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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 | Johns Hopkins University | 3900 | 88100 | 0.9559 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 3 | Wesleyan University | 4900 | 97600 | 0.9503 | 3,043 | 1435 | 0.1637 | |
| 4 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5300 | 40700 | 0.8689 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 5 | Colby College | 5500 | 91300 | 0.9394 | 2,360 | 1477 | 0.0803 | |
| 6 | Sisseton Wahpeton College | 6600 | 15400 | 0.5724 | 207 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 8700 | 40100 | 0.7825 | 1,466 | 1078 | 0.4912 | |
| 8 | University of Tulsa | 9600 | 63100 | 0.8484 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 9 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11300 | 27800 | 0.5919 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 10 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 11 | Northern Arizona University | 12100 | 30400 | 0.6012 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 12 | Wayne State University | 12200 | 32900 | 0.6289 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 13 | Franklin and Marshall College | 12800 | 95700 | 0.8659 | 1,778 | 1387 | 0.3163 | |
| 14 | University of North Florida | 13100 | 22400 | 0.4157 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 15 | University of Delaware | 13400 | 34500 | 0.6119 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 16 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14100 | 27600 | 0.49 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 17 | University of West Georgia | 15200 | 24600 | 0.3825 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 18 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 19 | Duke University | 15800 | 98600 | 0.8396 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 19 | Morgan State University | 15800 | 30700 | 0.4849 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 21 | Lindsey Wilson University | 15900 | 48700 | 0.6738 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 22 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 16000 | 65300 | 0.7547 | 771 | 1085 | 0.7338 | |
| 23 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 24 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.433 | 52,187 | 0 | 1 | |
| 25 | Centre College | 17900 | 73400 | 0.7557 | 1,385 | 1323 | 0.4816 | |
| 26 | Albright College | 18000 | 51600 | 0.6514 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 27 | San Jose State University | 18100 | 41100 | 0.5591 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 28 | Columbia College | 18200 | 60700 | 0.6996 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 29 | Life Pacific University | 18800 | 60100 | 0.6871 | 460 | 1020 | 0.958 | |
| 30 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 19200 | 38900 | 0.506 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 31 | University of Southern California | 19600 | 76400 | 0.7439 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 32 | East Texas Baptist University | 20600 | 68900 | 0.701 | 1,663 | 1059 | 0.7306 | |
| 33 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21200 | 41600 | 0.4904 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 34 | University of Kansas | 21600 | 44400 | 0.5132 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 34 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 21600 | 80400 | 0.731 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 36 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 22200 | 42500 | 0.4776 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 37 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22400 | 85400 | 0.7376 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 38 | Central Washington University | 23100 | 27900 | 0.1723 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 39 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 23200 | 28100 | 0.1731 | 1,012 | 1075 | 0.8671 | |
| 40 | Point Park University | 23300 | 54300 | 0.5707 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 41 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 42 | Walsh University | 23900 | 46400 | 0.4855 | 1,523 | 1159 | 0.7074 | |
| 43 | University of Jamestown | 24000 | 34400 | 0.3013 | 1,097 | 1055 | 0.88 | |
| 44 | George Fox University | 26000 | 92800 | 0.72 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 45 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 26200 | 36400 | 0.2798 | 5,288 | 1138 | 0.9459 | |
| 46 | Wayland Baptist University | 26600 | 36500 | 0.271 | 1,894 | 1045 | 0.5477 | |
| 47 | Concordia University-Irvine | 27500 | 94100 | 0.7078 | 1,554 | 1172 | 0.6599 | |
| 48 | Cornell College | 27900 | 74800 | 0.6267 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 48 | Mount Aloysius College | 27900 | 51100 | 0.4539 | 3,135 | 1045 | 0.936 | |
| 50 | Towson University | 29500 | 30100 | 0.02 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 51 | Taylor University | 30100 | 60700 | 0.5048 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 52 | Houston Christian University | 30700 | 60500 | 0.4928 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 52 | Southern Adventist University | 30700 | 49000 | 0.3746 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 54 | Missouri Baptist University | 31300 | 53800 | 0.4193 | 5,253 | 910 | 0.7062 | |
| 55 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | 31900 | 78800 | 0.5952 | 1,732 | 1108 | 0.9117 | |
| 55 | Villanova University | 31900 | 92900 | 0.6569 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 57 | Seton Hill University | 32900 | 63700 | 0.4837 | 1,502 | 1134 | 0.7953 | |
| 58 | Harding University | 33200 | 47800 | 0.3047 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 59 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33300 | 75200 | 0.5573 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 60 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 57500 | 0.4154 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 61 | Pace University | 33700 | 75700 | 0.5551 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 62 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34000 | 59100 | 0.4245 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 63 | California Baptist University | 34200 | 69800 | 0.5098 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 64 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34300 | 50900 | 0.3256 | 1,961 | 1099 | 0.7512 | |
| 64 | University of Vermont | 34300 | 66300 | 0.4821 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 66 | Rowan University | 36000 | 53600 | 0.3282 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 67 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 68 | Saint Francis University | 39500 | 67300 | 0.4129 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 69 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 40000 | 59200 | 0.3241 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 70 | Saint Mary's College of California | 40200 | 83400 | 0.5183 | 1,955 | 1175 | 0.8856 | |
| 71 | Rochester Christian University | 42900 | 45400 | 0.0565 | 1,162 | 970 | 0.9764 | |
| 72 | Florida Atlantic University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 73 | Wagner College | 46600 | 73400 | 0.3649 | 1,666 | 1240 | 0.88 | |
| 74 | Quinnipiac University | 49100 | 79700 | 0.3841 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 74 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49100 | 58900 | 0.1664 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 76 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 49200 | 67600 | 0.2722 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 77 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 78 | Mount St. Joseph University | 53900 | 54300 | 0.0074 | 1,268 | 1105 | 0.9128 | |
| 79 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 60500 | 65600 | 0.0778 | 344 | 1125 | 0.8984 | |
| 80 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 61400 | 66900 | 0.0823 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 81 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 82900 | 82900 | 0 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.