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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 | |
| 1 | University of California-Los Angeles | 0 | 68600 | 1 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 3 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 100 | 22300 | 0.9939 | 6,029 | 1080 | 0.834 | |
| 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 | 8500 | 12100 | 0.2944 | 215 | 0 | 0.8208 | |
| 7 | Johns Hopkins University | 9600 | 88600 | 0.8915 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 8 | Franklin and Marshall College | 10700 | 90100 | 0.8809 | 1,808 | 1396 | 0.2819 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 10 | University of Delaware | 13700 | 32500 | 0.578 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 11 | Duke University | 13900 | 93500 | 0.8516 | 6,523 | 1539 | 0.0571 | |
| 12 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 13 | Centre College | 15700 | 70100 | 0.7763 | 1,356 | 1330 | 0.5553 | |
| 14 | Lindsey Wilson College | 15800 | 47600 | 0.6674 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 15 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 17000 | 64800 | 0.7377 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 16 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 17100 | 43100 | 0.6037 | 767 | 1108 | 0.7277 | |
| 17 | University of Southern California | 18300 | 76000 | 0.7592 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 17 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 19 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 18700 | 27900 | 0.3293 | 1,357 | 1078 | 0.9907 | |
| 20 | Brown University | 18800 | 93900 | 0.7996 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 21 | Illinois College | 19100 | 52300 | 0.6349 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 22 | San Jose State University | 19700 | 29900 | 0.3409 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 23 | Glenville State University | 20800 | 30900 | 0.3269 | 1,583 | 980 | 0.9924 | |
| 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 | |
| 26 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23700 | 58700 | 0.5961 | 2,934 | 1160 | 0.9004 | |
| 27 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 23900 | 28100 | 0.1489 | 946 | 1095 | 0.8271 | |
| 28 | Life Pacific University | 24100 | 47200 | 0.4898 | 396 | 1055 | 0.9395 | |
| 28 | Utica University | 24100 | 41100 | 0.4133 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 30 | University of Mount Saint Vincent | 24200 | 63200 | 0.6171 | 2,398 | 1084 | 0.8464 | |
| 31 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24900 | 32200 | 0.2266 | 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 | 25800 | 28700 | 0.1005 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 36 | Doane University | 25900 | 62800 | 0.5877 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 37 | University of Kansas | 26200 | 42000 | 0.3759 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 38 | Point Park University | 26300 | 56800 | 0.5374 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 39 | Central Washington University | 27000 | 27200 | 0.0073 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 40 | Cornell College | 27500 | 72200 | 0.6189 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 41 | University of South Dakota | 27700 | 29600 | 0.0636 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 42 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 27900 | 31400 | 0.1115 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 43 | Villanova University | 28100 | 88800 | 0.6834 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 44 | Concordia University-Irvine | 28300 | 64500 | 0.5612 | 1,465 | 1172 | 0.5986 | |
| 44 | University of Tulsa | 28300 | 62700 | 0.5489 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 46 | Florida Atlantic University | 28800 | 39200 | 0.2655 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 47 | George Fox University | 29100 | 67100 | 0.5667 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 48 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 29400 | 55800 | 0.4732 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 49 | Mercy University | 30200 | 44500 | 0.3215 | 6,775 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 49 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 30200 | 46100 | 0.3444 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 51 | University of West Georgia | 31500 | 36000 | 0.1251 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 52 | Albright College | 31900 | 48700 | 0.345 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 52 | Harding University | 31900 | 43800 | 0.2712 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 52 | Missouri Baptist University | 31900 | 53800 | 0.4067 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 55 | The University of Montana-Western | 32100 | 41600 | 0.2285 | 1,440 | 990 | 0.995 | |
| 56 | University of North Florida | 32300 | 37900 | 0.1478 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 57 | Saint Francis University | 33100 | 61500 | 0.4618 | 2,450 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
| 58 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 54600 | 0.3812 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 59 | Taylor University | 34100 | 57600 | 0.4076 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
| 60 | California Baptist University | 35300 | 65200 | 0.4585 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 61 | Andrews University | 36100 | 47100 | 0.2333 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 62 | Seton Hill University | 36200 | 63800 | 0.4323 | 1,597 | 1150 | 0.7579 | |
| 63 | Florida International University | 36400 | 36800 | 0.0109 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 64 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 37500 | 38900 | 0.036 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 65 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 39500 | 43400 | 0.0895 | 5,162 | 1131 | 0.9502 | |
| 66 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39600 | 48900 | 0.1901 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 67 | Pace University | 39800 | 74100 | 0.4627 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 67 | Wayne State University | 39800 | 45500 | 0.1252 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 69 | Quinnipiac University | 42600 | 79200 | 0.462 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 70 | Rochester University | 43500 | 45400 | 0.0415 | 1,144 | 980 | 0.653 | |
| 71 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51200 | 84200 | 0.392 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 72 | University of Iowa | 51300 | 53200 | 0.0354 | 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.