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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 | 4,114 | 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 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5200 | 40700 | 0.8713 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 5 | Wesleyan University | 5800 | 93700 | 0.9385 | 3,043 | 1435 | 0.1637 | |
| 6 | Sisseton Wahpeton College | 6400 | 13600 | 0.533 | 207 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 8600 | 25300 | 0.6597 | 1,466 | 1078 | 0.4912 | |
| 8 | University of Tulsa | 11600 | 62900 | 0.8153 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 9 | University of North Florida | 13100 | 22400 | 0.4157 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 10 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 11 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14000 | 26600 | 0.4728 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 11 | Duke University | 14000 | 93600 | 0.8506 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 13 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 14 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 15 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 16500 | 45100 | 0.6343 | 771 | 1085 | 0.7338 | |
| 16 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 17 | Centre College | 16900 | 73000 | 0.7685 | 1,385 | 1323 | 0.4816 | |
| 18 | Houston Christian University | 17000 | 56800 | 0.7007 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 19 | Lindsey Wilson University | 18300 | 47100 | 0.6117 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 19 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 21 | Life Pacific University | 19500 | 47800 | 0.5918 | 460 | 1020 | 0.958 | |
| 21 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 19500 | 31400 | 0.379 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 23 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78600 | 0.7492 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 24 | Franklin and Marshall College | 20000 | 90300 | 0.7785 | 1,778 | 1387 | 0.3163 | |
| 25 | Columbia College | 20300 | 35800 | 0.433 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 26 | Albright College | 20400 | 49300 | 0.5861 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 26 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 28 | University of Southern California | 20600 | 75900 | 0.729 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 29 | East Texas Baptist University | 21900 | 47500 | 0.5388 | 1,663 | 1059 | 0.7306 | |
| 30 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23300 | 61100 | 0.6186 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 30 | San Jose State University | 23300 | 41100 | 0.4332 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 32 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 23500 | 28100 | 0.1633 | 1,012 | 1075 | 0.8671 | |
| 33 | Northern Arizona University | 23800 | 34100 | 0.3016 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 34 | Central Washington University | 23900 | 27200 | 0.1212 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 35 | University of Kansas | 24600 | 43000 | 0.4276 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 36 | Walsh University | 24900 | 46400 | 0.4634 | 1,523 | 1159 | 0.7074 | |
| 37 | Point Park University | 25200 | 57000 | 0.5582 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 38 | University of Jamestown | 25400 | 34400 | 0.2616 | 1,097 | 1055 | 0.88 | |
| 39 | Mount Aloysius College | 26200 | 49200 | 0.4677 | 3,135 | 1045 | 0.936 | |
| 40 | University of South Dakota | 27300 | 29600 | 0.0773 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 41 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 27700 | 36400 | 0.2399 | 5,288 | 1138 | 0.9459 | |
| 42 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 43 | Cornell College | 28100 | 74800 | 0.6242 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 44 | Concordia University-Irvine | 28200 | 72300 | 0.6098 | 1,554 | 1172 | 0.6599 | |
| 45 | George Fox University | 28400 | 69400 | 0.5911 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 46 | Wayland Baptist University | 28800 | 37300 | 0.2281 | 1,894 | 1045 | 0.5477 | |
| 47 | Southern Adventist University | 29700 | 46900 | 0.3666 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 48 | University of West Georgia | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3525 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 49 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.474 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 50 | Missouri Baptist University | 31500 | 53800 | 0.4142 | 5,253 | 910 | 0.7062 | |
| 51 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31600 | 59100 | 0.4651 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 52 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33200 | 75200 | 0.5587 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 53 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 54 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 55300 | 0.3889 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 55 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34600 | 50900 | 0.3202 | 1,961 | 1099 | 0.7512 | |
| 56 | Seton Hill University | 35700 | 89200 | 0.5997 | 1,502 | 1134 | 0.7953 | |
| 57 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 58 | Andrews University | 37200 | 70100 | 0.4694 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 59 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | 37500 | 57100 | 0.3435 | 1,732 | 1108 | 0.9117 | |
| 60 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 38900 | 38900 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 61 | Saint Francis University | 39200 | 63100 | 0.3788 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 62 | California Baptist University | 39800 | 65600 | 0.3933 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 63 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 40000 | 53200 | 0.2482 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 64 | Saint Mary's College of California | 40600 | 81500 | 0.5016 | 1,955 | 1175 | 0.8856 | |
| 65 | Pace University | 40700 | 74800 | 0.4558 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 66 | Wayne State University | 40800 | 46200 | 0.1169 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 67 | Rochester Christian University | 43100 | 45400 | 0.0504 | 1,162 | 970 | 0.9764 | |
| 68 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 69 | Quinnipiac University | 44900 | 79200 | 0.433 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 70 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 71 | Wagner College | 46900 | 73400 | 0.3611 | 1,666 | 1240 | 0.88 | |
| 72 | University of Delaware | 48200 | 61300 | 0.2136 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 73 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49600 | 59400 | 0.165 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 74 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 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 Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 78 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 58200 | 61400 | 0.0521 | 344 | 1125 | 0.8984 | |
| 79 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 80 | 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.