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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 | 1932100 | 0.9982 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 3600 | 93100 | 0.9618 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 4 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 4500 | 12900 | 0.6491 | 13,532 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Amherst College | 4800 | 99300 | 0.9513 | 1,907 | 1500 | 0.0772 | |
| 6 | Trinity College | 5900 | 92800 | 0.936 | 2,112 | 1404 | 0.2953 | |
| 7 | Bowdoin College | 6600 | 96700 | 0.9316 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 8 | University of Richmond | 6700 | 92700 | 0.9273 | 3,052 | 1472 | 0.2224 | |
| 9 | Swarthmore College | 6800 | 94600 | 0.9283 | 1,631 | 1513 | 0.0752 | |
| 10 | Smith College | 6900 | 97700 | 0.9293 | 2,578 | 1466 | 0.2241 | |
| 11 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 12 | Colgate University | 8200 | 95800 | 0.9144 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 13 | Pomona College | 8500 | 89300 | 0.9047 | 1,721 | 1499 | 0.0714 | |
| 14 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 14 | Washington and Lee University | 8600 | 96300 | 0.9103 | 1,916 | 1484 | 0.1354 | |
| 16 | Middlebury College | 8700 | 94500 | 0.908 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 17 | Bates College | 8800 | 92900 | 0.9051 | 1,736 | 1412 | 0.1483 | |
| 18 | Grinnell College | 9000 | 93600 | 0.9035 | 1,668 | 1469 | 0.1605 | |
| 19 | Haverford College | 9500 | 101400 | 0.9063 | 1,420 | 1490 | 0.1331 | |
| 20 | University of California-Berkeley | 9900 | 44500 | 0.778 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 20 | Wellesley College | 9900 | 95400 | 0.8958 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 20 | Western Kentucky University | 9900 | 27500 | 0.6383 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 23 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38700 | 0.7372 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 24 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 25 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8903 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 26 | St Olaf College | 10800 | 79500 | 0.8641 | 3,114 | 1374 | 0.4338 | |
| 27 | Vassar College | 11100 | 93100 | 0.8808 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 28 | University of California-Merced | 11600 | 40700 | 0.7153 | 8,234 | 1070 | 0.9704 | |
| 29 | Lafayette College | 11700 | 91000 | 0.871 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 29 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 31 | Albion College | 12200 | 109600 | 0.8886 | 1,168 | 1065 | 0.7437 | |
| 32 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 12600 | 21300 | 0.4083 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 33 | Hamilton College | 12700 | 98000 | 0.8704 | 1,980 | 1484 | 0.1359 | |
| 33 | University of North Florida | 12700 | 22400 | 0.4336 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 35 | Northeastern State University | 12900 | 28600 | 0.5499 | 5,145 | 1035 | 0.9974 | |
| 36 | Denison University | 13000 | 69300 | 0.8116 | 2,458 | 1366 | 0.1955 | |
| 37 | Scripps College | 13300 | 93900 | 0.8584 | 1,103 | 1472 | 0.3988 | |
| 38 | Pitzer College | 13400 | 93200 | 0.856 | 1,193 | 1279 | 0.2685 | |
| 38 | Trinity University | 13400 | 67000 | 0.7996 | 2,423 | 1408 | 0.2488 | |
| 40 | Carleton College | 13500 | 74500 | 0.8182 | 1,974 | 1492 | 0.2178 | |
| 41 | University of California-Riverside | 14300 | 36500 | 0.608 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 42 | New York University | 14400 | 92100 | 0.8437 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 42 | University of North Alabama | 14400 | 37300 | 0.614 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 44 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14700 | 54400 | 0.7303 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 45 | University of California-Irvine | 14800 | 40400 | 0.6342 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 45 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 14800 | 26300 | 0.4369 | 4,056 | 1090 | 0.4151 | |
| 47 | Colorado College | 15000 | 98000 | 0.8466 | 1,887 | 1357 | 0.2209 | |
| 47 | Macalester College | 15000 | 94800 | 0.8414 | 2,068 | 1415 | 0.2813 | |
| 49 | Kansas State University | 15600 | 26400 | 0.41 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 50 | Duke University | 15800 | 98600 | 0.8396 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 51 | Niagara University | 15900 | 57400 | 0.7227 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 51 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 53 | Union College | 16500 | 93300 | 0.8231 | 1,954 | 1399 | 0.4342 | |
| 54 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 55 | Northeastern University | 17600 | 90000 | 0.8043 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 56 | Occidental College | 17700 | 88200 | 0.7997 | 1,822 | 1440 | 0.4485 | |
