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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 | 3800 | 88100 | 0.9571 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 3 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4700 | 40700 | 0.8836 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 4 | Colby College | 5400 | 91300 | 0.9405 | 2,412 | 1497 | 0.0709 | |
| 5 | Wesleyan University | 5800 | 93700 | 0.9385 | 3,805 | 1484 | 0.1649 | |
| 6 | Sisseton Wahpeton College | 7100 | 13600 | 0.4794 | 206 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | University of Tulsa | 11200 | 62900 | 0.8216 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 8 | Florida Atlantic University | 11500 | 25800 | 0.555 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 9 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12000 | 38800 | 0.6912 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 10 | Duke University | 13400 | 93600 | 0.857 | 6,523 | 1527 | 0.0571 | |
| 11 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 12 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 14900 | 33200 | 0.552 | 1,464 | 980 | 0.9792 | |
| 13 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 14 | University of West Georgia | 15500 | 24600 | 0.3703 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 15 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 16000 | 46400 | 0.6557 | 771 | 1085 | 0.7338 | |
| 16 | Wayne State University | 16300 | 32900 | 0.5043 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 17 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7438 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 18 | Morgan State University | 16800 | 28500 | 0.4104 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 18 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4345 | 52,187 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | Houston Christian University | 16900 | 56800 | 0.7024 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 21 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8094 | 797 | 1370 | 0.4453 | |
| 22 | Lindsey Wilson College | 17200 | 47100 | 0.6351 | 1,722 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | Centre College | 17300 | 73000 | 0.7631 | 1,404 | 1314 | 0.5436 | |
| 24 | Towson University | 18200 | 29900 | 0.391 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 25 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 18700 | 31400 | 0.4045 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 26 | Life Pacific University | 18800 | 47800 | 0.6065 | 460 | 1020 | 0.958 | |
| 27 | Columbia College | 19400 | 35800 | 0.4581 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 28 | University of Southern California | 19600 | 75900 | 0.7422 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 29 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6438 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 30 | Franklin and Marshall College | 20000 | 90300 | 0.7785 | 1,808 | 1396 | 0.2819 | |
| 31 | East Texas Baptist University | 20800 | 47500 | 0.562 | 1,634 | 1025 | 0.5776 | |
| 32 | Northern Michigan University | 21000 | 33100 | 0.3656 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 33 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21100 | 35300 | 0.4019 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 34 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 35 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22500 | 61100 | 0.6315 | 3,000 | 1130 | 0.8572 | |
| 36 | San Jose State University | 22800 | 41100 | 0.4454 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 37 | Central Washington University | 23000 | 27900 | 0.1759 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 38 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 23500 | 28100 | 0.163 | 1,012 | 1075 | 0.8671 | |
| 39 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 40 | University of Kansas | 23900 | 43000 | 0.4436 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 40 | Walsh University | 23900 | 46400 | 0.4854 | 1,523 | 1159 | 0.7074 | |
| 42 | University of Mount Saint Vincent | 26200 | 64300 | 0.5921 | 2,725 | 1100 | 0.8511 | |
| 43 | Albright College | 26600 | 49300 | 0.4604 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 44 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 44 | University of Jamestown | 27400 | 34400 | 0.2035 | 1,049 | 1055 | 0.8808 | |
| 46 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 27700 | 36400 | 0.2396 | 5,160 | 1131 | 0.9502 | |
| 47 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 48 | George Fox University | 27900 | 69400 | 0.5983 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 49 | Cornell College | 28100 | 74800 | 0.6242 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 50 | Concordia University-Irvine | 28200 | 72300 | 0.6098 | 1,544 | 1172 | 0.6599 | |
| 51 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 52 | University of Iowa | 28800 | 31100 | 0.0733 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 53 | Southern Adventist University | 29700 | 46900 | 0.3665 | 2,929 | 1134 | 0.655 | |
| 54 | Mercy University | 30000 | 44500 | 0.326 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 55 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 30800 | 59100 | 0.4786 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 56 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4738 | 2,503 | 1229 | 0.7353 | |
| 57 | Missouri Baptist University | 31500 | 53800 | 0.414 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 58 | The University of Montana-Western | 32000 | 42900 | 0.2543 | 1,335 | 990 | 0.9978 | |
| 59 | California Baptist University | 33400 | 65600 | 0.4908 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 60 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.2987 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 61 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 62 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 63 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34600 | 50900 | 0.32 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 64 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 64 | Seton Hill University | 35000 | 65000 | 0.4615 | 1,501 | 1134 | 0.7953 | |
| 66 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.5769 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 67 | Saint Francis University | 38200 | 63100 | 0.3946 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 68 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 38900 | 38900 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 69 | Saint Mary's College of California | 40400 | 81500 | 0.5041 | 1,954 | 1175 | 0.8653 | |
| 69 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 71 | Pace University | 40700 | 74800 | 0.4558 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 72 | Rochester Christian University | 43200 | 45400 | 0.0502 | 1,161 | 970 | 0.9765 | |
| 73 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 74 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 75 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 59400 | 0.1633 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 76 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54300 | 54300 | 0 | 1,545 | 1143 | 0.5912 | |
| 77 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.