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Considering a degree in Behavioral?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Behavioral majors who live in Pennsylvania.
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 Pennsylvania.
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 | Colby College | 3800 | 91300 | 0.958 | 2,360 | 1477 | 0.0803 | |
| 4 | Wesleyan University | 5800 | 93700 | 0.9385 | 3,043 | 1435 | 0.1637 | |
| 5 | Sisseton Wahpeton College | 7300 | 13600 | 0.4646 | 207 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | University of Tulsa | 11400 | 62900 | 0.8184 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 7 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5865 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 8 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.582 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 9 | Florida Atlantic University | 12000 | 25800 | 0.5356 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 10 | University of North Florida | 12700 | 22400 | 0.4336 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 11 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13400 | 43000 | 0.6883 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 12 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 13 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 14 | Duke University | 14000 | 93600 | 0.8506 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 15 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14100 | 26600 | 0.4691 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 16 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 16 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 15600 | 33200 | 0.5309 | 1,466 | 1078 | 0.4912 | |
| 18 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 16100 | 26900 | 0.4031 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 19 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 16300 | 46400 | 0.6493 | 771 | 1085 | 0.7338 | |
| 19 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 21 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28000 | 0.4111 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 22 | Centre College | 16900 | 73000 | 0.7685 | 1,385 | 1323 | 0.4816 | |
| 23 | Franklin and Marshall College | 17000 | 89400 | 0.8093 | 1,778 | 1387 | 0.3163 | |
| 23 | Houston Christian University | 17000 | 56800 | 0.7007 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 25 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 17100 | 0.0005 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 26 | Lindsey Wilson University | 18300 | 47100 | 0.6117 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 27 | Central Washington University | 18500 | 22700 | 0.1848 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 28 | Life Pacific University | 19200 | 47800 | 0.5981 | 460 | 1020 | 0.958 | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19600 | 29100 | 0.3269 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 30 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78600 | 0.7492 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 31 | Columbia College | 19900 | 35800 | 0.4442 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 32 | University of Southern California | 20200 | 75900 | 0.7342 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 32 | Villanova University | 20200 | 87900 | 0.7702 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 34 | Albright College | 21500 | 48400 | 0.5563 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 34 | East Texas Baptist University | 21500 | 47500 | 0.5473 | 1,663 | 1059 | 0.7306 | |
| 34 | Seton Hill University | 21500 | 89300 | 0.7592 | 1,502 | 1134 | 0.7953 | |
| 37 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22900 | 61100 | 0.6251 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 38 | San Jose State University | 23000 | 41100 | 0.4405 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 39 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 23500 | 28100 | 0.1633 | 1,012 | 1075 | 0.8671 | |
| 40 | University of Kansas | 24200 | 43000 | 0.4369 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 41 | Mount Aloysius College | 24400 | 48400 | 0.4957 | 3,135 | 1045 | 0.936 | |
| 41 | Walsh University | 24400 | 46400 | 0.4753 | 1,523 | 1159 | 0.7074 | |
| 43 | Point Park University | 26000 | 56200 | 0.5376 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 43 | Saint Francis University | 26000 | 61600 | 0.5777 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 45 | University of Jamestown | 27400 | 34400 | 0.2035 | 1,097 | 1055 | 0.88 | |
| 46 | George Fox University | 27700 | 69400 | 0.6012 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 47 | Cornell College | 28100 | 74800 | 0.6242 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 48 | Concordia University-Irvine | 28200 | 72300 | 0.6098 | 1,554 | 1172 | 0.6599 | |
| 49 | Wayland Baptist University | 28800 | 37300 | 0.2281 | 1,894 | 1045 | 0.5477 | |
| 50 | Elizabethtown College | 29100 | 54600 | 0.4673 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 51 | Southern Adventist University | 29700 | 46900 | 0.3666 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 52 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 53 | University of West Georgia | 30200 | 46800 | 0.3546 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 54 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.474 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 55 | Missouri Baptist University | 31500 | 53800 | 0.4142 | 5,253 | 910 | 0.7062 | |
| 56 | Florida International University | 32600 | 36800 | 0.114 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 57 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33200 | 75200 | 0.5587 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 58 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 59 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 60 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34600 | 50900 | 0.3202 | 1,961 | 1099 | 0.7512 | |
| 61 | Andrews University | 37200 | 70100 | 0.4694 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 62 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | 37500 | 57100 | 0.3435 | 1,732 | 1108 | 0.9117 | |
| 63 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 38900 | 38900 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 64 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39600 | 53200 | 0.2557 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 65 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 39800 | 42500 | 0.0636 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 66 | California Baptist University | 39900 | 65600 | 0.3917 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 67 | Pace University | 40500 | 74800 | 0.4585 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 67 | Saint Mary's College of California | 40500 | 81500 | 0.5029 | 1,955 | 1175 | 0.8856 | |
| 67 | Wayne State University | 40500 | 46200 | 0.1234 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 70 | Rochester Christian University | 43100 | 45400 | 0.0504 | 1,162 | 970 | 0.9764 | |
| 71 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 72 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46400 | 46600 | 0.0043 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 73 | Wagner College | 46900 | 73400 | 0.3611 | 1,666 | 1240 | 0.88 | |
| 74 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 75 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 76 | Mount St. Joseph University | 53900 | 54300 | 0.0074 | 1,268 | 1105 | 0.9128 | |
| 77 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 57700 | 61400 | 0.0602 | 344 | 1125 | 0.8984 | |
| 78 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 79 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 58700 | 67000 | 0.1238 | 5,288 | 1138 | 0.9459 | |
| 80 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 81 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 82400 | 82400 | 0 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.