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Considering a degree in Behavioral?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Behavioral majors who live in Tennessee.
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 Tennessee.
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 | Colby College | 5100 | 90200 | 0.9432 | 2,412 | 1497 | 0.0709 | |
| 4 | Wesleyan University | 5800 | 91100 | 0.9367 | 3,805 | 1405 | 0.1649 | |
| 5 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6900 | 39100 | 0.8245 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 6 | Johns Hopkins University | 7200 | 88600 | 0.9186 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 7 | Sisseton Wahpeton College | 8400 | 12600 | 0.3335 | 215 | 0 | 0.8208 | |
| 8 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 9 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 12400 | 21600 | 0.4264 | 1,357 | 1078 | 0.9907 | |
| 10 | Florida Atlantic University | 12600 | 24800 | 0.491 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 11 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13200 | 39000 | 0.6621 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 12 | Franklin and Marshall College | 13300 | 90100 | 0.852 | 1,808 | 1396 | 0.2819 | |
| 13 | Duke University | 13500 | 93500 | 0.8559 | 6,523 | 1539 | 0.0571 | |
| 14 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 32500 | 0.5809 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 15 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 16 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14700 | 25800 | 0.4273 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 17 | Lindsey Wilson College | 15800 | 47600 | 0.6674 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 18 | Tennessee Wesleyan University | 16300 | 43800 | 0.6281 | 857 | 1075 | 0.5941 | |
| 19 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7406 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 20 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 17200 | 28100 | 0.3869 | 946 | 1095 | 0.8271 | |
| 21 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17300 | 23300 | 0.2566 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 22 | Centre College | 18100 | 70100 | 0.742 | 1,356 | 1330 | 0.5553 | |
| 23 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 24 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 18500 | 45800 | 0.5958 | 767 | 1108 | 0.7277 | |
| 25 | Glenville State University | 18900 | 28200 | 0.3297 | 1,583 | 980 | 0.9924 | |
| 25 | Illinois College | 18900 | 52300 | 0.6376 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 27 | University of Southern California | 19200 | 76000 | 0.7473 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 28 | University of Memphis | 19300 | 26400 | 0.2695 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 29 | University of West Georgia | 19800 | 23600 | 0.1607 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 30 | Brown University | 21300 | 93900 | 0.7729 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 31 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 21500 | 46100 | 0.5328 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 32 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 33 | Columbia College | 22800 | 36800 | 0.381 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 34 | East Texas Baptist University | 22900 | 49900 | 0.5406 | 1,634 | 1025 | 0.5776 | |
| 35 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23700 | 58700 | 0.5961 | 2,934 | 1160 | 0.9004 | |
| 35 | Florida International University | 23700 | 34100 | 0.3049 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 37 | Life Pacific University | 24100 | 47200 | 0.4898 | 396 | 1055 | 0.9395 | |
| 37 | Utica University | 24100 | 41100 | 0.4133 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 39 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24700 | 32200 | 0.2328 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 40 | Northern Michigan University | 25300 | 32900 | 0.2313 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 41 | University of Mount Saint Vincent | 25700 | 63200 | 0.5933 | 2,398 | 1084 | 0.8464 | |
| 42 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 43 | University of Kansas | 26100 | 42000 | 0.3781 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 44 | Point Park University | 26300 | 56800 | 0.5374 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 45 | Cornell College | 27400 | 72200 | 0.6206 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 45 | University of Jamestown | 27400 | 34400 | 0.2035 | 1,049 | 1110 | 0.8808 | |
| 47 | Rowan University | 27500 | 40500 | 0.3209 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 48 | Central Washington University | 27600 | 27800 | 0.0072 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 49 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 27900 | 36400 | 0.234 | 5,162 | 1131 | 0.9502 | |
| 50 | Villanova University | 28000 | 88800 | 0.6845 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 51 | Concordia University-Irvine | 28300 | 64500 | 0.5612 | 1,465 | 1172 | 0.5986 | |
| 51 | University of Tulsa | 28300 | 62700 | 0.5489 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 53 | Mercy University | 29000 | 44500 | 0.3485 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 53 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0667 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 55 | George Fox University | 29100 | 67100 | 0.5667 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 56 | Albright College | 30500 | 48700 | 0.3738 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 57 | San Jose State University | 30800 | 41000 | 0.2486 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 58 | Harding University | 30900 | 47000 | 0.3421 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 59 | Missouri Baptist University | 31700 | 53800 | 0.4102 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 60 | The University of Montana-Western | 32200 | 41600 | 0.2261 | 1,440 | 990 | 0.995 | |
| 61 | Saint Francis University | 32900 | 61500 | 0.465 | 2,450 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
| 62 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 54600 | 0.3812 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 63 | Taylor University | 34100 | 57600 | 0.4074 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
| 64 | California Baptist University | 35200 | 65200 | 0.4601 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 65 | Seton Hill University | 36200 | 63800 | 0.4323 | 1,597 | 1150 | 0.7579 | |
| 66 | Andrews University | 36300 | 47100 | 0.2291 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 67 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 37500 | 38900 | 0.036 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 68 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39600 | 48900 | 0.1901 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 69 | Pace University | 39800 | 74100 | 0.4627 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 69 | Wayne State University | 39800 | 45500 | 0.1252 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 71 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 68600 | 0.4116 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 72 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 73 | Quinnipiac University | 42700 | 79200 | 0.4608 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 74 | Rochester Christian University | 43400 | 45400 | 0.0457 | 1,144 | 980 | 0.653 | |
| 75 | 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.