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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 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 3 | Colby College | 5100 | 90200 | 0.9432 | 2,412 | 1497 | 0.0709 | |
| 4 | Wesleyan University | 5800 | 93700 | 0.9385 | 3,805 | 1405 | 0.1649 | |
| 5 | Sisseton Wahpeton College | 7500 | 13200 | 0.4311 | 215 | 0 | 0.8208 | |
| 6 | Franklin and Marshall College | 11400 | 90300 | 0.874 | 1,808 | 1396 | 0.2819 | |
| 7 | Duke University | 12000 | 93600 | 0.872 | 6,523 | 1539 | 0.0571 | |
| 8 | Brown University | 12200 | 94000 | 0.8699 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 9 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 12500 | 33400 | 0.6253 | 1,357 | 1078 | 0.9907 | |
| 10 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 13300 | 51900 | 0.7441 | 6,029 | 1080 | 0.834 | |
| 11 | Lindsey Wilson College | 13500 | 60700 | 0.7771 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 12 | Tennessee Wesleyan University | 13600 | 43800 | 0.6893 | 857 | 1075 | 0.5941 | |
| 13 | Middle Tennessee State University | 14200 | 23300 | 0.39 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 14 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas at Austin | 15700 | 30500 | 0.485 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 16 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15800 | 25800 | 0.3846 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 17 | Central Washington University | 16000 | 27900 | 0.4272 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 18 | University of Memphis | 16100 | 26400 | 0.3909 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 19 | University of North Florida | 16400 | 22400 | 0.2682 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 20 | The University of Montana-Western | 16600 | 42900 | 0.6135 | 1,440 | 990 | 0.995 | |
| 21 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16700 | 64800 | 0.7426 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 22 | Wayne State University | 17000 | 46200 | 0.6321 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 23 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 17100 | 28100 | 0.3916 | 946 | 1095 | 0.8271 | |
| 24 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 18400 | 46400 | 0.604 | 767 | 1108 | 0.7277 | |
| 25 | Illinois College | 18900 | 52300 | 0.6391 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 26 | Northern Michigan University | 19300 | 33100 | 0.417 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 27 | University of West Georgia | 19400 | 48000 | 0.5962 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 28 | Centre College | 20100 | 73400 | 0.7257 | 1,356 | 1330 | 0.5553 | |
| 29 | University of Southern California | 20400 | 75800 | 0.7312 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 30 | Glenville State University | 20800 | 30900 | 0.3269 | 1,583 | 980 | 0.9924 | |
| 31 | University of Tulsa | 20900 | 62900 | 0.6677 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 32 | Utica University | 21000 | 43400 | 0.5157 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 33 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 21400 | 46100 | 0.5357 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 34 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4469 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 35 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 21600 | 42500 | 0.4923 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 36 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21900 | 53000 | 0.5873 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 37 | East Texas Baptist University | 22300 | 58700 | 0.6198 | 1,634 | 1025 | 0.5776 | |
| 38 | San Jose State University | 22700 | 41100 | 0.4478 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 39 | Columbia College | 22900 | 39700 | 0.4237 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 40 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23600 | 72400 | 0.6736 | 2,934 | 1160 | 0.9004 | |
| 41 | Albright College | 23700 | 49300 | 0.5192 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 41 | Florida International University | 23700 | 34100 | 0.3049 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 43 | Point Park University | 24000 | 57000 | 0.5793 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 44 | Life Pacific University | 24100 | 50300 | 0.5204 | 396 | 1055 | 0.9395 | |
| 45 | University of Mount Saint Vincent | 25700 | 64100 | 0.5991 | 2,398 | 1084 | 0.8464 | |
| 46 | University of Kansas | 25800 | 44000 | 0.4133 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 47 | Doane University | 25900 | 77700 | 0.6663 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 48 | University of Jamestown | 27400 | 34400 | 0.2035 | 1,049 | 1110 | 0.8808 | |
| 49 | Concordia University-Irvine | 27500 | 80600 | 0.6591 | 1,465 | 1172 | 0.5986 | |
| 50 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 51 | Cornell College | 28200 | 74800 | 0.6235 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 51 | George Fox University | 28200 | 76800 | 0.6328 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 53 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 54 | Mercy University | 29000 | 44500 | 0.3485 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 55 | Harding University | 30800 | 47000 | 0.3448 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 56 | Missouri Baptist University | 31600 | 53800 | 0.4126 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 57 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 32000 | 59600 | 0.4628 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 58 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 59 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 55900 | 0.3956 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 60 | Taylor University | 34000 | 57600 | 0.4097 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
| 61 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4793 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 62 | Pace University | 34600 | 74800 | 0.5373 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 63 | Seton Hill University | 36300 | 78000 | 0.5349 | 1,597 | 1150 | 0.7579 | |
| 64 | Andrews University | 36400 | 62100 | 0.4139 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 65 | Saint Francis University | 38600 | 62800 | 0.3856 | 2,450 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
| 66 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 67 | Quinnipiac University | 41800 | 79200 | 0.4721 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 68 | Rochester Christian University | 43200 | 45400 | 0.0485 | 1,144 | 980 | 0.653 | |
| 69 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 70 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84700 | 0.3991 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 71 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0415 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 72 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 73 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 74 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 58800 | 67000 | 0.1225 | 5,162 | 1131 | 0.9502 | |
| 75 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.