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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 Illinois.
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 Illinois.
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 | Northeastern University Professional Programs | 5700 | 53000 | 0.8921 | 2,525 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Washington and Lee University | 7700 | 87100 | 0.9117 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
| 3 | Trinity College | 8200 | 91500 | 0.9105 | 2,237 | 1393 | 0.3352 | |
| 4 | Amherst College | 8500 | 95600 | 0.911 | 1,914 | 1514 | 0.0901 | |
| 5 | Bowdoin College | 8600 | 89900 | 0.9046 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 6 | Pomona College | 8800 | 88500 | 0.9005 | 1,766 | 1520 | 0.0709 | |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 94100 | 0.9057 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 8 | University of Pennsylvania | 9000 | 93000 | 0.9034 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 9 | Smith College | 9200 | 92700 | 0.9003 | 2,549 | 1477 | 0.21 | |
| 10 | Grinnell College | 9600 | 91400 | 0.8951 | 1,788 | 1462 | 0.1451 | |
| 11 | Davidson College | 10100 | 89900 | 0.8872 | 1,869 | 1454 | 0.1337 | |
| 11 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 37800 | 0.732 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 13 | Haverford College | 10200 | 97300 | 0.8952 | 1,431 | 1499 | 0.1237 | |
| 14 | Wellesley College | 11100 | 90900 | 0.8782 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 15 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11300 | 34400 | 0.6706 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 16 | Hamilton College | 11600 | 88400 | 0.8689 | 2,037 | 1499 | 0.1362 | |
| 17 | Colgate University | 11700 | 91600 | 0.8718 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 18 | Bates College | 12300 | 91800 | 0.8659 | 1,760 | 1438 | 0.1332 | |
| 19 | Lafayette College | 12400 | 85800 | 0.856 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 19 | Vassar College | 12400 | 91500 | 0.8643 | 2,462 | 1499 | 0.1857 | |
| 21 | Northern Illinois University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5679 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 22 | Middlebury College | 12800 | 89800 | 0.8573 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 23 | University of North Florida | 13300 | 22400 | 0.4068 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 24 | Northeastern State University | 13700 | 20800 | 0.3408 | 5,085 | 1035 | 0.9935 | |
| 25 | St Olaf College | 13800 | 75600 | 0.8173 | 3,124 | 1378 | 0.4832 | |
| 26 | Duke University | 13900 | 93500 | 0.8516 | 6,523 | 1539 | 0.0571 | |
| 27 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 14400 | 41100 | 0.6502 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
| 28 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71300 | 0.792 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 29 | Northeastern University | 15100 | 89900 | 0.8324 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 30 | Murray State University | 15300 | 27000 | 0.4345 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 30 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15300 | 28100 | 0.4555 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 32 | Albion College | 15500 | 72600 | 0.7864 | 1,308 | 1065 | 0.807 | |
| 32 | Pitzer College | 15500 | 90700 | 0.8291 | 1,242 | 1279 | 0.2516 | |
| 34 | University of California-Riverside | 15900 | 36500 | 0.564 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 35 | Trinity University | 16000 | 64800 | 0.7532 | 2,518 | 1402 | 0.2592 | |
| 36 | Denison University | 17600 | 69300 | 0.7463 | 2,406 | 1383 | 0.1693 | |
| 36 | Macalester College | 17600 | 88200 | 0.8009 | 2,144 | 1417 | 0.2852 | |
| 38 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 17700 | 17700 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 39 | Union College | 18600 | 91000 | 0.7957 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 40 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 31400 | 0.3944 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 41 | Barnard College | 19100 | 93200 | 0.7951 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 41 | Brigham Young University | 19100 | 29000 | 0.3411 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 41 | Georgia College & State University | 19100 | 21600 | 0.1156 | 6,006 | 1155 | 0.8779 | |
| 44 | Carleton College | 19400 | 74000 | 0.7374 | 2,128 | 1492 | 0.2041 | |
| 45 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19800 | 28200 | 0.2979 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 46 | Lee University | 19900 | 37100 | 0.4631 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 47 | New York University | 20200 | 91800 | 0.7797 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 48 | Niagara University | 20700 | 57400 | 0.6391 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 49 | Swarthmore College | 21500 | 88900 | 0.7582 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 50 | Luther College | 21600 | 71900 | 0.699 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 50 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21600 | 29400 | 0.2654 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 52 | Whitman College | 21700 | 85500 | 0.7466 | 1,561 | 1399 | 0.3815 | |
