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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 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 3 | Colby College | 3800 | 91300 | 0.958 | 2,412 | 1497 | 0.0709 | |
| 4 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4900 | 40700 | 0.8787 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 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 Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 8 | University of Tulsa | 11400 | 62900 | 0.8184 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 9 | Florida Atlantic University | 12000 | 25800 | 0.5356 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 10 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13400 | 43000 | 0.6883 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 11 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 12 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 13 | Duke University | 14300 | 93600 | 0.8474 | 6,523 | 1527 | 0.0571 | |
| 14 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 15100 | 33200 | 0.546 | 1,464 | 980 | 0.9792 | |
| 15 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 16 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 16100 | 26900 | 0.4031 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 16 | University of Kansas | 16100 | 34900 | 0.5377 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 18 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 16300 | 46400 | 0.6493 | 771 | 1085 | 0.7338 | |
| 19 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16600 | 28000 | 0.4076 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 20 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16700 | 64800 | 0.7418 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 21 | Franklin and Marshall College | 17000 | 89400 | 0.8093 | 1,808 | 1396 | 0.2819 | |
| 22 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 17100 | 0.0005 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.784 | |
| 23 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8079 | 797 | 1370 | 0.4453 | |
| 24 | Lindsey Wilson College | 17300 | 47100 | 0.633 | 1,722 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | Centre College | 17500 | 73000 | 0.7603 | 1,404 | 1314 | 0.5436 | |
| 26 | Houston Christian University | 17600 | 56800 | 0.6901 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8444 | |
| 27 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 28 | Central Washington University | 18500 | 22700 | 0.1848 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 29 | Life Pacific University | 19200 | 47800 | 0.5981 | 460 | 1020 | 0.958 | |
| 30 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19600 | 29100 | 0.3269 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 31 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6423 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 32 | Columbia College | 19900 | 35800 | 0.4442 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 32 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19900 | 78600 | 0.7467 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 34 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 75900 | 0.7356 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 35 | Villanova University | 20200 | 87900 | 0.7702 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 36 | East Texas Baptist University | 21300 | 47500 | 0.5515 | 1,634 | 1025 | 0.5776 | |
| 37 | Albright College | 21400 | 48400 | 0.5584 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 37 | Northern Michigan University | 21400 | 33100 | 0.3535 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 39 | Seton Hill University | 21500 | 65100 | 0.6696 | 1,501 | 1134 | 0.7953 | |
| 39 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21500 | 35300 | 0.3906 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 41 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22800 | 61100 | 0.6261 | 3,000 | 1130 | 0.8572 | |
| 42 | San Jose State University | 23100 | 41100 | 0.4381 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 43 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 23700 | 28100 | 0.1583 | 1,012 | 1075 | 0.8671 | |
| 44 | Walsh University | 24400 | 46400 | 0.4752 | 1,523 | 1159 | 0.7074 | |
| 45 | Saint Francis University | 26100 | 61600 | 0.5761 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 45 | University of Mount Saint Vincent | 26100 | 64300 | 0.5937 | 2,725 | 1100 | 0.8511 | |
| 47 | University of Jamestown | 27400 | 34400 | 0.2035 | 1,049 | 1055 | 0.8808 | |
| 48 | Concordia University-Irvine | 28200 | 72300 | 0.6098 | 1,544 | 1172 | 0.6599 | |
| 48 | Cornell College | 28200 | 74800 | 0.623 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 50 | George Fox University | 28500 | 69400 | 0.5897 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 51 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0691 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 52 | Elizabethtown College | 29100 | 54600 | 0.4673 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 53 | Southern Adventist University | 29800 | 46900 | 0.3637 | 2,929 | 1134 | 0.655 | |
| 54 | Mercy University | 30200 | 44500 | 0.3215 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 54 | University of West Georgia | 30200 | 46800 | 0.3546 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 56 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4733 | 2,503 | 1229 | 0.7353 | |
| 57 | University of North Florida | 31400 | 33000 | 0.0485 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 58 | Missouri Baptist University | 31700 | 53800 | 0.4116 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 59 | The University of Montana-Western | 32300 | 42900 | 0.2473 | 1,335 | 990 | 0.9978 | |
| 60 | Florida International University | 32600 | 36800 | 0.114 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 61 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4893 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 62 | Harding University | 33700 | 47800 | 0.296 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 63 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34700 | 50900 | 0.3175 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 64 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 65 | New York Institute of Technology | 35500 | 83600 | 0.5755 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 66 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 67 | Wayne State University | 40500 | 46200 | 0.1234 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 68 | Saint Mary's College of California | 40600 | 81500 | 0.5016 | 1,954 | 1175 | 0.8653 | |
| 68 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 40600 | 42500 | 0.0448 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 70 | Pace University | 40800 | 74800 | 0.4544 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 71 | Rochester Christian University | 43300 | 45400 | 0.0473 | 1,161 | 970 | 0.9765 | |
| 72 | Quinnipiac University | 44900 | 79200 | 0.433 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 73 | University of Delaware | 48500 | 61300 | 0.2089 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 74 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 75 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54300 | 54300 | 0 | 1,545 | 1143 | 0.5912 | |
| 76 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 58800 | 67000 | 0.1217 | 5,160 | 1131 | 0.9502 | |
| 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.