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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 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 3 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4800 | 40700 | 0.8811 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 4 | Colby College | 5500 | 91300 | 0.9394 | 2,412 | 1497 | 0.0709 | |
| 5 | Wesleyan University | 5800 | 93700 | 0.9385 | 3,805 | 1484 | 0.1649 | |
| 6 | Sisseton Wahpeton College | 7200 | 13600 | 0.472 | 206 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 8300 | 25300 | 0.6716 | 1,464 | 980 | 0.9792 | |
| 8 | Duke University | 10100 | 93600 | 0.8923 | 6,523 | 1527 | 0.0571 | |
| 9 | University of Tulsa | 11300 | 62900 | 0.82 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 10 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.5818 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 11 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13100 | 43000 | 0.6953 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 12 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6079 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 13 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 14 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 15 | University of West Georgia | 15500 | 24600 | 0.3703 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 16 | University of Kansas | 15900 | 34900 | 0.5443 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 17 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 16100 | 46400 | 0.6536 | 771 | 1085 | 0.7338 | |
| 18 | Wayne State University | 16400 | 32900 | 0.5013 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 19 | Houston Christian University | 16900 | 56800 | 0.7024 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 20 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8094 | 797 | 1370 | 0.4453 | |
| 21 | Centre College | 17300 | 73000 | 0.7631 | 1,404 | 1314 | 0.5436 | |
| 21 | Lindsey Wilson College | 17300 | 47100 | 0.633 | 1,722 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 18800 | 31400 | 0.4013 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 24 | Life Pacific University | 19000 | 47800 | 0.6023 | 460 | 1020 | 0.958 | |
| 25 | Columbia College | 19600 | 35800 | 0.4525 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 26 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6438 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 26 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78700 | 0.7498 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 28 | University of Southern California | 19800 | 75900 | 0.7395 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 29 | Franklin and Marshall College | 20000 | 90300 | 0.7785 | 1,808 | 1396 | 0.2819 | |
| 30 | East Texas Baptist University | 21000 | 47500 | 0.5578 | 1,634 | 1025 | 0.5776 | |
| 31 | Northern Michigan University | 21100 | 33100 | 0.3626 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 32 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22600 | 61100 | 0.6299 | 3,000 | 1130 | 0.8572 | |
| 33 | San Jose State University | 22900 | 41100 | 0.4429 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 34 | Central Washington University | 23200 | 27900 | 0.1687 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 35 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 23500 | 28100 | 0.163 | 1,012 | 1075 | 0.8671 | |
| 36 | Walsh University | 24100 | 46400 | 0.482 | 1,523 | 1159 | 0.7074 | |
| 37 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24200 | 30600 | 0.2091 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 38 | University of Mount Saint Vincent | 26100 | 64300 | 0.5937 | 2,725 | 1100 | 0.8511 | |
| 39 | Albright College | 26600 | 49300 | 0.4604 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 40 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 40 | University of Jamestown | 27400 | 34400 | 0.2035 | 1,049 | 1055 | 0.8808 | |
| 42 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 43 | Cornell College | 28100 | 74800 | 0.6242 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 43 | George Fox University | 28100 | 69400 | 0.5954 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 45 | Concordia University-Irvine | 28200 | 72300 | 0.6098 | 1,544 | 1172 | 0.6599 | |
| 46 | University of Iowa | 28800 | 31100 | 0.0733 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 47 | Southern Adventist University | 29700 | 46900 | 0.3665 | 2,929 | 1134 | 0.655 | |
| 48 | Mercy University | 30000 | 44500 | 0.326 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 49 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4738 | 2,503 | 1229 | 0.7353 | |
| 50 | University of North Florida | 31200 | 33000 | 0.0546 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 51 | Missouri Baptist University | 31500 | 53800 | 0.414 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 52 | The University of Montana-Western | 32100 | 42900 | 0.2519 | 1,335 | 990 | 0.9978 | |
| 53 | California Baptist University | 33400 | 65600 | 0.4908 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 54 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.2987 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 55 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 56 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 57 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34600 | 50900 | 0.32 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 58 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 59 | Seton Hill University | 35100 | 65000 | 0.4599 | 1,501 | 1134 | 0.7953 | |
| 60 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.5769 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 61 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 62 | Saint Francis University | 38400 | 63100 | 0.3915 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 63 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 38900 | 38900 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 63 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 38900 | 53200 | 0.2688 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 65 | Saint Mary's College of California | 40400 | 81500 | 0.5041 | 1,954 | 1175 | 0.8653 | |
| 65 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 67 | Pace University | 40700 | 74800 | 0.4558 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 68 | Rochester Christian University | 43200 | 45400 | 0.0502 | 1,161 | 970 | 0.9765 | |
| 69 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 43300 | 57500 | 0.2469 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8378 | |
| 70 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 71 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 72 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 73 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 59400 | 0.1633 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 74 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54300 | 54300 | 0 | 1,545 | 1143 | 0.5912 | |
| 75 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 58700 | 67000 | 0.1236 | 5,160 | 1131 | 0.9502 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.