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Considering a degree in Behavioral?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Behavioral majors who live in Virginia.
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 Virginia.
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 | Old Dominion University | 0 | 32400 | 1 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 1 | United States Air Force Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,114 | 1335 | 0.1409 | |
| 3 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 4 | Wesleyan University | 4900 | 97600 | 0.9503 | 3,043 | 1435 | 0.1637 | |
| 5 | Colby College | 5500 | 91300 | 0.9394 | 2,360 | 1477 | 0.0803 | |
| 6 | Sisseton Wahpeton College | 6700 | 15400 | 0.5659 | 207 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 8800 | 40100 | 0.78 | 1,466 | 1078 | 0.4912 | |
| 8 | Florida Atlantic University | 8900 | 26900 | 0.6703 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 9 | University of Tulsa | 9700 | 63100 | 0.8468 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 10 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 33800 | 0.6718 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 11 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11400 | 31400 | 0.637 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 12 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 13 | Northern Arizona University | 12100 | 30400 | 0.6012 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 14 | Wayne State University | 12400 | 32900 | 0.6228 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 15 | University of North Florida | 13000 | 22400 | 0.4202 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 16 | University of Delaware | 13400 | 34500 | 0.6119 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 17 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 18 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14200 | 27600 | 0.4864 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 19 | University of West Georgia | 15400 | 24600 | 0.3744 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 20 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 20 | University of Kansas | 15600 | 34900 | 0.5524 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 22 | Duke University | 15800 | 98600 | 0.8396 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 23 | Lindsey Wilson University | 16000 | 48700 | 0.6717 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 24 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 16200 | 65300 | 0.7517 | 771 | 1085 | 0.7338 | |
| 25 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 25 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16300 | 64800 | 0.7481 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 27 | Centre College | 17900 | 73400 | 0.7557 | 1,385 | 1323 | 0.4816 | |
| 28 | Albright College | 18000 | 51600 | 0.6514 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 28 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18000 | 28100 | 0.359 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 30 | San Jose State University | 18200 | 41100 | 0.5567 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 31 | Columbia College | 18300 | 60700 | 0.698 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 31 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 33 | Life Pacific University | 19100 | 60100 | 0.6821 | 460 | 1020 | 0.958 | |
| 34 | University of Southern California | 20000 | 76400 | 0.7387 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 35 | East Texas Baptist University | 20900 | 68900 | 0.6967 | 1,663 | 1059 | 0.7306 | |
| 36 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21400 | 41600 | 0.4856 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 37 | Franklin and Marshall College | 21600 | 95700 | 0.774 | 1,778 | 1387 | 0.3163 | |
| 38 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 21900 | 80400 | 0.7273 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 39 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22500 | 33600 | 0.3301 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 40 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22600 | 85400 | 0.7353 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 41 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 23200 | 28100 | 0.1731 | 1,012 | 1075 | 0.8671 | |
| 42 | Point Park University | 23300 | 54300 | 0.5707 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 43 | Central Washington University | 23400 | 27900 | 0.1615 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 44 | Florida International University | 23700 | 34100 | 0.3049 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 45 | University of Jamestown | 24000 | 34400 | 0.3013 | 1,097 | 1055 | 0.88 | |
| 46 | Walsh University | 24200 | 46400 | 0.4787 | 1,523 | 1159 | 0.7074 | |
| 47 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 25100 | 43400 | 0.4215 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 | |
| 48 | George Fox University | 26400 | 92800 | 0.7157 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 49 | Wayland Baptist University | 26700 | 36500 | 0.2683 | 1,894 | 1045 | 0.5477 | |
| 50 | Concordia University-Irvine | 27500 | 94100 | 0.7078 | 1,554 | 1172 | 0.6599 | |
| 51 | Cornell College | 27900 | 74800 | 0.6267 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 51 | Mount Aloysius College | 27900 | 51100 | 0.4539 | 3,135 | 1045 | 0.936 | |
| 53 | Taylor University | 30100 | 60700 | 0.5048 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 54 | Houston Christian University | 30700 | 60500 | 0.4928 | 3,277 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 54 | Southern Adventist University | 30700 | 49000 | 0.3746 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 56 | Missouri Baptist University | 31300 | 53800 | 0.4193 | 5,253 | 910 | 0.7062 | |
| 57 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | 31900 | 78800 | 0.5952 | 1,732 | 1108 | 0.9117 | |
| 58 | Villanova University | 32100 | 92900 | 0.6548 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 59 | Seton Hill University | 33100 | 63700 | 0.4805 | 1,502 | 1134 | 0.7953 | |
| 60 | Harding University | 33200 | 47800 | 0.3047 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 61 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33500 | 75200 | 0.5547 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 62 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 57500 | 0.4154 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 63 | Pace University | 33800 | 75700 | 0.5538 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 64 | California Baptist University | 34300 | 69800 | 0.5084 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 64 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34300 | 50900 | 0.3256 | 1,961 | 1099 | 0.7512 | |
| 64 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34300 | 59100 | 0.4194 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 67 | George Mason University | 35700 | 35800 | 0.0011 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 68 | Rowan University | 36500 | 53600 | 0.3189 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 69 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 70 | Saint Francis University | 39900 | 67300 | 0.407 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 70 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39900 | 59200 | 0.3258 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 72 | Saint Mary's College of California | 40300 | 83400 | 0.5171 | 1,955 | 1175 | 0.8856 | |
| 73 | Rochester Christian University | 42900 | 45400 | 0.0565 | 1,162 | 970 | 0.9764 | |
| 73 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 42900 | 88100 | 0.5129 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 75 | Wagner College | 46600 | 73400 | 0.3649 | 1,666 | 1240 | 0.88 | |
| 76 | Quinnipiac University | 49000 | 79700 | 0.3854 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 77 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 78 | Mount St. Joseph University | 53900 | 54300 | 0.0074 | 1,268 | 1105 | 0.9128 | |
| 79 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 58400 | 67000 | 0.1279 | 5,288 | 1138 | 0.9459 | |
| 80 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 60500 | 65600 | 0.0778 | 344 | 1125 | 0.8984 | |
| 81 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 61300 | 66900 | 0.0837 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.