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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 | 4,114 | 1335 | 0.1409 | |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 91800 | 0.9709 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 3 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 4500 | 12900 | 0.651 | 13,532 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Wesleyan University | 5000 | 97600 | 0.9492 | 3,043 | 1435 | 0.1637 | |
| 6 | Colby College | 5500 | 114900 | 0.9519 | 2,360 | 1477 | 0.0803 | |
| 7 | Sisseton Wahpeton College | 6300 | 13900 | 0.5469 | 207 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | University of Tulsa | 9500 | 82000 | 0.8839 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 10 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 11 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11000 | 31400 | 0.6498 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 12 | Wayne State University | 12200 | 32900 | 0.6289 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 13 | Brown University | 13900 | 120200 | 0.8843 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 14 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14000 | 26600 | 0.4728 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 15 | University of Southern California | 15200 | 71400 | 0.7874 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 16 | University of West Georgia | 15400 | 24600 | 0.3744 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 17 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 18 | Lindsey Wilson University | 15900 | 47500 | 0.6656 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 19 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 16000 | 48200 | 0.6684 | 771 | 1085 | 0.7338 | |
| 19 | Duke University | 16000 | 98500 | 0.8377 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 19 | Franklin and Marshall College | 16000 | 115900 | 0.8616 | 1,778 | 1387 | 0.3163 | |
| 22 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16400 | 47400 | 0.6546 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 22 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 16400 | 33500 | 0.5109 | 1,466 | 1078 | 0.4912 | |
| 24 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28100 | 0.4123 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 25 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 26 | Albright College | 18000 | 56800 | 0.6836 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 26 | Centre College | 18000 | 73100 | 0.7538 | 1,385 | 1323 | 0.4816 | |
| 26 | San Jose State University | 18000 | 40800 | 0.5594 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 29 | Columbia College | 18400 | 60700 | 0.6964 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 30 | Life Pacific University | 18700 | 45900 | 0.5933 | 460 | 1020 | 0.958 | |
| 31 | East Texas Baptist University | 20900 | 47900 | 0.5638 | 1,663 | 1059 | 0.7306 | |
| 32 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22300 | 60400 | 0.6307 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 33 | California Baptist University | 22400 | 67800 | 0.6697 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 34 | Point Park University | 23300 | 70900 | 0.6715 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 35 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 23500 | 28100 | 0.1633 | 1,012 | 1075 | 0.8671 | |
| 36 | Walsh University | 23700 | 46400 | 0.4889 | 1,523 | 1159 | 0.7074 | |
| 37 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 48800 | 0.511 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 38 | University of Kansas | 25000 | 43000 | 0.4182 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 39 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 25100 | 43500 | 0.423 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 | |
| 40 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 25600 | 80500 | 0.6823 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 41 | George Fox University | 25800 | 95400 | 0.7298 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 42 | Houston Christian University | 26500 | 60500 | 0.5623 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 43 | Central Washington University | 26900 | 27200 | 0.011 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 44 | University of Jamestown | 27400 | 34400 | 0.2035 | 1,097 | 1055 | 0.88 | |
| 45 | Concordia University-Irvine | 27500 | 94100 | 0.7079 | 1,554 | 1172 | 0.6599 | |
| 46 | Cornell College | 28100 | 74800 | 0.6242 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 46 | Mount Aloysius College | 28100 | 63500 | 0.5576 | 3,135 | 1045 | 0.936 | |
| 48 | Wayland Baptist University | 28700 | 37300 | 0.2308 | 1,894 | 1045 | 0.5477 | |
| 49 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 28900 | 59100 | 0.5107 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 50 | Southern Adventist University | 29700 | 46900 | 0.3666 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 51 | University of North Florida | 30100 | 30500 | 0.0131 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 52 | Saint Mary's College of California | 30600 | 101600 | 0.6985 | 1,955 | 1175 | 0.8856 | |
| 53 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.474 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 54 | Missouri Baptist University | 31500 | 53800 | 0.4142 | 5,253 | 910 | 0.7062 | |
| 55 | Villanova University | 31800 | 114000 | 0.7211 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 56 | Seton Hill University | 32700 | 89200 | 0.6334 | 1,502 | 1134 | 0.7953 | |
| 57 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33300 | 75200 | 0.5573 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 58 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 59 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 69900 | 0.5196 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 60 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 61 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34600 | 50900 | 0.3202 | 1,961 | 1099 | 0.7512 | |
| 62 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 34800 | 38900 | 0.1053 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 63 | Florida International University | 36600 | 36800 | 0.0054 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 64 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 65 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 37400 | 63100 | 0.407 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 66 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | 37500 | 57700 | 0.3502 | 1,732 | 1108 | 0.9117 | |
| 67 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 39100 | 43400 | 0.0989 | 5,288 | 1138 | 0.9459 | |
| 68 | Saint Francis University | 39400 | 81500 | 0.5166 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 69 | Pace University | 40400 | 75500 | 0.4649 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 70 | Rochester Christian University | 43100 | 45400 | 0.0504 | 1,162 | 970 | 0.9764 | |
| 71 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 108500 | 0.6019 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 72 | Florida Atlantic University | 44900 | 44900 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 73 | Wagner College | 46900 | 73400 | 0.3611 | 1,666 | 1240 | 0.88 | |
| 74 | University of Delaware | 47300 | 62000 | 0.2376 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 75 | Quinnipiac University | 50400 | 118300 | 0.5738 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 76 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 77 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 78 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54000 | 69900 | 0.2276 | 1,268 | 1105 | 0.9128 | |
| 79 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 57900 | 65700 | 0.1188 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 80 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 61200 | 61700 | 0.0081 | 344 | 1125 | 0.8984 | |
| 81 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 62300 | 65000 | 0.0415 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.