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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 Virginia.
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 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 | Washington and Lee University | 4300 | 80400 | 0.9461 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
| 2 | Trinity College | 5100 | 91500 | 0.9443 | 2,237 | 1393 | 0.3352 | |
| 3 | Amherst College | 5300 | 95600 | 0.9444 | 1,914 | 1514 | 0.0901 | |
| 4 | Davidson College | 5600 | 89500 | 0.9372 | 1,869 | 1454 | 0.1337 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 5700 | 93000 | 0.9389 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6100 | 94100 | 0.9354 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | Swarthmore College | 6500 | 88900 | 0.9269 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 8 | Wellesley College | 7000 | 90900 | 0.9233 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 9 | Bates College | 7200 | 91800 | 0.9214 | 1,760 | 1438 | 0.1332 | |
| 9 | Smith College | 7200 | 92700 | 0.9219 | 2,549 | 1477 | 0.21 | |
| 11 | Pitzer College | 7600 | 90700 | 0.9161 | 1,242 | 1279 | 0.2516 | |
| 12 | Middlebury College | 8500 | 89800 | 0.9052 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 12 | Pomona College | 8500 | 88500 | 0.9039 | 1,766 | 1520 | 0.0709 | |
| 14 | Hamilton College | 8700 | 88400 | 0.9017 | 2,037 | 1499 | 0.1362 | |
| 15 | Haverford College | 8900 | 97300 | 0.9086 | 1,431 | 1499 | 0.1237 | |
| 16 | Grinnell College | 9300 | 91400 | 0.8984 | 1,788 | 1462 | 0.1451 | |
| 17 | St Olaf College | 9400 | 75600 | 0.8754 | 3,124 | 1378 | 0.4832 | |
| 18 | Vassar College | 9600 | 91500 | 0.8949 | 2,462 | 1499 | 0.1857 | |
| 19 | Duke University | 9800 | 93500 | 0.8955 | 6,523 | 1539 | 0.0571 | |
| 20 | Colgate University | 9900 | 91600 | 0.8915 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 21 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 37800 | 0.732 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 22 | Brigham Young University | 10900 | 29000 | 0.6237 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 23 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 27200 | 0.5927 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 24 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11300 | 34300 | 0.6702 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 25 | Lafayette College | 11800 | 85800 | 0.863 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 26 | New York University | 12000 | 91800 | 0.869 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 27 | Bowdoin College | 12600 | 89900 | 0.8601 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 28 | Carleton College | 13200 | 74400 | 0.8229 | 2,128 | 1492 | 0.2041 | |
| 29 | Northeastern State University | 13300 | 20800 | 0.36 | 5,085 | 1035 | 0.9935 | |
| 30 | Denison University | 13500 | 69300 | 0.8057 | 2,406 | 1383 | 0.1693 | |
| 31 | Kansas State University | 14100 | 26100 | 0.4588 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 32 | Union College | 14500 | 91000 | 0.8407 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 33 | Trinity University | 14600 | 64800 | 0.7748 | 2,518 | 1402 | 0.2592 | |
| 34 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71300 | 0.792 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 35 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 35300 | 0.5701 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 36 | Macalester College | 15300 | 88200 | 0.8269 | 2,144 | 1417 | 0.2852 | |
| 37 | Albion College | 15600 | 72600 | 0.785 | 1,308 | 1065 | 0.807 | |
| 38 | Northeastern University | 16100 | 89900 | 0.8213 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 39 | Barnard College | 17600 | 93200 | 0.8112 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 40 | University of Rochester | 17700 | 93100 | 0.8101 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 41 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 28100 | 0.3632 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 42 | Occidental College | 18300 | 87900 | 0.7917 | 1,881 | 1447 | 0.4417 | |
| 43 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18500 | 33600 | 0.4491 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 44 | Whitman College | 18700 | 85800 | 0.7826 | 1,561 | 1399 | 0.3815 | |
| 45 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 46 | Lee University | 19900 | 37100 | 0.4631 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 47 | Niagara University | 20800 | 57400 | 0.6374 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 48 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21200 | 29400 | 0.279 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 49 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7025 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 49 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 51 | Georgia College & State University | 21600 | 21600 | 0 | 6,006 | 1155 | 0.8779 | |
| 52 | Cottey College | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4157 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 53 | Canisius University | 22000 | 53200 | 0.5861 | 1,724 | 1129 | 0.7224 | |
| 54 | Lake Forest College | 22100 | 76700 | 0.7115 | 1,814 | 1323 | 0.5681 | |
| 55 | Sterling College | 22300 | 53600 | 0.5838 | 670 | 1090 | 0.8916 | |
| 56 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 22400 | 36100 | 0.3792 | 4,214 | 1090 | 0.8949 | |
| 56 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 58 | Murray State University | 22900 | 27600 | 0.1707 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 59 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 23900 | 71600 | 0.6664 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 60 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 24100 | 83600 | 0.712 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 61 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4412 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 62 | Creighton University | 24900 | 56600 | 0.5601 | 4,647 | 1328 | 0.7975 | |
| 63 | University of Kansas | 25600 | 42000 | 0.3907 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 64 | Westminster University | 26100 | 59500 | 0.561 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 65 | Earlham College | 26400 | 75800 | 0.6521 | 696 | 1233 | 0.7311 | |
| 66 | University of Delaware | 26500 | 32500 | 0.1847 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 67 | St. Francis College | 26800 | 39400 | 0.3202 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
| 67 | Western Kentucky University | 26800 | 26800 | 0 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 69 | University of North Alabama | 26900 | 41500 | 0.352 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 70 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27900 | 61400 | 0.5464 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 71 | College of Coastal Georgia | 28400 | 43200 | 0.3422 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 72 | Regis University | 28800 | 67200 | 0.5711 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 72 | University of Utah | 28800 | 32000 | 0.1002 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 74 | Knox College | 28900 | 61000 | 0.5265 | 1,136 | 1287 | 0.7079 | |
| 75 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 30000 | 30000 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 76 | Gannon University | 30400 | 45300 | 0.329 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 77 | Agnes Scott College | 30700 | 69000 | 0.5552 | 843 | 1273 | 0.6215 | |
| 78 | The College of Wooster | 30800 | 82400 | 0.626 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 79 | Southern Nazarene University | 32100 | 48400 | 0.3367 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 79 | University of Central Missouri | 32100 | 34300 | 0.0643 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 81 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 82 | Scripps College | 34100 | 94800 | 0.6401 | 1,117 | 1475 | 0.3829 | |
| 83 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 84 | University of Nevada-Reno | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 85 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.5761 | 3,355 | 1235 | 0.7808 | |
| 86 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35700 | 47300 | 0.2452 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 87 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 88 | Oglethorpe University | 41900 | 68600 | 0.3895 | 1,361 | 1216 | 0.886 | |
| 89 | Old Dominion University | 42300 | 52400 | 0.1926 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 90 | George Mason University | 42400 | 49200 | 0.1383 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 91 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42500 | 54900 | 0.2261 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 92 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3675 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 93 | University of California-Riverside | 43500 | 66400 | 0.3448 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 94 | Montclair State University | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 95 | University of California-Merced | 48500 | 52300 | 0.0726 | 8,372 | 1070 | 0.9152 | |
| 96 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 97 | Sacred Heart University | 53000 | 75200 | 0.2953 | 6,960 | 1245 | 0.6768 | |
| 98 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.035 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 99 | University of Oregon | 66700 | 68900 | 0.032 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 100 | 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.