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Considering a degree in Behavioral?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Behavioral majors who live in Maryland.
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 Maryland.
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 | Colby College | 3800 | 91300 | 0.958 | 2,360 | 1477 | 0.0803 | |
| 3 | Johns Hopkins University | 3900 | 88100 | 0.9559 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 4 | Wesleyan University | 5800 | 93700 | 0.9385 | 3,043 | 1435 | 0.1637 | |
| 5 | Sisseton Wahpeton College | 7100 | 13600 | 0.4794 | 207 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | University of Tulsa | 11200 | 62900 | 0.8216 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 7 | Florida Atlantic University | 11500 | 25800 | 0.555 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 8 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.582 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 9 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12000 | 38800 | 0.6912 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 10 | Duke University | 13000 | 93600 | 0.8613 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 11 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 12 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14000 | 26600 | 0.4728 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 13 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 15500 | 33200 | 0.5339 | 1,466 | 1078 | 0.4912 | |
| 13 | University of West Georgia | 15500 | 24600 | 0.3703 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 15 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 16 | University of Kansas | 15800 | 34900 | 0.5474 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 17 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 16000 | 46400 | 0.6557 | 771 | 1085 | 0.7338 | |
| 18 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 19 | Morgan State University | 16800 | 28500 | 0.4104 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 19 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4338 | 52,187 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 | Centre College | 17000 | 73000 | 0.7672 | 1,385 | 1323 | 0.4816 | |
| 21 | Houston Christian University | 17000 | 56800 | 0.7007 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 23 | Lindsey Wilson University | 18100 | 47100 | 0.616 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 24 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 25 | Life Pacific University | 18800 | 47800 | 0.6065 | 460 | 1020 | 0.958 | |
| 26 | Columbia College | 19400 | 35800 | 0.4581 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 27 | University of Southern California | 19700 | 75900 | 0.7408 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 28 | Franklin and Marshall College | 20000 | 90300 | 0.7785 | 1,778 | 1387 | 0.3163 | |
| 29 | East Texas Baptist University | 21100 | 47500 | 0.5557 | 1,663 | 1059 | 0.7306 | |
| 30 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 31 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22600 | 61100 | 0.63 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 32 | San Jose State University | 22800 | 41100 | 0.4454 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 33 | Central Washington University | 23100 | 27900 | 0.1723 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 34 | Albright College | 23500 | 49300 | 0.5232 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 34 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 23500 | 28100 | 0.1633 | 1,012 | 1075 | 0.8671 | |
| 36 | Florida International University | 23700 | 34100 | 0.3049 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 37 | Walsh University | 23900 | 46400 | 0.4855 | 1,523 | 1159 | 0.7074 | |
| 38 | Point Park University | 25200 | 57000 | 0.5582 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 39 | Mount Aloysius College | 26200 | 49200 | 0.4677 | 3,135 | 1045 | 0.936 | |
| 40 | Northern Arizona University | 26300 | 43200 | 0.3921 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 41 | George Fox University | 27100 | 69400 | 0.6098 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 42 | University of Jamestown | 27400 | 34400 | 0.2035 | 1,097 | 1055 | 0.88 | |
| 43 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 44 | Cornell College | 28100 | 74800 | 0.6242 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 45 | Concordia University-Irvine | 28200 | 72300 | 0.6098 | 1,554 | 1172 | 0.6599 | |
| 46 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 47 | Wayland Baptist University | 28800 | 37300 | 0.2281 | 1,894 | 1045 | 0.5477 | |
| 48 | Southern Adventist University | 29700 | 46900 | 0.3666 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 49 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 30800 | 59100 | 0.4786 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 50 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.474 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 51 | Missouri Baptist University | 31500 | 53800 | 0.4142 | 5,253 | 910 | 0.7062 | |
| 52 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33300 | 75200 | 0.5573 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 53 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 54 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 55 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34600 | 50900 | 0.3202 | 1,961 | 1099 | 0.7512 | |
| 56 | Seton Hill University | 35000 | 89200 | 0.6076 | 1,502 | 1134 | 0.7953 | |
| 57 | Andrews University | 37200 | 70100 | 0.4694 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 58 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | 37500 | 57100 | 0.3435 | 1,732 | 1108 | 0.9117 | |
| 59 | Saint Francis University | 38200 | 63100 | 0.3946 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 60 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 38900 | 38900 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 61 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39200 | 53200 | 0.2632 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 62 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 39400 | 42500 | 0.073 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 63 | California Baptist University | 39800 | 65600 | 0.3933 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 64 | Wayne State University | 40300 | 46200 | 0.1277 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 65 | Pace University | 40400 | 74800 | 0.4598 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 65 | Saint Mary's College of California | 40400 | 81500 | 0.5041 | 1,955 | 1175 | 0.8856 | |
| 67 | Rochester Christian University | 43100 | 45400 | 0.0504 | 1,162 | 970 | 0.9764 | |
| 68 | Quinnipiac University | 44700 | 79200 | 0.4355 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 69 | Towson University | 45100 | 46400 | 0.028 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 70 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 71 | Wagner College | 46900 | 73400 | 0.3611 | 1,666 | 1240 | 0.88 | |
| 72 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 59400 | 0.1633 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 73 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 74 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 75 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 76 | Mount St. Joseph University | 53900 | 54300 | 0.0074 | 1,268 | 1105 | 0.9128 | |
| 77 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 57200 | 61400 | 0.0684 | 344 | 1125 | 0.8984 | |
| 78 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 79 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 58700 | 67000 | 0.1238 | 5,288 | 1138 | 0.9459 | |
| 80 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 81 | 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.