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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 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 3 | Wesleyan University | 4900 | 97600 | 0.9503 | 3,043 | 1435 | 0.1637 | |
| 4 | Colby College | 5500 | 91300 | 0.9394 | 2,360 | 1477 | 0.0803 | |
| 5 | Sisseton Wahpeton College | 6600 | 15400 | 0.5724 | 207 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 8700 | 40100 | 0.7825 | 1,466 | 1078 | 0.4912 | |
| 7 | University of Tulsa | 9500 | 63100 | 0.85 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 8 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 33800 | 0.6718 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 9 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 11800 | 39000 | 0.6966 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 10 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 11 | Kean University | 12300 | 39200 | 0.6862 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 12 | Franklin and Marshall College | 12800 | 95700 | 0.8659 | 1,778 | 1387 | 0.3163 | |
| 13 | University of North Florida | 12900 | 30500 | 0.5769 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 14 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14100 | 27600 | 0.49 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 15 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 16 | Duke University | 15800 | 98600 | 0.8396 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 17 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 15900 | 65300 | 0.7563 | 771 | 1085 | 0.7338 | |
| 17 | Lindsey Wilson University | 15900 | 48700 | 0.6738 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 19 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16300 | 64800 | 0.7481 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 20 | Montclair State University | 16400 | 36000 | 0.5451 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 21 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 17200 | 31500 | 0.4541 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 22 | Centre College | 17900 | 73400 | 0.7557 | 1,385 | 1323 | 0.4816 | |
| 23 | Albright College | 18000 | 51600 | 0.6514 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 23 | San Jose State University | 18000 | 41100 | 0.5615 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 25 | Columbia College | 18200 | 60700 | 0.6996 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 26 | Life Pacific University | 18700 | 60100 | 0.6888 | 460 | 1020 | 0.958 | |
| 27 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 19100 | 38900 | 0.5085 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 28 | University of Southern California | 19500 | 76400 | 0.7452 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 29 | Rutgers University-Newark | 20200 | 39200 | 0.4852 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 30 | East Texas Baptist University | 20400 | 68900 | 0.7039 | 1,663 | 1059 | 0.7306 | |
| 31 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21200 | 41600 | 0.4904 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 32 | Rowan University | 21300 | 41300 | 0.485 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 33 | University of Kansas | 21500 | 44400 | 0.5154 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 34 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 22100 | 42500 | 0.48 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 35 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22300 | 85400 | 0.7388 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 36 | Central Washington University | 23000 | 27900 | 0.1759 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 37 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 23200 | 28100 | 0.1731 | 1,012 | 1075 | 0.8671 | |
| 38 | Point Park University | 23300 | 54300 | 0.5707 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 39 | Walsh University | 23700 | 46400 | 0.4889 | 1,523 | 1159 | 0.7074 | |
| 40 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 47000 | 0.4926 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 41 | University of Jamestown | 24000 | 34400 | 0.3013 | 1,097 | 1055 | 0.88 | |
| 42 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 25100 | 43400 | 0.4215 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 | |
| 43 | George Fox University | 25800 | 92800 | 0.7222 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 44 | Wayland Baptist University | 26600 | 36500 | 0.271 | 1,894 | 1045 | 0.5477 | |
| 45 | Concordia University-Irvine | 27500 | 94100 | 0.7078 | 1,554 | 1172 | 0.6599 | |
| 46 | Mount Aloysius College | 27800 | 51100 | 0.4558 | 3,135 | 1045 | 0.936 | |
| 47 | Cornell College | 27900 | 74800 | 0.6267 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 47 | Wayne State University | 27900 | 46800 | 0.4041 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 49 | Taylor University | 30100 | 60700 | 0.5048 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 50 | Houston Christian University | 30700 | 60500 | 0.4928 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 50 | Southern Adventist University | 30700 | 49000 | 0.3746 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 52 | Missouri Baptist University | 31300 | 53800 | 0.4193 | 5,253 | 910 | 0.7062 | |
| 53 | Villanova University | 31800 | 92900 | 0.658 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 54 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | 31900 | 78800 | 0.5952 | 1,732 | 1108 | 0.9117 | |
| 55 | Seton Hill University | 32700 | 63700 | 0.4868 | 1,502 | 1134 | 0.7953 | |
| 56 | Harding University | 33200 | 47800 | 0.3047 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 56 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33200 | 75200 | 0.5587 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 58 | Elizabethtown College | 33500 | 57500 | 0.4172 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 59 | Pace University | 33700 | 75700 | 0.5551 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 60 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 33900 | 59100 | 0.4262 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 61 | California Baptist University | 34100 | 69800 | 0.5112 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 62 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34300 | 50900 | 0.3256 | 1,961 | 1099 | 0.7512 | |
| 62 | University of Vermont | 34300 | 66300 | 0.4821 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 64 | Florida International University | 36600 | 36800 | 0.0054 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 65 | University of West Georgia | 36700 | 47300 | 0.2239 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 66 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 67 | Saint Francis University | 39400 | 67300 | 0.4144 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 68 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 40000 | 59200 | 0.3241 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 69 | Saint Mary's College of California | 40200 | 83400 | 0.5183 | 1,955 | 1175 | 0.8856 | |
| 70 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 71 | Rochester Christian University | 42900 | 45400 | 0.0565 | 1,162 | 970 | 0.9764 | |
| 71 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 42900 | 88100 | 0.5129 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 73 | Florida Atlantic University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 74 | Wagner College | 46600 | 73400 | 0.3649 | 1,666 | 1240 | 0.88 | |
| 75 | University of Delaware | 47300 | 62400 | 0.2427 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 76 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49000 | 58900 | 0.1681 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 77 | Quinnipiac University | 49200 | 79700 | 0.3829 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 78 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 79 | Mount St. Joseph University | 53900 | 54300 | 0.0074 | 1,268 | 1105 | 0.9128 | |
| 80 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 58400 | 67000 | 0.1279 | 5,288 | 1138 | 0.9459 | |
| 81 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 60500 | 65600 | 0.0778 | 344 | 1125 | 0.8984 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.