian University | 43400 | 45400 | 0.0457 | 1,144 | 980 | 0.653 | |
| 71 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 49500 | 56400 | 0.1222 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 72 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84200 | 0.3944 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 73 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.039 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 74 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 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.