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Considering a degree in Behavioral?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Behavioral majors who live in South Dakota.
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 South Dakota.
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 | 4,124 | 1344 | 0.1393 | |
| 2 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 100 | 22300 | 0.9934 | 6,029 | 1080 | 0.834 | |
| 3 | Colby College | 5100 | 90200 | 0.9432 | 2,412 | 1497 | 0.0709 | |
| 4 | Wesleyan University | 5800 | 91100 | 0.9367 | 3,805 | 1405 | 0.1649 | |
| 5 | Johns Hopkins University | 7200 | 88600 | 0.9186 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 6 | Sisseton Wahpeton College | 8300 | 12100 | 0.3109 | 215 | 0 | 0.8208 | |
| 7 | Florida Atlantic University | 12400 | 24800 | 0.4991 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 8 | Franklin and Marshall College | 13300 | 90100 | 0.852 | 1,808 | 1396 | 0.2819 | |
| 9 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13400 | 39000 | 0.6569 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 10 | Duke University | 13500 | 93500 | 0.8559 | 6,523 | 1539 | 0.0571 | |
| 11 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 12 | Lindsey Wilson College | 15800 | 47600 | 0.6674 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 13 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7406 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 14 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 16900 | 43100 | 0.6083 | 767 | 1108 | 0.7277 | |
| 15 | Central Washington University | 17000 | 22700 | 0.2508 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 16 | Centre College | 18100 | 70100 | 0.742 | 1,356 | 1330 | 0.5553 | |
| 17 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 18300 | 20300 | 0.0985 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 18 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 18700 | 27900 | 0.3293 | 1,357 | 1078 | 0.9907 | |
| 19 | Glenville State University | 18900 | 28200 | 0.3297 | 1,583 | 980 | 0.9924 | |
| 19 | Illinois College | 18900 | 52300 | 0.6376 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 21 | University of Southern California | 19200 | 76000 | 0.7473 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 22 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19900 | 26900 | 0.2601 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 23 | Brown University | 21300 | 93900 | 0.7729 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 24 | Columbia College | 22800 | 36800 | 0.381 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 25 | East Texas Baptist University | 22900 | 49900 | 0.5406 | 1,634 | 1025 | 0.5776 | |
| 25 | University of South Dakota | 22900 | 26000 | 0.1182 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 27 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23700 | 58700 | 0.5961 | 2,934 | 1160 | 0.9004 | |
| 27 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 23700 | 28100 | 0.1557 | 946 | 1095 | 0.8271 | |
| 29 | Life Pacific University | 24100 | 47200 | 0.4898 | 396 | 1055 | 0.9395 | |
| 29 | Utica University | 24100 | 41100 | 0.4133 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 31 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24700 | 32200 | 0.2328 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 32 | Tennessee Wesleyan University | 25100 | 44200 | 0.432 | 857 | 1075 | 0.5941 | |
| 33 | Northern Michigan University | 25300 | 32900 | 0.2313 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 34 | University of Jamestown | 25400 | 34400 | 0.2616 | 1,049 | 1110 | 0.8808 | |
| 35 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1071 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 36 | University of Mount Saint Vincent | 25700 | 63200 | 0.5933 | 2,398 | 1084 | 0.8464 | |
| 37 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 38 | University of Kansas | 26100 | 42000 | 0.3781 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 39 | Point Park University | 26300 | 56800 | 0.5374 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 40 | Cornell College | 27400 | 72200 | 0.6206 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 41 | Rowan University | 27500 | 40500 | 0.3209 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 42 | Villanova University | 28000 | 88800 | 0.6845 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 43 | Concordia University-Irvine | 28300 | 64500 | 0.5612 | 1,465 | 1172 | 0.5986 | |
| 43 | University of Tulsa | 28300 | 62700 | 0.5489 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 45 | Mercy University | 29000 | 44500 | 0.3485 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 46 | George Fox University | 29100 | 67100 | 0.5667 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 47 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 30000 | 46100 | 0.3485 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 48 | Albright College | 30500 | 48700 | 0.3738 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 49 | San Jose State University | 30800 | 41000 | 0.2486 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 50 | University of West Georgia | 31500 | 36000 | 0.1251 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 51 | Missouri Baptist University | 31700 | 53800 | 0.4102 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 52 | The University of Montana-Western | 32200 | 41600 | 0.2261 | 1,440 | 990 | 0.995 | |
| 53 | University of North Florida | 32300 | 37900 | 0.1478 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 54 | Harding University | 32900 | 47000 | 0.2995 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 54 | Saint Francis University | 32900 | 61500 | 0.465 | 2,450 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
| 56 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 54600 | 0.3812 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 57 | Taylor University | 34100 | 57600 | 0.4074 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
| 58 | University of Vermont | 34600 | 66300 | 0.4782 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 59 | California Baptist University | 35200 | 65200 | 0.4601 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 60 | Seton Hill University | 36200 | 63800 | 0.4323 | 1,597 | 1150 | 0.7579 | |
| 61 | Andrews University | 36300 | 47100 | 0.2291 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 62 | Florida International University | 36400 | 36800 | 0.0109 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 63 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 39300 | 43400 | 0.0939 | 5,162 | 1131 | 0.9502 | |
| 64 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39600 | 48900 | 0.1901 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 65 | Pace University | 39800 | 74100 | 0.4627 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 65 | Wayne State University | 39800 | 45500 | 0.1252 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 67 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 68600 | 0.4116 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 68 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 69 | Quinnipiac University | 42700 | 79200 | 0.4608 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 70 | Rochester Christian University | 43400 | 45400 | 0.0457 | 1,144 | 980 | 0.653 | |
| 71 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 72 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84200 | 0.3944 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 73 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.039 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 74 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.