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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 | 0.9939 | 6,029 | 1080 | 0.834 | |
| 3 | Johns Hopkins University | 4900 | 88600 | 0.9446 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 4 | Colby College | 5100 | 90200 | 0.9432 | 2,412 | 1497 | 0.0709 | |
| 5 | Wesleyan University | 5800 | 91100 | 0.9367 | 3,805 | 1405 | 0.1649 | |
| 6 | Sisseton Wahpeton College | 6800 | 12100 | 0.435 | 215 | 0 | 0.8208 | |
| 7 | Franklin and Marshall College | 10100 | 90100 | 0.8875 | 1,808 | 1396 | 0.2819 | |
| 8 | Duke University | 10400 | 93500 | 0.8891 | 6,523 | 1539 | 0.0571 | |
| 9 | Brown University | 10500 | 93900 | 0.8879 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12100 | 30700 | 0.6055 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 11 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 12400 | 21600 | 0.4264 | 1,357 | 1078 | 0.9907 | |
| 12 | University of North Florida | 14400 | 22400 | 0.3576 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 13 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 14 | Lindsey Wilson College | 15800 | 47600 | 0.6674 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 15 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5548 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 16 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16700 | 64800 | 0.7426 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 17 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 16900 | 43100 | 0.6083 | 767 | 1108 | 0.7277 | |
| 18 | University of Southern California | 17000 | 76000 | 0.7763 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 19 | The University of Montana-Western | 17200 | 25600 | 0.3278 | 1,440 | 990 | 0.995 | |
| 20 | University of Kansas | 17800 | 34900 | 0.4905 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 21 | Centre College | 17900 | 70100 | 0.7449 | 1,356 | 1330 | 0.5553 | |
| 22 | Illinois College | 18900 | 52300 | 0.6391 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 23 | South Dakota State University | 20500 | 25200 | 0.1866 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 24 | Glenville State University | 20800 | 30900 | 0.3269 | 1,583 | 980 | 0.9924 | |
| 25 | Columbia College | 22800 | 36800 | 0.381 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 26 | East Texas Baptist University | 22900 | 49900 | 0.5406 | 1,634 | 1025 | 0.5776 | |
| 27 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 23500 | 35400 | 0.3357 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 28 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 23600 | 28100 | 0.1603 | 946 | 1095 | 0.8271 | |
| 29 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23700 | 58700 | 0.5961 | 2,934 | 1160 | 0.9004 | |
| 30 | Life Pacific University | 24100 | 47200 | 0.4898 | 396 | 1055 | 0.9395 | |
| 30 | Utica University | 24100 | 41100 | 0.4133 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 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 | University of Mount Saint Vincent | 25700 | 63200 | 0.5933 | 2,398 | 1084 | 0.8464 | |
| 36 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 37 | Point Park University | 26200 | 56800 | 0.5391 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 38 | Central Washington University | 27000 | 27200 | 0.0073 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 39 | University of South Dakota | 27400 | 29600 | 0.0744 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 40 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 41 | Cornell College | 28200 | 74800 | 0.6235 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 42 | Concordia University-Irvine | 28300 | 64500 | 0.5612 | 1,465 | 1172 | 0.5986 | |
| 42 | University of Tulsa | 28300 | 62700 | 0.5489 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 44 | Florida Atlantic University | 28800 | 39200 | 0.2655 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 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 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 29400 | 55800 | 0.4732 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 48 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 29900 | 46100 | 0.3514 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 49 | Albright College | 30500 | 48700 | 0.3738 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 50 | San Jose State University | 30800 | 41000 | 0.2486 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 51 | University of West Georgia | 31500 | 36000 | 0.1251 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 52 | Missouri Baptist University | 31600 | 53800 | 0.4126 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 53 | Harding University | 32800 | 47000 | 0.3023 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 53 | Saint Francis University | 32800 | 61500 | 0.4667 | 2,450 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
| 55 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 54600 | 0.3812 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 56 | Taylor University | 34000 | 57600 | 0.4097 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
| 57 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4793 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 58 | California Baptist University | 35100 | 65200 | 0.4616 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 59 | Seton Hill University | 36200 | 63800 | 0.4323 | 1,597 | 1150 | 0.7579 | |
| 60 | Andrews University | 36300 | 47100 | 0.2291 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 61 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 62 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 37500 | 38900 | 0.036 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 63 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 39200 | 43400 | 0.0969 | 5,162 | 1131 | 0.9502 | |
| 64 | Pace University | 39800 | 74100 | 0.4627 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 64 | Wayne State University | 39800 | 45500 | 0.1252 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 66 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 67 | Quinnipiac University | 42700 | 79200 | 0.4608 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 68 | Rochester Christian University | 43200 | 45400 | 0.0485 | 1,144 | 980 | 0.653 | |
| 69 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 70 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 50600 | 56400 | 0.1028 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 71 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84200 | 0.3956 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 72 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0415 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 73 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 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.