| 53 | Cottey College | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4162 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 54 | Canisius University | 22000 | 53200 | 0.5861 | 1,724 | 1129 | 0.7224 | |
| 55 | Sterling College | 22300 | 53600 | 0.5838 | 670 | 1090 | 0.8916 | |
| 55 | University of Central Missouri | 22300 | 33200 | 0.3284 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 57 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 22500 | 26500 | 0.1512 | 4,214 | 1090 | 0.8949 | |
| 58 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 23900 | 71600 | 0.6664 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 59 | Wilson College | 24400 | 43300 | 0.4363 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 60 | University of Rochester | 24900 | 93100 | 0.7328 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 61 | Scripps College | 25100 | 94800 | 0.735 | 1,117 | 1475 | 0.3829 | |
| 62 | Occidental College | 25500 | 87900 | 0.7098 | 1,881 | 1447 | 0.4417 | |
| 63 | University of Kansas | 25600 | 37600 | 0.321 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 64 | Loyola University New Orleans | 25900 | 71100 | 0.636 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 65 | Lake Forest College | 26000 | 76700 | 0.6607 | 1,814 | 1323 | 0.5681 | |
| 66 | Westminster University | 26100 | 59500 | 0.561 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 67 | Earlham College | 26600 | 75800 | 0.6491 | 696 | 1233 | 0.7311 | |
| 68 | St. Francis College | 26800 | 39400 | 0.3202 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
| 69 | University of North Alabama | 26900 | 41500 | 0.352 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 70 | University of North Georgia | 27000 | 35500 | 0.2393 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 71 | Agnes Scott College | 27200 | 69000 | 0.606 | 843 | 1273 | 0.6215 | |
| 71 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 27200 | 83600 | 0.6749 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 73 | Creighton University | 27500 | 56600 | 0.5142 | 4,647 | 1328 | 0.7975 | |
| 74 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27800 | 61400 | 0.5468 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 74 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27800 | 40300 | 0.31 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 76 | College of Coastal Georgia | 28400 | 43200 | 0.3422 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 77 | The College of Wooster | 28600 | 79000 | 0.6378 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 78 | Knox College | 28800 | 61000 | 0.5286 | 1,136 | 1287 | 0.7079 | |
| 78 | Regis University | 28800 | 67200 | 0.5711 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 80 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 81 | Gannon University | 30500 | 45300 | 0.3268 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 82 | Baldwin Wallace University | 32100 | 47300 | 0.3213 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 83 | Southern Nazarene University | 32400 | 48400 | 0.3301 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 84 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32800 | 34700 | 0.0547 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 85 | LeTourneau University | 34200 | 54600 | 0.3736 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 86 | Western Kentucky University | 36200 | 41900 | 0.1361 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 87 | New York Institute of Technology | 39200 | 78600 | 0.5005 | 3,355 | 1235 | 0.7808 | |
| 88 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 89 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 40300 | 56700 | 0.2893 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 90 | Oglethorpe University | 42200 | 68600 | 0.3849 | 1,361 | 1216 | 0.886 | |
| 91 | Montclair State University | 42400 | 46600 | 0.0901 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 92 | Florida Institute of Technology | 44500 | 66400 | 0.3298 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 93 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 94 | University of California-Merced | 48500 | 52300 | 0.0726 | 8,372 | 1070 | 0.9152 | |
| 95 | Drexel University | 51400 | 82600 | 0.3776 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 96 | University of Utah | 51800 | 53700 | 0.0351 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 97 | Sacred Heart University | 53000 | 75200 | 0.2953 | 6,960 | 1245 | 0.6768 | |
| 98 | University of California-Irvine | 55000 | 64800 | 0.1512 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 99 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 59200 | 61100 | 0.0309 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 100 | University of Oregon | 59500 | 68900 | 0.1362 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 101 | University of California-Berkeley | 74600 | 75500 | 0.0119 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.