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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 | 4,124 | 1344 | 0.1393 | |
| 1 | University of California-Los Angeles | 0 | 68600 | 1 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 3 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 100 | 22300 | 0.9939 | 6,029 | 1080 | 0.834 | |
| 4 | Colby College | 5100 | 90200 | 0.9432 | 2,412 | 1497 | 0.0709 | |
| 5 | Wesleyan University | 5800 | 91100 | 0.9367 | 3,805 | 1405 | 0.1649 | |
| 6 | Johns Hopkins University | 6600 | 87700 | 0.9244 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 7 | Sisseton Wahpeton College | 7300 | 12600 | 0.4209 | 215 | 0 | 0.8208 | |
| 8 | Franklin and Marshall College | 10700 | 90100 | 0.8809 | 1,808 | 1396 | 0.2819 | |
| 9 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 12000 | 27800 | 0.5675 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 11 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13400 | 39000 | 0.6569 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 12 | Duke University | 13900 | 93500 | 0.8516 | 6,523 | 1539 | 0.0571 | |
| 13 | University of North Florida | 14300 | 22400 | 0.3621 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 14 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 15 | Lindsey Wilson College | 15000 | 47600 | 0.6842 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 16 | Centre College | 15700 | 70100 | 0.7763 | 1,356 | 1330 | 0.5553 | |
| 17 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4345 | 50,793 | 0 | 0.7633 | |
| 18 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 18000 | 45800 | 0.6067 | 767 | 1108 | 0.7277 | |
| 19 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 18100 | 27900 | 0.3507 | 1,357 | 1078 | 0.9907 | |
| 20 | University of Southern California | 18300 | 76000 | 0.7592 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 21 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 18400 | 20300 | 0.0936 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 22 | Brown University | 18700 | 93900 | 0.8006 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 23 | Glenville State University | 18900 | 28200 | 0.3297 | 1,583 | 980 | 0.9924 | |
| 24 | Illinois College | 19100 | 52300 | 0.6349 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 25 | Columbia College | 22300 | 36800 | 0.3946 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 26 | East Texas Baptist University | 22400 | 49900 | 0.5506 | 1,634 | 1025 | 0.5776 | |
| 27 | Life Pacific University | 23100 | 47200 | 0.511 | 396 | 1055 | 0.9395 | |
| 28 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23300 | 58700 | 0.6029 | 2,934 | 1160 | 0.9004 | |
| 28 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 23300 | 35400 | 0.3414 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 30 | Utica University | 23500 | 41100 | 0.4279 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 31 | Florida International University | 23700 | 33700 | 0.2967 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 32 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 23900 | 28100 | 0.1489 | 946 | 1095 | 0.8271 | |
| 33 | University of Mount Saint Vincent | 24200 | 63200 | 0.6171 | 2,398 | 1084 | 0.8464 | |
| 34 | Northern Michigan University | 24500 | 32900 | 0.2556 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 35 | Tennessee Wesleyan University | 24700 | 44200 | 0.4411 | 857 | 1075 | 0.5941 | |
| 36 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 25100 | 32200 | 0.2204 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 37 | University of Kansas | 25300 | 42000 | 0.3974 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 38 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 39 | Point Park University | 26300 | 56800 | 0.5374 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 40 | University of Delaware | 26500 | 32500 | 0.1847 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 41 | University of Jamestown | 27400 | 34400 | 0.2035 | 1,049 | 1110 | 0.8808 | |
| 41 | University of Tulsa | 27400 | 62700 | 0.5633 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 43 | Cornell College | 27500 | 72200 | 0.6189 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 44 | Central Washington University | 27600 | 27800 | 0.0072 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 45 | Concordia University-Irvine | 27700 | 64500 | 0.5705 | 1,465 | 1172 | 0.5986 | |
| 46 | Florida Atlantic University | 27800 | 39200 | 0.291 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 47 | Villanova University | 28100 | 88800 | 0.6834 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 48 | George Fox University | 28400 | 67100 | 0.5772 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 48 | Mercy University | 28400 | 44500 | 0.3619 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 50 | San Jose State University | 30100 | 41000 | 0.2656 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 51 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 30200 | 46100 | 0.3444 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 52 | University of West Georgia | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 53 | The University of Montana-Western | 31700 | 41600 | 0.2382 | 1,440 | 990 | 0.995 | |
| 54 | Albright College | 31900 | 48700 | 0.345 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 54 | Harding University | 31900 | 43800 | 0.2712 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 54 | Missouri Baptist University | 31900 | 53800 | 0.4067 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 57 | Saint Francis University | 33100 | 61500 | 0.4618 | 2,450 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
| 58 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3849 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 59 | Taylor University | 34100 | 57600 | 0.4076 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
| 60 | University of Vermont | 34700 | 66300 | 0.4767 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 61 | California Baptist University | 35300 | 65200 | 0.4585 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 62 | Seton Hill University | 35500 | 63800 | 0.4433 | 1,597 | 1150 | 0.7579 | |
| 63 | Andrews University | 36000 | 47100 | 0.2355 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 64 | Towson University | 36200 | 45700 | 0.2079 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 65 | Wayne State University | 39000 | 45500 | 0.1428 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 66 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 67 | Quinnipiac University | 42000 | 79200 | 0.4696 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 68 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 69 | Rochester University | 43500 | 45400 | 0.0415 | 1,144 | 980 | 0.653 | |
| 70 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51200 | 84200 | 0.392 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 71 | University of Iowa | 51300 | 53200 | 0.0354 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 72 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 73 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 74 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 59100 | 67000 | 0.1177 | 5,162 | 1131 | 0.9502 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.