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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 | 2100 | 92800 | 0.9777 | 2,112 | 1404 | 0.2953 | |
| 2 | Davidson College | 2800 | 95600 | 0.9704 | 1,860 | 1463 | 0.1262 | |
| 3 | Amherst College | 6000 | 96200 | 0.9381 | 1,907 | 1500 | 0.0772 | |
| 4 | Smith College | 6200 | 96800 | 0.9364 | 2,578 | 1466 | 0.2241 | |
| 5 | Bates College | 6400 | 92900 | 0.9309 | 1,736 | 1412 | 0.1483 | |
| 6 | Swarthmore College | 6900 | 93800 | 0.9266 | 1,631 | 1513 | 0.0752 | |
| 7 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 8 | Hamilton College | 8200 | 89100 | 0.9083 | 1,980 | 1484 | 0.1359 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8500 | 97100 | 0.9129 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 10 | Duke University | 8700 | 93600 | 0.9073 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 11 | Carleton College | 9100 | 74500 | 0.8781 | 1,974 | 1492 | 0.2178 | |
| 12 | Grinnell College | 9300 | 91400 | 0.8984 | 1,668 | 1469 | 0.1605 | |
| 13 | Washington and Lee University | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9025 | 1,916 | 1484 | 0.1354 | |
| 14 | Bowdoin College | 9500 | 89900 | 0.8945 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 15 | University of Richmond | 9700 | 88400 | 0.8904 | 3,052 | 1472 | 0.2224 | |
| 16 | Pomona College | 10400 | 90100 | 0.8848 | 1,721 | 1499 | 0.0714 | |
| 17 | Wellesley College | 10600 | 91300 | 0.8841 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 18 | Haverford College | 10800 | 97600 | 0.8894 | 1,420 | 1490 | 0.1331 | |
| 19 | Colorado College | 10900 | 98000 | 0.8887 | 1,887 | 1357 | 0.2209 | |
| 20 | Colgate University | 11000 | 95800 | 0.8848 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 21 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 22 | Eastern Washington University | 11700 | 31200 | 0.6251 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 22 | Lafayette College | 11700 | 85800 | 0.8641 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 24 | Northeastern State University | 11800 | 22900 | 0.4838 | 5,145 | 1035 | 0.9974 | |
| 25 | University of Pennsylvania | 12000 | 92900 | 0.8708 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 25 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 12000 | 29100 | 0.5881 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 27 | University of California-Merced | 12400 | 49700 | 0.7508 | 8,234 | 1070 | 0.9704 | |
| 28 | Pitzer College | 12600 | 94100 | 0.8662 | 1,193 | 1279 | 0.2685 | |
| 29 | Vassar College | 13000 | 92400 | 0.8595 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 30 | Albion College | 13100 | 75400 | 0.8268 | 1,168 | 1065 | 0.7437 | |
| 31 | University of North Alabama | 13200 | 28200 | 0.5322 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 32 | Trinity University | 13600 | 69600 | 0.805 | 2,423 | 1408 | 0.2488 | |
| 33 | Denison University | 14000 | 69300 | 0.7985 | 2,458 | 1366 | 0.1955 | |
| 34 | St Olaf College | 14100 | 75900 | 0.8143 | 3,114 | 1374 | 0.4338 | |
| 35 | Middlebury College | 14300 | 89900 | 0.841 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 36 | Western Washington University | 14600 | 31400 | 0.5355 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 37 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 38 | Union College | 14900 | 92400 | 0.8387 | 1,954 | 1399 | 0.4342 | |
| 39 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 40 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 15200 | 22400 | 0.321 | 4,056 | 1090 | 0.4151 | |
| 41 | Northeastern University | 15600 | 89900 | 0.8265 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 41 | Whitman College | 15600 | 85800 | 0.8179 | 1,468 | 1397 | 0.4016 | |
| 43 | Macalester College | 15700 | 90100 | 0.8262 | 2,068 | 1415 | 0.2813 | |
| 43 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 10,397 | 1055 | 0.7439 | |
| 45 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 46 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 47 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 48 | Occidental College | 19300 | 89200 | 0.784 | 1,822 | 1440 | 0.4485 | |
| 49 | Stetson University | 19900 | 79100 | 0.7488 | 2,414 | 1089 | 0.7167 | |
| 50 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20100 | 72100 | 0.721 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 50 | University of Rochester | 20100 | 93100 | 0.7843 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 52 | College of Coastal Georgia | 21000 | 29400 | 0.2857 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 53 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 54 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 55 | Sterling College | 22300 | 77400 | 0.7116 | 649 | 1103 | 0.8759 | |
