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Considering a degree in Behavioral?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Behavioral majors who live in North Carolina.
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 North Carolina.
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 | 4900 | 40700 | 0.8787 | 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 | 7300 | 13600 | 0.4646 | 206 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 8400 | 25300 | 0.6676 | 1,464 | 980 | 0.9792 | |
| 8 | Duke University | 11400 | 92800 | 0.8766 | 6,523 | 1527 | 0.0571 | |
| 8 | University of Tulsa | 11400 | 62900 | 0.8184 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 10 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.5818 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 11 | Florida Atlantic University | 12000 | 25800 | 0.5356 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 12 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 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 North Carolina at Greensboro | 15800 | 19400 | 0.1869 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 16 | University of Kansas | 16100 | 34900 | 0.5385 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 17 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 16300 | 46400 | 0.6493 | 771 | 1085 | 0.7338 | |
| 18 | The University of Montana-Western | 16500 | 25600 | 0.3551 | 1,335 | 990 | 0.9978 | |
| 18 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28000 | 0.4111 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 20 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.8183 | |
| 21 | Houston Christian University | 16900 | 56800 | 0.7024 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 22 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8094 | 797 | 1370 | 0.4453 | |
| 23 | Centre College | 17200 | 73000 | 0.7644 | 1,404 | 1314 | 0.5436 | |
| 24 | Lindsey Wilson College | 17300 | 47100 | 0.633 | 1,722 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 19100 | 31400 | 0.3918 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 26 | Life Pacific University | 19200 | 47800 | 0.5981 | 460 | 1020 | 0.958 | |
| 27 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6438 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 27 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78700 | 0.7498 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 29 | Columbia College | 19900 | 35800 | 0.4442 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 30 | Franklin and Marshall College | 20000 | 90300 | 0.7785 | 1,808 | 1396 | 0.2819 | |
| 31 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 75900 | 0.7356 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 32 | East Texas Baptist University | 21300 | 47500 | 0.5515 | 1,634 | 1025 | 0.5776 | |
| 33 | Northern Michigan University | 21400 | 33100 | 0.3535 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 34 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22800 | 61100 | 0.6266 | 3,000 | 1130 | 0.8572 | |
| 35 | San Jose State University | 23100 | 41100 | 0.4381 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 36 | Central Washington University | 23500 | 27900 | 0.158 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 36 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 23500 | 28100 | 0.163 | 1,012 | 1075 | 0.8671 | |
| 38 | Walsh University | 24400 | 46400 | 0.4752 | 1,523 | 1159 | 0.7074 | |
| 39 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24600 | 30600 | 0.1961 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 40 | University of Mount Saint Vincent | 26200 | 64300 | 0.5921 | 2,725 | 1100 | 0.8511 | |
| 41 | Albright College | 26600 | 49300 | 0.4604 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 42 | University of Jamestown | 27400 | 34400 | 0.2035 | 1,049 | 1055 | 0.8808 | |
| 43 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 27700 | 36400 | 0.2396 | 5,160 | 1131 | 0.9502 | |
| 44 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 45 | Cornell College | 28100 | 74800 | 0.6242 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 46 | Concordia University-Irvine | 28200 | 72300 | 0.6098 | 1,544 | 1172 | 0.6599 | |
| 47 | George Fox University | 28500 | 69400 | 0.5897 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 48 | University of Iowa | 28800 | 31100 | 0.0733 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 49 | Southern Adventist University | 29700 | 46900 | 0.3665 | 2,929 | 1134 | 0.655 | |
| 50 | Mercy University | 30200 | 44500 | 0.3215 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 50 | University of West Georgia | 30200 | 46800 | 0.3546 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 52 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4738 | 2,503 | 1229 | 0.7353 | |
| 52 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4735 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 54 | University of North Florida | 31400 | 33000 | 0.0485 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 55 | Missouri Baptist University | 31500 | 53800 | 0.414 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 56 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31800 | 36700 | 0.1334 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 57 | California Baptist University | 33400 | 65600 | 0.4908 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 58 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.2987 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 59 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55300 | 0.3907 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 60 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 61 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34600 | 50900 | 0.32 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 62 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 63 | Seton Hill University | 35300 | 65000 | 0.4569 | 1,501 | 1134 | 0.7953 | |
| 64 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.5769 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 65 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 66 | Saint Francis University | 38700 | 63100 | 0.3867 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 67 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 68 | Saint Mary's College of California | 40500 | 81500 | 0.5029 | 1,954 | 1175 | 0.8653 | |
| 68 | Wayne State University | 40500 | 46200 | 0.1234 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 70 | Pace University | 40800 | 74800 | 0.4544 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 71 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 42000 | 53200 | 0.2106 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 72 | Rochester Christian University | 43200 | 45400 | 0.0502 | 1,161 | 970 | 0.9765 | |
| 73 | Quinnipiac University | 44900 | 79200 | 0.433 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 74 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 75 | University of Delaware | 48500 | 61300 | 0.2089 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 76 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 77 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54300 | 54300 | 0 | 1,545 | 1143 | 0.5912 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.