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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 Washington.
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 Washington.
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 | Trinity College | 2500 | 91500 | 0.9728 | 2,237 | 1393 | 0.3352 | |
| 2 | Washington and Lee University | 4600 | 87100 | 0.9473 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
| 3 | Amherst College | 5500 | 95600 | 0.9423 | 1,914 | 1514 | 0.0901 | |
| 4 | Davidson College | 6500 | 89900 | 0.928 | 1,869 | 1454 | 0.1337 | |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6900 | 94100 | 0.9269 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 5 | Swarthmore College | 6900 | 88900 | 0.9224 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 6900 | 93000 | 0.926 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 8 | Wellesley College | 7000 | 90900 | 0.9233 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 9 | Bates College | 7300 | 91800 | 0.9203 | 1,760 | 1438 | 0.1332 | |
| 10 | Pitzer College | 7600 | 90700 | 0.9161 | 1,242 | 1279 | 0.2516 | |
| 11 | Smith College | 8000 | 92700 | 0.9132 | 2,549 | 1477 | 0.21 | |
| 12 | Pomona College | 8500 | 88500 | 0.9039 | 1,766 | 1520 | 0.0709 | |
| 13 | Hamilton College | 8700 | 88400 | 0.9017 | 2,037 | 1499 | 0.1362 | |
| 14 | Haverford College | 8900 | 97300 | 0.9086 | 1,431 | 1499 | 0.1237 | |
| 14 | Middlebury College | 8900 | 89800 | 0.9007 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 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 | Carleton College | 9700 | 74500 | 0.8702 | 2,128 | 1492 | 0.2041 | |
| 20 | Colgate University | 9900 | 91600 | 0.8915 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 21 | Duke University | 10200 | 93500 | 0.8912 | 6,523 | 1539 | 0.0571 | |
| 22 | Brigham Young University | 11100 | 29000 | 0.6168 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 23 | Eastern Washington University | 11600 | 28600 | 0.5966 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 24 | Lafayette College | 11800 | 85800 | 0.863 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 25 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 12200 | 34300 | 0.6439 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 26 | New York University | 12400 | 91800 | 0.8647 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 27 | Bowdoin College | 13000 | 89900 | 0.8556 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 28 | Northeastern State University | 13700 | 20800 | 0.3408 | 5,085 | 1035 | 0.9935 | |
| 29 | University of North Alabama | 13800 | 28200 | 0.5109 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 30 | Denison University | 13900 | 69300 | 0.7991 | 2,406 | 1383 | 0.1693 | |
| 31 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 14500 | 22700 | 0.3607 | 4,214 | 1090 | 0.8949 | |
| 32 | Trinity University | 14700 | 64800 | 0.7733 | 2,518 | 1402 | 0.2592 | |
| 33 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71300 | 0.792 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 33 | University of California-Merced | 14800 | 40300 | 0.6322 | 8,372 | 1070 | 0.9152 | |
| 35 | Union College | 15000 | 91000 | 0.8352 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 35 | University of California-Berkeley | 15000 | 43500 | 0.655 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 37 | Macalester College | 15600 | 88200 | 0.8235 | 2,144 | 1417 | 0.2852 | |
| 38 | University of California-Riverside | 15900 | 36500 | 0.564 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 39 | Albion College | 16000 | 72600 | 0.7795 | 1,308 | 1065 | 0.807 | |
| 39 | Whitman College | 16000 | 85800 | 0.8139 | 1,561 | 1399 | 0.3815 | |
| 41 | Northeastern University | 17100 | 89900 | 0.8101 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 42 | Barnard College | 17600 | 93200 | 0.8112 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 43 | University of Rochester | 17700 | 93100 | 0.8101 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 44 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3405 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 45 | Occidental College | 19200 | 87900 | 0.7815 | 1,881 | 1447 | 0.4417 | |
| 46 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 47 | Lee University | 20500 | 37100 | 0.4469 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 48 | Niagara University | 21100 | 57400 | 0.6322 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 49 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7025 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 50 | Canisius University | 22400 | 53200 | 0.5786 | 1,724 | 1129 | 0.7224 | |
| 50 | Cottey College | 22400 | 37300 | 0.4008 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 52 | Lake Forest College | 22500 | 76700 | 0.7063 | 1,814 | 1323 | 0.5681 | |
| 53 | Sterling College | 22600 | 53600 | 0.5782 | 670 | 1090 | 0.8916 | |
| 54 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 24400 | 71600 | 0.6595 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 54 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 24400 | 83600 | 0.7084 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 56 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4412 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 57 | Creighton University | 25200 | 56600 | 0.5548 | 4,647 | 1328 | 0.7975 | |
| 58 | University of Kansas | 26000 | 42000 | 0.3812 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 59 | Earlham College | 26400 | 75800 | 0.6521 | 696 | 1233 | 0.7311 | |
| 60 | Westminster University | 26500 | 59500 | 0.5543 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 61 | St. Francis College | 26700 | 39400 | 0.3227 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania Western University | 27000 | 35600 | 0.2418 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 63 | University of North Georgia | 27200 | 35500 | 0.2337 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 64 | Murray State University | 27700 | 32400 | 0.1454 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 65 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27800 | 40300 | 0.31 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 66 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28400 | 61400 | 0.5371 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 67 | College of Coastal Georgia | 28500 | 43200 | 0.3399 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 68 | University of Utah | 28800 | 32000 | 0.1002 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 69 | Regis University | 29000 | 67200 | 0.5681 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 70 | Knox College | 29400 | 61000 | 0.5183 | 1,136 | 1287 | 0.7079 | |
| 71 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 71 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29900 | 30000 | 0.0033 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 73 | Agnes Scott College | 30900 | 69000 | 0.5523 | 843 | 1273 | 0.6215 | |
| 73 | Gannon University | 30900 | 45300 | 0.318 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 75 | The College of Wooster | 31000 | 83100 | 0.6268 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 76 | Southern Nazarene University | 32100 | 48400 | 0.3367 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 76 | University of Central Missouri | 32100 | 34300 | 0.0643 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 78 | University of North Florida | 32200 | 37900 | 0.1504 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 79 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 80 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 81 | Scripps College | 34100 | 94800 | 0.6401 | 1,117 | 1475 | 0.3829 | |
| 82 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.5761 | 3,355 | 1235 | 0.7808 | |
| 83 | Baldwin Wallace University | 36100 | 47300 | 0.2367 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 83 | Western Kentucky University | 36100 | 41900 | 0.1385 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 85 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38700 | 52900 | 0.2683 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 86 | Pace University | 39800 | 74100 | 0.4627 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 87 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 41200 | 56700 | 0.2734 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 88 | Oglethorpe University | 41900 | 68600 | 0.3895 | 1,361 | 1216 | 0.886 | |
| 89 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3675 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 90 | Western Washington University | 44600 | 50900 | 0.1237 | 13,752 | 1218 | 0.9325 | |
| 91 | Georgia College & State University | 45300 | 52400 | 0.1355 | 6,006 | 1155 | 0.8779 | |
| 92 | Montclair State University | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 93 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 94 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 95 | Sacred Heart University | 53200 | 75200 | 0.2926 | 6,960 | 1245 | 0.6768 | |
| 96 | University of California-Irvine | 55400 | 64800 | 0.145 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 97 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.035 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 98 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 99 | University of Oregon | 66700 | 68900 | 0.032 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.