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Considering a degree in Behavioral?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Behavioral majors who live in New Jersey.
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 New Jersey.
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 | 4600 | 40700 | 0.886 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 4 | Colby College | 5300 | 91300 | 0.9416 | 2,412 | 1497 | 0.0709 | |
| 5 | Wesleyan University | 5800 | 93700 | 0.9385 | 3,805 | 1484 | 0.1649 | |
| 6 | Sisseton Wahpeton College | 7000 | 13600 | 0.4868 | 206 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 8 | University of Tulsa | 11200 | 62900 | 0.8216 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 9 | Duke University | 11700 | 93600 | 0.8752 | 6,523 | 1527 | 0.0571 | |
| 10 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6079 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 11 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 12 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 14800 | 33200 | 0.555 | 1,464 | 980 | 0.9792 | |
| 13 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 14 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 15900 | 46400 | 0.6579 | 771 | 1085 | 0.7338 | |
| 15 | Wayne State University | 16200 | 32900 | 0.5073 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 16 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7438 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 17 | Houston Christian University | 16900 | 56800 | 0.7024 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 18 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8094 | 797 | 1370 | 0.4453 | |
| 19 | Lindsey Wilson College | 17200 | 47100 | 0.6351 | 1,722 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | Centre College | 17300 | 73000 | 0.7631 | 1,404 | 1314 | 0.5436 | |
| 21 | Life Pacific University | 18700 | 47800 | 0.6086 | 460 | 1020 | 0.958 | |
| 22 | Columbia College | 19200 | 35800 | 0.4637 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 23 | University of Southern California | 19500 | 75900 | 0.7435 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 24 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6438 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 24 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78700 | 0.7498 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 26 | Franklin and Marshall College | 20000 | 90300 | 0.7785 | 1,808 | 1396 | 0.2819 | |
| 27 | Rutgers University-Newark | 20100 | 38000 | 0.4709 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 28 | East Texas Baptist University | 20600 | 47500 | 0.5662 | 1,634 | 1025 | 0.5776 | |
| 29 | Northern Michigan University | 20900 | 33100 | 0.3686 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 30 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22400 | 61100 | 0.6331 | 3,000 | 1130 | 0.8572 | |
| 31 | San Jose State University | 22800 | 41100 | 0.4454 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 32 | Central Washington University | 22900 | 27900 | 0.1795 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 33 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 23500 | 28100 | 0.163 | 1,012 | 1075 | 0.8671 | |
| 34 | Walsh University | 23700 | 46400 | 0.4888 | 1,523 | 1159 | 0.7074 | |
| 35 | University of Kansas | 23800 | 43000 | 0.4459 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 36 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 25400 | 30600 | 0.17 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 37 | University of Mount Saint Vincent | 26200 | 64300 | 0.5921 | 2,725 | 1100 | 0.8511 | |
| 38 | Albright College | 26500 | 49300 | 0.4624 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 39 | University of Jamestown | 27400 | 34400 | 0.2035 | 1,049 | 1055 | 0.8808 | |
| 40 | George Fox University | 27700 | 69400 | 0.6012 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 41 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 42 | Cornell College | 28100 | 74800 | 0.6242 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 43 | Concordia University-Irvine | 28200 | 72300 | 0.6098 | 1,544 | 1172 | 0.6599 | |
| 44 | Southern Adventist University | 29700 | 46900 | 0.3665 | 2,929 | 1134 | 0.655 | |
| 44 | University of West Georgia | 29700 | 46800 | 0.3653 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 46 | Mercy University | 29900 | 44500 | 0.3282 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 47 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 30700 | 59100 | 0.4803 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 48 | University of North Florida | 31000 | 33000 | 0.0607 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 49 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4738 | 2,503 | 1229 | 0.7353 | |
| 50 | Missouri Baptist University | 31500 | 53800 | 0.414 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 51 | The University of Montana-Western | 31800 | 42900 | 0.2589 | 1,335 | 990 | 0.9978 | |
| 52 | California Baptist University | 33300 | 65600 | 0.4923 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 53 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.2987 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 54 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 55 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 56 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34600 | 50900 | 0.32 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 57 | Seton Hill University | 34900 | 65000 | 0.463 | 1,501 | 1134 | 0.7953 | |
| 58 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 59 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 60 | New York Institute of Technology | 37400 | 83600 | 0.553 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 61 | Saint Francis University | 38000 | 63100 | 0.3978 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 62 | Montclair State University | 38800 | 46600 | 0.1674 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 63 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 38900 | 38900 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 64 | Kean University | 39300 | 48300 | 0.1864 | 11,758 | 1040 | 0.759 | |
| 65 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 40100 | 42500 | 0.0565 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 66 | Saint Mary's College of California | 40400 | 81500 | 0.5041 | 1,954 | 1175 | 0.8653 | |
| 66 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 68 | Pace University | 40600 | 74800 | 0.4571 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 69 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 41500 | 53200 | 0.22 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 70 | Rochester Christian University | 43200 | 45400 | 0.0502 | 1,161 | 970 | 0.9765 | |
| 71 | Florida Atlantic University | 44100 | 44400 | 0.0068 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 72 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 73 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 59400 | 0.1633 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 74 | University of Iowa | 50900 | 53200 | 0.0429 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 75 | Rowan University | 52300 | 53600 | 0.0242 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 76 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54300 | 54300 | 0 | 1,545 | 1143 | 0.5912 | |
| 77 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 58700 | 67000 | 0.1236 | 5,160 | 1131 | 0.9502 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.