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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 | |
| 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 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6700 | 39100 | 0.8296 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 7 | Sisseton Wahpeton College | 8600 | 12600 | 0.3177 | 215 | 0 | 0.8208 | |
| 8 | Johns Hopkins University | 9600 | 88600 | 0.8915 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 9 | Franklin and Marshall College | 10700 | 90100 | 0.8809 | 1,808 | 1396 | 0.2819 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 11 | Duke University | 13900 | 93500 | 0.8516 | 6,523 | 1539 | 0.0571 | |
| 12 | University of North Florida | 14300 | 22400 | 0.3621 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 13 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 14 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14800 | 25800 | 0.4235 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 15 | Florida International University | 15100 | 23700 | 0.3621 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 16 | Centre College | 15700 | 70100 | 0.7763 | 1,356 | 1330 | 0.5553 | |
| 17 | Lindsey Wilson College | 15800 | 47600 | 0.6674 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 18 | Tennessee Wesleyan University | 16400 | 43800 | 0.6258 | 857 | 1075 | 0.5941 | |
| 19 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 17000 | 64800 | 0.7377 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 20 | The University of Montana-Western | 17200 | 25600 | 0.3278 | 1,440 | 990 | 0.995 | |
| 21 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17300 | 23300 | 0.2566 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 21 | University of Kansas | 17300 | 34900 | 0.5043 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 23 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 17400 | 28100 | 0.3802 | 946 | 1095 | 0.8271 | |
| 24 | University of Southern California | 18300 | 76000 | 0.7592 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 25 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 18500 | 45800 | 0.5958 | 767 | 1108 | 0.7277 | |
| 26 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 18700 | 27900 | 0.3293 | 1,357 | 1078 | 0.9907 | |
| 27 | Glenville State University | 18900 | 28200 | 0.3297 | 1,583 | 980 | 0.9924 | |
| 28 | Brown University | 19100 | 93900 | 0.7964 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 28 | Illinois College | 19100 | 52300 | 0.6349 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 30 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 21700 | 46100 | 0.5287 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 31 | Columbia College | 22800 | 36800 | 0.381 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 32 | East Texas Baptist University | 22900 | 49900 | 0.5406 | 1,634 | 1025 | 0.5776 | |
| 33 | University of Memphis | 23200 | 30000 | 0.227 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 34 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23700 | 58700 | 0.5961 | 2,934 | 1160 | 0.9004 | |
| 35 | Life Pacific University | 24100 | 47200 | 0.4898 | 396 | 1055 | 0.9395 | |
| 35 | Utica University | 24100 | 41100 | 0.4133 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 37 | University of Mount Saint Vincent | 24200 | 63200 | 0.6171 | 2,398 | 1084 | 0.8464 | |
| 38 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 25100 | 32200 | 0.2204 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 39 | Northern Michigan University | 25300 | 32900 | 0.2313 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 40 | Doane University | 25900 | 62800 | 0.5877 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 41 | Point Park University | 26300 | 56800 | 0.5374 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 42 | University of Delaware | 26500 | 32500 | 0.1847 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 43 | University of Jamestown | 27400 | 34400 | 0.2035 | 1,049 | 1110 | 0.8808 | |
| 44 | Cornell College | 27500 | 72200 | 0.6189 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 45 | Central Washington University | 27600 | 27800 | 0.0072 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 46 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 28100 | 36400 | 0.2287 | 5,162 | 1131 | 0.9502 | |
| 46 | Villanova University | 28100 | 88800 | 0.6834 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 48 | Concordia University-Irvine | 28300 | 64500 | 0.5612 | 1,465 | 1172 | 0.5986 | |
| 48 | University of Tulsa | 28300 | 62700 | 0.5489 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 50 | Florida Atlantic University | 28800 | 39200 | 0.2655 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 51 | Mercy University | 29000 | 44500 | 0.3485 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 52 | George Fox University | 29100 | 67100 | 0.5667 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 53 | University of Iowa | 29200 | 31100 | 0.0606 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 54 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 29400 | 55800 | 0.4732 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 55 | Harding University | 29900 | 43800 | 0.3169 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 56 | San Jose State University | 30800 | 41000 | 0.2486 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 57 | University of West Georgia | 31500 | 36000 | 0.1251 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 58 | Albright College | 31900 | 48700 | 0.345 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 58 | Missouri Baptist University | 31900 | 53800 | 0.4067 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 60 | Saint Francis University | 33100 | 61500 | 0.4618 | 2,450 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
| 61 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 54600 | 0.3812 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 62 | Taylor University | 34100 | 57600 | 0.4076 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
| 63 | University of Vermont | 34700 | 66300 | 0.4767 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 64 | California Baptist University | 35300 | 65200 | 0.4585 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 65 | Andrews University | 36100 | 47100 | 0.2333 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 66 | Seton Hill University | 36200 | 63800 | 0.4323 | 1,597 | 1150 | 0.7579 | |
| 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 Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 72 | Quinnipiac University | 42600 | 79200 | 0.462 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 73 | Rochester University | 43500 | 45400 | 0.0415 | 1,144 | 980 | 0.653 | |
| 74 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 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.