| 56 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 57 | Cottey College | 22800 | 37300 | 0.3883 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 58 | Scripps College | 23300 | 94900 | 0.7549 | 1,103 | 1472 | 0.3988 | |
| 59 | University of Kansas | 24500 | 43000 | 0.4299 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 60 | Lake Forest College | 24700 | 76000 | 0.6746 | 1,786 | 1304 | 0.5363 | |
| 61 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4421 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25200 | 34400 | 0.2672 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 63 | Earlham College | 26300 | 75800 | 0.6528 | 670 | 1237 | 0.7904 | |
| 64 | St. Francis College | 26700 | 39400 | 0.3227 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 65 | Western Kentucky University | 26800 | 41800 | 0.3588 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 66 | Creighton University | 27600 | 68000 | 0.5944 | 4,833 | 1328 | 0.9216 | |
| 66 | Murray State University | 27600 | 32400 | 0.148 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 66 | University of North Georgia | 27600 | 38600 | 0.2853 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 69 | Agnes Scott College | 28200 | 69200 | 0.5922 | 731 | 1219 | 0.6353 | |
| 70 | Canisius University | 28400 | 54700 | 0.4811 | 1,728 | 1186 | 0.7323 | |
| 70 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28400 | 61400 | 0.5375 | 1,804 | 1159 | 0.7258 | |
| 72 | Westminster University | 28500 | 62600 | 0.545 | 868 | 1205 | 0.6513 | |
| 73 | Knox College | 28700 | 68800 | 0.5828 | 1,108 | 1274 | 0.772 | |
| 74 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 75 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30200 | 38400 | 0.2135 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 76 | University of North Florida | 30700 | 33000 | 0.0697 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 76 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 78 | The College of Wooster | 30900 | 83100 | 0.6278 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 79 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 80 | Southern Nazarene University | 32000 | 48400 | 0.3385 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 81 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 82 | Berry College | 32400 | 60900 | 0.4682 | 2,262 | 1219 | 0.7315 | |
| 83 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 84 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33200 | 75200 | 0.5587 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 85 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.577 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 86 | LeTourneau University | 38200 | 54800 | 0.3031 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 87 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39200 | 66100 | 0.4071 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 87 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.5975 | |
| 89 | Pace University | 40600 | 74800 | 0.4571 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 90 | Oglethorpe University | 41800 | 68600 | 0.3908 | 1,338 | 1205 | 0.898 | |
| 91 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42300 | 55200 | 0.2336 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 92 | Sacred Heart University | 42500 | 67500 | 0.3706 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 93 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 94 | Texas Christian University | 44100 | 87400 | 0.4957 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 95 | Georgia College & State University | 45300 | 52400 | 0.1355 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 96 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 97 | University of Delaware | 48100 | 61300 | 0.2161 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 98 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48300 | 91400 | 0.4717 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 99 | University of California-Riverside | 49500 | 66000 | 0.2501 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 100 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 101 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 102 | Woodbury University | 53900 | 69500 | 0.2244 | 725 | 1087 | 0.7143 | |
| 103 | University of California-Davis | 68200 | 69800 | 0.0229 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 104 | University of Oregon | 69000 | 71300 | 0.0321 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 105 | University of California-Berkeley | 71100 | 76100 | 0.0657 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.