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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 | Davidson College | 2800 | 95600 | 0.9704 | 1,860 | 1463 | 0.1262 | |
| 2 | Stanford University | 3600 | 1865200 | 0.9981 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 3 | University of Pennsylvania | 4000 | 93100 | 0.9575 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 4 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 4500 | 12900 | 0.651 | 13,532 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Amherst College | 4800 | 123100 | 0.9607 | 1,907 | 1500 | 0.0772 | |
| 7 | Trinity College | 5900 | 92800 | 0.936 | 2,112 | 1404 | 0.2953 | |
| 8 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Swarthmore College | 6800 | 117900 | 0.9427 | 1,631 | 1513 | 0.0752 | |
| 10 | Bowdoin College | 6900 | 94700 | 0.9271 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 11 | Smith College | 7200 | 119400 | 0.94 | 2,578 | 1466 | 0.2241 | |
| 12 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 13 | Colgate University | 8200 | 95800 | 0.9144 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 14 | Pomona College | 8500 | 89300 | 0.9047 | 1,721 | 1499 | 0.0714 | |
| 15 | Haverford College | 8800 | 125000 | 0.9297 | 1,420 | 1490 | 0.1331 | |
| 16 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 96500 | 0.9082 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 17 | Bates College | 9000 | 92900 | 0.903 | 1,736 | 1412 | 0.1483 | |
| 18 | Grinnell College | 9200 | 93600 | 0.9014 | 1,668 | 1469 | 0.1605 | |
| 19 | Washington and Lee University | 9400 | 95500 | 0.9016 | 1,916 | 1484 | 0.1354 | |
| 20 | Wellesley College | 10000 | 117800 | 0.9151 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 21 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 50000 | 0.795 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 22 | Middlebury College | 10600 | 94500 | 0.8879 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 22 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8904 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 24 | St Olaf College | 10800 | 79500 | 0.8641 | 3,114 | 1374 | 0.4338 | |
| 25 | Vassar College | 11200 | 92200 | 0.8789 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 26 | University of California-Merced | 11600 | 46300 | 0.7502 | 8,234 | 1070 | 0.9704 | |
| 26 | University of Richmond | 11600 | 92500 | 0.8746 | 3,052 | 1472 | 0.2224 | |
| 28 | Lafayette College | 11700 | 112400 | 0.896 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 29 | Albion College | 12200 | 109600 | 0.8886 | 1,168 | 1065 | 0.7437 | |
| 30 | Hamilton College | 12700 | 98000 | 0.8704 | 1,980 | 1484 | 0.1359 | |
| 31 | Northeastern State University | 12900 | 28900 | 0.5542 | 5,145 | 1035 | 0.9974 | |
| 32 | Denison University | 13000 | 69300 | 0.8116 | 2,458 | 1366 | 0.1955 | |
| 33 | Cornell University | 13100 | 93700 | 0.8601 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 35 | Scripps College | 13400 | 106900 | 0.8748 | 1,103 | 1472 | 0.3988 | |
| 35 | Trinity University | 13400 | 67000 | 0.7996 | 2,423 | 1408 | 0.2488 | |
| 37 | Pitzer College | 13600 | 92600 | 0.8529 | 1,193 | 1279 | 0.2685 | |
| 38 | Carleton College | 13900 | 74500 | 0.8134 | 1,974 | 1492 | 0.2178 | |
| 39 | University of North Georgia | 14200 | 56800 | 0.7502 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 40 | University of California-Riverside | 14300 | 118200 | 0.8786 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 41 | New York University | 14400 | 92100 | 0.8437 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 42 | Colorado College | 15000 | 98000 | 0.8466 | 1,887 | 1357 | 0.2209 | |
| 42 | Macalester College | 15000 | 115000 | 0.8699 | 2,068 | 1415 | 0.2813 | |
| 44 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 43700 | 0.6548 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 45 | Duke University | 16000 | 98500 | 0.8377 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 46 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 17100 | 34100 | 0.4991 | 4,056 | 1090 | 0.4151 | |
| 47 | Union College | 17200 | 93400 | 0.8162 | 1,954 | 1399 | 0.4342 | |
| 48 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 49 | Northeastern University | 17600 | 90000 | 0.8045 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 49 | Occidental College | 17600 | 113600 | 0.8454 | 1,822 | 1440 | 0.4485 | |
| 51 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 43800 | 0.5908 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 52 | Whitman College | 19500 | 84800 | 0.77 | 1,468 | 1397 | 0.4016 | |
| 53 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 19800 | 32300 | 0.3868 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 54 | College of Coastal Georgia | 20600 | 29400 | 0.2993 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 55 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 56 | Stetson University | 21700 | 81100 | 0.7327 | 2,414 | 1089 | 0.7167 | |
