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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 | 4,114 | 1335 | 0.1409 | |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 91800 | 0.9709 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 3 | Wesleyan University | 5000 | 97600 | 0.9492 | 3,043 | 1435 | 0.1637 | |
| 4 | Colby College | 5500 | 114900 | 0.9519 | 2,360 | 1477 | 0.0803 | |
| 5 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6300 | 50600 | 0.875 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 6 | Sisseton Wahpeton College | 6700 | 13900 | 0.5181 | 207 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 8600 | 25300 | 0.6597 | 1,466 | 1078 | 0.4912 | |
| 8 | University of Tulsa | 9900 | 82000 | 0.879 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 9 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 10 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.582 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 11 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11900 | 31400 | 0.6211 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 12 | Northern Arizona University | 12300 | 35800 | 0.6566 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 13 | Florida Atlantic University | 12600 | 25800 | 0.5123 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 14 | University of North Florida | 13100 | 22400 | 0.4157 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 15 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 15 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 17 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13700 | 43000 | 0.6814 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 18 | Brown University | 13900 | 120200 | 0.8843 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 19 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14100 | 26000 | 0.4577 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 20 | University of Memphis | 14700 | 37800 | 0.6115 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 21 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 22 | Austin Peay State University | 16000 | 29100 | 0.4519 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 22 | Duke University | 16000 | 98500 | 0.8377 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 22 | Franklin and Marshall College | 16000 | 115900 | 0.8616 | 1,778 | 1387 | 0.3163 | |
| 25 | Lindsey Wilson University | 16100 | 47500 | 0.6614 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 26 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16400 | 47400 | 0.6546 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 27 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28100 | 0.4123 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 28 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 16600 | 48200 | 0.656 | 771 | 1085 | 0.7338 | |
| 29 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 17000 | 28100 | 0.3946 | 1,012 | 1075 | 0.8671 | |
| 30 | Centre College | 17900 | 73100 | 0.7551 | 1,385 | 1323 | 0.4816 | |
| 31 | Albright College | 18000 | 56800 | 0.6836 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 32 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 33 | Columbia College | 18500 | 60700 | 0.6947 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 34 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 41100 | 0.5379 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 35 | Central Washington University | 19100 | 22700 | 0.1584 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 36 | Life Pacific University | 19600 | 47100 | 0.5839 | 460 | 1020 | 0.958 | |
| 37 | University of Southern California | 20500 | 76200 | 0.7309 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 38 | East Texas Baptist University | 21900 | 47900 | 0.5429 | 1,663 | 1059 | 0.7306 | |
| 39 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23100 | 60400 | 0.6174 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 40 | Point Park University | 23300 | 70900 | 0.6715 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 41 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23400 | 34500 | 0.322 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 42 | Florida International University | 23700 | 34100 | 0.3049 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 43 | Walsh University | 24900 | 46400 | 0.4634 | 1,523 | 1159 | 0.7074 | |
| 44 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 25600 | 80500 | 0.6823 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 45 | University of Kansas | 25800 | 43000 | 0.3996 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 46 | Houston Christian University | 26500 | 60500 | 0.5623 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 47 | George Fox University | 27300 | 95400 | 0.7141 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 48 | University of Jamestown | 27400 | 34400 | 0.2035 | 1,097 | 1055 | 0.88 | |
| 49 | Concordia University-Irvine | 27500 | 94100 | 0.7078 | 1,554 | 1172 | 0.6599 | |
| 50 | Cornell College | 28100 | 74800 | 0.6242 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 51 | Mount Aloysius College | 28200 | 63500 | 0.5561 | 3,135 | 1045 | 0.936 | |
| 52 | Wayne State University | 28400 | 46800 | 0.3934 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 53 | Wayland Baptist University | 28800 | 37300 | 0.2281 | 1,894 | 1045 | 0.5477 | |
| 54 | Southern Adventist University | 29700 | 46900 | 0.3666 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 55 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 30100 | 50900 | 0.4087 | 1,961 | 1099 | 0.7512 | |
| 56 | University of West Georgia | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3525 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 57 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.474 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 58 | Harding University | 31500 | 47800 | 0.3408 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 58 | Missouri Baptist University | 31500 | 53800 | 0.4142 | 5,253 | 910 | 0.7062 | |
| 60 | Villanova University | 32600 | 114000 | 0.7141 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 61 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33200 | 75200 | 0.5587 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 62 | Seton Hill University | 33600 | 89200 | 0.6233 | 1,502 | 1134 | 0.7953 | |
| 63 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 69900 | 0.5167 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 64 | California Baptist University | 34400 | 69100 | 0.5024 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 65 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 66 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 37400 | 63100 | 0.407 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 67 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | 37500 | 57700 | 0.3502 | 1,732 | 1108 | 0.9117 | |
| 68 | Saint Francis University | 40600 | 81500 | 0.5019 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 68 | Saint Mary's College of California | 40600 | 102500 | 0.6041 | 1,955 | 1175 | 0.8856 | |
| 70 | Pace University | 40700 | 75500 | 0.461 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 71 | Rochester Christian University | 43100 | 45400 | 0.0504 | 1,162 | 970 | 0.9764 | |
| 72 | Wagner College | 46900 | 73400 | 0.3611 | 1,666 | 1240 | 0.88 | |
| 73 | Quinnipiac University | 49900 | 118300 | 0.578 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 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 | 54000 | 69900 | 0.2276 | 1,268 | 1105 | 0.9128 | |
| 77 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 57900 | 65700 | 0.1188 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 78 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 58700 | 67000 | 0.1238 | 5,288 | 1138 | 0.9459 | |
| 79 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 61100 | 61700 | 0.0097 | 344 | 1125 | 0.8984 | |
| 80 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63600 | 65000 | 0.0215 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 81 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 82900 | 82900 | 0 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.