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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 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 3 | Colby College | 3800 | 91300 | 0.958 | 2,412 | 1497 | 0.0709 | |
| 4 | Wesleyan University | 5800 | 93700 | 0.9385 | 3,805 | 1484 | 0.1649 | |
| 5 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Sisseton Wahpeton College | 7100 | 13600 | 0.4794 | 206 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | University of Tulsa | 11200 | 62900 | 0.8216 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 8 | Florida Atlantic University | 11300 | 25800 | 0.5627 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 9 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11700 | 27800 | 0.5771 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 10 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12100 | 38800 | 0.6887 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 11 | University of North Florida | 12300 | 22400 | 0.4515 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 12 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13100 | 43000 | 0.6956 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 13 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.606 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 14 | Duke University | 13800 | 93600 | 0.8528 | 6,523 | 1527 | 0.0571 | |
| 15 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 16 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 14800 | 33200 | 0.555 | 1,464 | 980 | 0.9792 | |
| 17 | University of Southern California | 15300 | 71400 | 0.786 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 18 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 19 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 15900 | 46400 | 0.6579 | 771 | 1085 | 0.7338 | |
| 19 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | The University of Montana-Western | 16300 | 25600 | 0.3629 | 1,335 | 990 | 0.9978 | |
| 21 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 23 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8079 | 797 | 1370 | 0.4453 | |
| 23 | Lindsey Wilson College | 17200 | 47100 | 0.6351 | 1,722 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | Centre College | 17500 | 73000 | 0.7603 | 1,404 | 1314 | 0.5436 | |
| 26 | Houston Christian University | 17600 | 56800 | 0.6901 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 26 | Rio Hondo College | 17600 | 39500 | 0.5546 | 17,441 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 18600 | 31400 | 0.4077 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 29 | Life Pacific University | 18700 | 46900 | 0.602 | 460 | 1020 | 0.958 | |
| 30 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 40800 | 0.5349 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 31 | Columbia College | 19200 | 35800 | 0.4637 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 32 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6423 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 33 | Franklin and Marshall College | 20000 | 90300 | 0.7785 | 1,808 | 1396 | 0.2819 | |
| 34 | East Texas Baptist University | 20700 | 47500 | 0.5641 | 1,634 | 1025 | 0.5776 | |
| 35 | Northern Michigan University | 20900 | 33100 | 0.3686 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 36 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21000 | 35300 | 0.4047 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 37 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22300 | 61100 | 0.6343 | 3,000 | 1130 | 0.8572 | |
| 38 | Central Washington University | 22800 | 27200 | 0.1616 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 39 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 23700 | 28100 | 0.1583 | 1,012 | 1075 | 0.8671 | |
| 39 | Walsh University | 23700 | 46400 | 0.4888 | 1,523 | 1159 | 0.7074 | |
| 41 | University of Kansas | 23900 | 43000 | 0.4452 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 42 | University of Mount Saint Vincent | 26200 | 64300 | 0.5921 | 2,725 | 1100 | 0.8511 | |
| 43 | Albright College | 26600 | 49300 | 0.4604 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 44 | University of Jamestown | 27400 | 34400 | 0.2035 | 1,049 | 1055 | 0.8808 | |
| 45 | George Fox University | 27700 | 69400 | 0.6012 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 46 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 47 | Concordia University-Irvine | 28200 | 72300 | 0.6099 | 1,544 | 1172 | 0.6599 | |
| 47 | Cornell College | 28200 | 74800 | 0.623 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 49 | University of West Georgia | 29700 | 46800 | 0.3653 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 50 | Southern Adventist University | 29800 | 46900 | 0.3637 | 2,929 | 1134 | 0.655 | |
| 51 | Mercy University | 29900 | 44500 | 0.3282 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 52 | Saint Mary's College of California | 30600 | 77000 | 0.6028 | 1,954 | 1175 | 0.8653 | |
| 53 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64800 | 0.5223 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 54 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4733 | 2,503 | 1229 | 0.7353 | |
| 55 | Missouri Baptist University | 31700 | 53800 | 0.4116 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 56 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 57 | Harding University | 33700 | 47800 | 0.296 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 58 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4788 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 59 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34700 | 50900 | 0.3175 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 60 | Seton Hill University | 34900 | 65000 | 0.463 | 1,501 | 1134 | 0.7953 | |
| 61 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 62 | New York Institute of Technology | 35500 | 83600 | 0.5755 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 63 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 64 | Saint Francis University | 38000 | 63100 | 0.3978 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 65 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 38900 | 38900 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 66 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 39200 | 43400 | 0.0956 | 5,160 | 1131 | 0.9502 | |
| 67 | Wayne State University | 40200 | 46200 | 0.1299 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 68 | Pace University | 40600 | 74800 | 0.4571 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 69 | Rochester Christian University | 43300 | 45400 | 0.0473 | 1,161 | 970 | 0.9765 | |
| 70 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 71 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46200 | 46600 | 0.0086 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 72 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 59400 | 0.1617 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 73 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84700 | 0.3991 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 74 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0404 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 75 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 76 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54300 | 54300 | 0 | 1,545 | 1143 | 0.5912 | |
| 77 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.