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Considering a degree in Research and Experimental Psychology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Research and Experimental Psychology majors who live in California.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Research and Experimental Psychology degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of California.
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 | Stanford University | 3700 | 71300 | 0.948 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 2 | Amherst College | 5400 | 96100 | 0.9443 | 1,914 | 1514 | 0.0901 | |
| 2 | Smith College | 5400 | 96700 | 0.9446 | 2,549 | 1477 | 0.21 | |
| 4 | Davidson College | 5600 | 89900 | 0.9381 | 1,869 | 1454 | 0.1337 | |
| 4 | Pomona College | 5600 | 89000 | 0.9366 | 1,766 | 1520 | 0.0709 | |
| 6 | Swarthmore College | 5900 | 93800 | 0.9373 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 7 | Colgate University | 6200 | 95700 | 0.9348 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 8 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 9 | Trinity College | 6500 | 92800 | 0.9302 | 2,237 | 1393 | 0.3352 | |
| 10 | Bowdoin College | 6600 | 89900 | 0.9268 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 11 | University of Pennsylvania | 7100 | 92900 | 0.9238 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 12 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 28600 | 0.7176 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 13 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 14 | Grinnell College | 9300 | 91400 | 0.8984 | 1,788 | 1462 | 0.1451 | |
| 15 | Washington and Lee University | 9400 | 96000 | 0.9024 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
| 15 | Wellesley College | 9400 | 91300 | 0.8972 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 17 | Bates College | 10000 | 91900 | 0.891 | 1,760 | 1438 | 0.1332 | |
| 18 | Haverford College | 10100 | 97600 | 0.8966 | 1,431 | 1499 | 0.1237 | |
| 19 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7368 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 20 | Hamilton College | 10300 | 89000 | 0.8839 | 2,037 | 1499 | 0.1362 | |
| 21 | Vassar College | 10400 | 92600 | 0.8878 | 2,462 | 1499 | 0.1857 | |
| 22 | Lake Forest College | 10700 | 76000 | 0.8587 | 1,814 | 1323 | 0.5681 | |
| 22 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10700 | 28400 | 0.6224 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 24 | Duke University | 10900 | 93600 | 0.8838 | 6,523 | 1539 | 0.0571 | |
| 24 | Middlebury College | 10900 | 89900 | 0.879 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 26 | St Olaf College | 11400 | 75900 | 0.8498 | 3,124 | 1378 | 0.4832 | |
| 27 | University of California-Merced | 11700 | 39400 | 0.7035 | 8,372 | 1070 | 0.9152 | |
| 28 | Lafayette College | 11800 | 85800 | 0.8629 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 29 | University of North Alabama | 12000 | 28200 | 0.5748 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 30 | University of California-Riverside | 12700 | 66000 | 0.808 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 31 | Denison University | 13000 | 69300 | 0.8123 | 2,406 | 1383 | 0.1693 | |
| 32 | Pitzer College | 13300 | 92500 | 0.856 | 1,242 | 1279 | 0.2516 | |
| 32 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 34 | Northeastern State University | 13500 | 20800 | 0.3504 | 5,085 | 1035 | 0.9935 | |
| 35 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4786 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 35 | Union College | 13600 | 92400 | 0.8527 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 35 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6068 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 38 | University of North Florida | 13800 | 22400 | 0.3844 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 39 | Trinity University | 14400 | 94400 | 0.8471 | 2,518 | 1402 | 0.2592 | |
| 40 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 41 | Macalester College | 14900 | 90000 | 0.8341 | 2,144 | 1417 | 0.2852 | |
| 41 | University of Central Missouri | 14900 | 25400 | 0.4125 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 43 | Albion College | 15000 | 93700 | 0.8399 | 1,308 | 1065 | 0.807 | |
| 43 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 15000 | 22400 | 0.3299 | 4,214 | 1090 | 0.8949 | |
| 45 | Carleton College | 15100 | 74500 | 0.7979 | 2,128 | 1492 | 0.2041 | |
| 45 | University of North Georgia | 15100 | 48000 | 0.6857 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 47 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 36200 | 0.581 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 48 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15700 | 42500 | 0.6307 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 49 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 50 | University of California-Berkeley | 16500 | 43600 | 0.6224 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 51 | Scripps College | 17000 | 93900 | 0.8184 | 1,117 | 1475 | 0.3829 | |
| 52 | Occidental College | 17500 | 88100 | 0.8011 | 1,881 | 1447 | 0.4417 | |
| 52 | Western Kentucky University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.3538 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 54 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 55 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 30400 | 0.4118 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 56 | Lee University | 18000 | 37400 | 0.519 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 57 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,006 | 1155 | 0.8779 | |
| 58 | College of Coastal Georgia | 19300 | 42100 | 0.541 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 58 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19300 | 31800 | 0.3933 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 60 | Niagara University | 19700 | 57400 | 0.6565 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 61 | Whitman College | 20000 | 84800 | 0.7639 | 1,561 | 1399 | 0.3815 | |
| 62 | University of Rochester | 20200 | 93100 | 0.7833 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 63 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20500 | 26600 | 0.2292 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 64 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20700 | 72100 | 0.7127 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 65 | Cottey College | 21300 | 37300 | 0.429 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 66 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7025 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 67 | New York University | 21900 | 91800 | 0.7612 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 67 | Sterling College | 21900 | 64300 | 0.6594 | 670 | 1090 | 0.8916 | |
| 69 | Regis University | 23400 | 67200 | 0.6514 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 70 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4412 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 71 | University of Kansas | 24900 | 44000 | 0.4337 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 72 | Westminster University | 25600 | 81400 | 0.6856 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 73 | St. Francis College | 26000 | 39400 | 0.3405 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
| 74 | Earlham College | 26400 | 75800 | 0.6521 | 696 | 1233 | 0.7311 | |
| 74 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 26400 | 40500 | 0.3482 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 76 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27300 | 61400 | 0.5548 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 77 | Canisius University | 27400 | 64800 | 0.5776 | 1,724 | 1129 | 0.7224 | |
| 78 | Murray State University | 27700 | 32400 | 0.1454 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 79 | Creighton University | 27900 | 65300 | 0.5724 | 4,647 | 1328 | 0.7975 | |
| 80 | Knox College | 28200 | 68800 | 0.5901 | 1,136 | 1287 | 0.7079 | |
| 81 | Gannon University | 30100 | 52900 | 0.4314 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 82 | The College of Wooster | 31000 | 83100 | 0.6268 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 83 | Southern Nazarene University | 32100 | 48400 | 0.3367 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 84 | University of Oregon | 33100 | 38600 | 0.1424 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 85 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 86 | Pace University | 34500 | 74800 | 0.5387 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 87 | Agnes Scott College | 35000 | 69200 | 0.494 | 843 | 1273 | 0.6215 | |
| 88 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 35300 | 75200 | 0.5307 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 89 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35400 | 66700 | 0.4694 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 89 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.5761 | 3,355 | 1235 | 0.7808 | |
| 91 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2698 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 92 | Montclair State University | 41900 | 46200 | 0.0931 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 92 | Oglethorpe University | 41900 | 68600 | 0.3895 | 1,361 | 1216 | 0.886 | |
| 94 | Sacred Heart University | 43000 | 67500 | 0.3632 | 6,960 | 1245 | 0.6768 | |
| 95 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3675 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 96 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48500 | 92100 | 0.4736 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 97 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 98 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 99 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.035 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.