| 57 | Cottey College | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4154 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 58 | Sterling College | 22100 | 77400 | 0.7142 | 649 | 1103 | 0.8759 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22500 | 34400 | 0.3456 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 60 | University of North Alabama | 23000 | 37300 | 0.3834 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 61 | Loyola University New Orleans | 23100 | 74600 | 0.6901 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 62 | Lake Forest College | 24800 | 76000 | 0.6733 | 1,786 | 1304 | 0.5363 | |
| 62 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4421 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 64 | University of Kansas | 25000 | 43000 | 0.4182 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 65 | Earlham College | 26300 | 75800 | 0.6528 | 670 | 1237 | 0.7904 | |
| 65 | Western Kentucky University | 26300 | 47700 | 0.4485 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 67 | St. Francis College | 26800 | 39400 | 0.3202 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 68 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27300 | 61400 | 0.5551 | 1,804 | 1159 | 0.7258 | |
| 69 | Murray State University | 27600 | 32400 | 0.148 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 70 | Creighton University | 27700 | 67900 | 0.5916 | 4,833 | 1328 | 0.9216 | |
| 71 | Niagara University | 28100 | 57400 | 0.5103 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 72 | Knox College | 28600 | 68800 | 0.5843 | 1,108 | 1274 | 0.772 | |
| 73 | Canisius University | 29400 | 54500 | 0.4604 | 1,728 | 1186 | 0.7323 | |
| 74 | University of North Florida | 30100 | 30500 | 0.0131 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 75 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 76 | Woodbury University | 30800 | 86000 | 0.6419 | 725 | 1087 | 0.7143 | |
| 77 | The College of Wooster | 30900 | 83100 | 0.6278 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 78 | Westminster University | 31900 | 62600 | 0.4906 | 868 | 1205 | 0.6513 | |
| 79 | Southern Nazarene University | 32000 | 48400 | 0.3385 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 80 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 81 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 82 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33300 | 75200 | 0.5573 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 83 | University of Central Missouri | 33500 | 35800 | 0.0639 | 10,397 | 1055 | 0.7439 | |
| 84 | Berry College | 34400 | 61400 | 0.4395 | 2,262 | 1219 | 0.7315 | |
| 85 | University of Oregon | 34500 | 40200 | 0.1418 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 86 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.577 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 87 | Agnes Scott College | 36300 | 71200 | 0.49 | 731 | 1219 | 0.6353 | |
| 88 | Baldwin Wallace University | 38700 | 66100 | 0.4147 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 89 | Drexel University | 39100 | 107600 | 0.6364 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 89 | University of Charleston | 39100 | 51200 | 0.2361 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.5975 | |
| 91 | Pace University | 40400 | 75500 | 0.4649 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 92 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 40700 | 58900 | 0.309 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 93 | Oglethorpe University | 41800 | 68600 | 0.3908 | 1,338 | 1205 | 0.898 | |
| 94 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 95 | Kansas State University | 43700 | 47900 | 0.0879 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 96 | Texas Christian University | 44400 | 87400 | 0.4922 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 97 | Georgia College & State University | 44800 | 52400 | 0.145 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 97 | LeTourneau University | 44800 | 55000 | 0.1855 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 99 | University of Delaware | 47300 | 62000 | 0.2376 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 100 | Sacred Heart University | 49400 | 67500 | 0.2681 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 101 | University of California-Berkeley | 51300 | 98700 | 0.4802 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 102 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 103 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 54100 | 95100 | 0.4311 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 104 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 105 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 57900 | 65700 | 0.1188 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 106 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60700 | 63000 | 0.0364 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.