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Considering a degree in Behavioral?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Behavioral majors who live in Massachusetts.
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 Massachusetts.
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 | Colby College | 3800 | 91300 | 0.958 | 2,360 | 1477 | 0.0803 | |
| 4 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4800 | 40700 | 0.8811 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 5 | Wesleyan University | 5800 | 93700 | 0.9385 | 3,043 | 1435 | 0.1637 | |
| 6 | Sisseton Wahpeton College | 7200 | 13600 | 0.472 | 207 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 8300 | 25300 | 0.6716 | 1,466 | 1078 | 0.4912 | |
| 8 | Duke University | 9800 | 93600 | 0.8955 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 9 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 10 | University of Tulsa | 11300 | 62900 | 0.82 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 11 | University of North Florida | 12500 | 22400 | 0.4425 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 12 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13100 | 43000 | 0.6953 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 13 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 14 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 15 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14100 | 26600 | 0.4691 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 16 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 17 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 16100 | 46400 | 0.6536 | 771 | 1085 | 0.7338 | |
| 18 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28000 | 0.4111 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 19 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 20 | Centre College | 17000 | 73000 | 0.7672 | 1,385 | 1323 | 0.4816 | |
| 20 | Houston Christian University | 17000 | 56800 | 0.7007 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 22 | Lindsey Wilson University | 18200 | 47100 | 0.6138 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 23 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 24 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 18800 | 31400 | 0.4013 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 25 | Life Pacific University | 19000 | 47800 | 0.6023 | 460 | 1020 | 0.958 | |
| 26 | Columbia College | 19600 | 35800 | 0.4525 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 27 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78600 | 0.7492 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 28 | University of Southern California | 19900 | 75900 | 0.7382 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 29 | Franklin and Marshall College | 20000 | 90300 | 0.7785 | 1,778 | 1387 | 0.3163 | |
| 30 | East Texas Baptist University | 21200 | 47500 | 0.5536 | 1,663 | 1059 | 0.7306 | |
| 31 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21500 | 35400 | 0.3909 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 32 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22700 | 61100 | 0.6284 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 33 | San Jose State University | 22900 | 41100 | 0.4429 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 34 | Central Washington University | 23300 | 27900 | 0.1651 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 35 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 23400 | 89500 | 0.7383 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8379 | |
| 36 | Albright College | 23500 | 49300 | 0.5232 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 36 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 23500 | 28100 | 0.1633 | 1,012 | 1075 | 0.8671 | |
| 38 | University of Kansas | 24000 | 43000 | 0.4415 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 39 | Walsh University | 24100 | 46400 | 0.4821 | 1,523 | 1159 | 0.7074 | |
| 40 | Point Park University | 25200 | 57000 | 0.5582 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 41 | Mount Aloysius College | 26200 | 49200 | 0.4677 | 3,135 | 1045 | 0.936 | |
| 42 | Northern Arizona University | 26300 | 43200 | 0.3921 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 43 | George Fox University | 27300 | 69400 | 0.607 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 44 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 44 | University of Jamestown | 27400 | 34400 | 0.2035 | 1,097 | 1055 | 0.88 | |
| 46 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 47 | Cornell College | 28100 | 74800 | 0.6242 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 48 | Concordia University-Irvine | 28200 | 72300 | 0.6098 | 1,554 | 1172 | 0.6599 | |
| 49 | Wayland Baptist University | 28800 | 37300 | 0.2281 | 1,894 | 1045 | 0.5477 | |
| 50 | Southern Adventist University | 29700 | 46900 | 0.3666 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 51 | University of West Georgia | 30000 | 46800 | 0.3589 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 52 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.474 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 53 | Missouri Baptist University | 31500 | 53800 | 0.4142 | 5,253 | 910 | 0.7062 | |
| 54 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33300 | 75200 | 0.5573 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 55 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 56 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 57 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34600 | 50900 | 0.3202 | 1,961 | 1099 | 0.7512 | |
| 58 | Seton Hill University | 35100 | 89200 | 0.6065 | 1,502 | 1134 | 0.7953 | |
| 59 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 60 | Andrews University | 37200 | 70100 | 0.4694 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 61 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | 37500 | 57100 | 0.3435 | 1,732 | 1108 | 0.9117 | |
| 62 | Saint Francis University | 38400 | 63100 | 0.3915 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 63 | California Baptist University | 39800 | 65600 | 0.3933 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 64 | Saint Mary's College of California | 40400 | 81500 | 0.5041 | 1,955 | 1175 | 0.8856 | |
| 64 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 64 | Wayne State University | 40400 | 46200 | 0.1256 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 67 | Pace University | 40500 | 74800 | 0.4585 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 68 | Rochester Christian University | 43100 | 45400 | 0.0504 | 1,162 | 970 | 0.9764 | |
| 69 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 70 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 71 | Wagner College | 46900 | 73400 | 0.3611 | 1,666 | 1240 | 0.88 | |
| 72 | University of Delaware | 47500 | 61300 | 0.2252 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 73 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 74 | Mount St. Joseph University | 53900 | 54300 | 0.0074 | 1,268 | 1105 | 0.9128 | |
| 75 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 57400 | 61400 | 0.0651 | 344 | 1125 | 0.8984 | |
| 76 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 77 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 58700 | 67000 | 0.1238 | 5,288 | 1138 | 0.9459 | |
| 78 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 79 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 82400 | 82400 | 0 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.