| 57 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19300 | 30900 | 0.3756 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 58 | Whitman College | 19500 | 84800 | 0.77 | 1,468 | 1397 | 0.4016 | |
| 59 | Cottey College | 19700 | 37300 | 0.4718 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 60 | College of Coastal Georgia | 20400 | 51600 | 0.6045 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 61 | Georgia College & State University | 21000 | 52400 | 0.5991 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 62 | Luther College | 21300 | 75400 | 0.7183 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 63 | University of Kansas | 21500 | 44400 | 0.5154 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 64 | Stetson University | 21700 | 81100 | 0.7327 | 2,414 | 1089 | 0.7167 | |
| 65 | Sterling College | 22100 | 77400 | 0.7152 | 649 | 1103 | 0.8759 | |
| 66 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 23500 | 40500 | 0.4198 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 67 | Wilson College | 24600 | 44400 | 0.4452 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 68 | Lake Forest College | 24800 | 76000 | 0.6733 | 1,786 | 1304 | 0.5363 | |
| 69 | Earlham College | 26100 | 75800 | 0.6554 | 670 | 1237 | 0.7904 | |
| 70 | St. Francis College | 26800 | 39400 | 0.3202 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 71 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27300 | 61400 | 0.5551 | 1,804 | 1159 | 0.7258 | |
| 71 | Murray State University | 27300 | 32400 | 0.1565 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 73 | Creighton University | 27800 | 67900 | 0.5903 | 4,833 | 1328 | 0.9216 | |
| 74 | Knox College | 28100 | 68800 | 0.5913 | 1,108 | 1274 | 0.772 | |
| 75 | Canisius University | 30000 | 54700 | 0.4518 | 1,728 | 1186 | 0.7323 | |
| 76 | University of Toledo | 30400 | 42000 | 0.2756 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 77 | The College of Wooster | 30800 | 83100 | 0.6299 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 77 | Woodbury University | 30800 | 66600 | 0.5376 | 725 | 1087 | 0.7143 | |
| 79 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 80 | Southern Nazarene University | 31800 | 48400 | 0.3442 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 81 | Westminster University | 31900 | 94100 | 0.6612 | 868 | 1205 | 0.6513 | |
| 82 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 83 | University of Oregon | 32900 | 40200 | 0.1826 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 84 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33200 | 75200 | 0.5587 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 85 | University of Central Missouri | 33300 | 35800 | 0.0716 | 10,397 | 1055 | 0.7439 | |
| 86 | Pace University | 33700 | 75700 | 0.5551 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 87 | Berry College | 34500 | 62400 | 0.4472 | 2,262 | 1219 | 0.7315 | |
| 88 | New York Institute of Technology | 35100 | 83600 | 0.5799 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 89 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36000 | 54000 | 0.3334 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 90 | Agnes Scott College | 36300 | 71200 | 0.49 | 731 | 1219 | 0.6353 | |
| 91 | Loyola University New Orleans | 36700 | 74600 | 0.5079 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 92 | Baldwin Wallace University | 38800 | 69800 | 0.4443 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 93 | University of Charleston | 39100 | 51200 | 0.2361 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.5975 | |
| 94 | Drexel University | 39200 | 86400 | 0.5466 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 95 | Oglethorpe University | 41500 | 68600 | 0.3948 | 1,338 | 1205 | 0.898 | |
| 96 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43200 | 68700 | 0.3719 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 97 | Texas Christian University | 44400 | 87400 | 0.4922 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 98 | LeTourneau University | 44700 | 57300 | 0.2197 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 99 | University of Delaware | 47300 | 62400 | 0.2427 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 100 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 49200 | 67600 | 0.2722 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 101 | Sacred Heart University | 49400 | 67500 | 0.2681 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 102 | University of North Georgia | 49900 | 57000 | 0.1245 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 103 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 104 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 105 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 106 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60400 | 63000 | 0.0407 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.