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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 | Washington and Lee University | 3600 | 87100 | 0.9588 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
| 2 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 4500 | 12900 | 0.6524 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | University of Pennsylvania | 4600 | 93000 | 0.9507 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 4 | Amherst College | 5100 | 95600 | 0.9465 | 1,914 | 1514 | 0.0901 | |
| 5 | Davidson College | 5600 | 89900 | 0.9381 | 1,869 | 1454 | 0.1337 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6000 | 94100 | 0.9365 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 6 | Swarthmore College | 6000 | 88900 | 0.9325 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 8 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 9 | Trinity College | 6500 | 91500 | 0.929 | 2,237 | 1393 | 0.3352 | |
| 10 | Bates College | 6900 | 91800 | 0.9247 | 1,760 | 1438 | 0.1332 | |
| 10 | Smith College | 6900 | 92700 | 0.9251 | 2,549 | 1477 | 0.21 | |
| 12 | Wellesley College | 7000 | 90900 | 0.9233 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 13 | Middlebury College | 8000 | 89800 | 0.9108 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 14 | Hamilton College | 8700 | 88400 | 0.9017 | 2,037 | 1499 | 0.1362 | |
| 15 | Pomona College | 8800 | 88500 | 0.9005 | 1,766 | 1520 | 0.0709 | |
| 16 | Haverford College | 8900 | 97300 | 0.9086 | 1,431 | 1499 | 0.1237 | |
| 17 | Duke University | 9300 | 93500 | 0.9009 | 6,523 | 1539 | 0.0571 | |
| 17 | Grinnell College | 9300 | 91400 | 0.8984 | 1,788 | 1462 | 0.1451 | |
| 19 | St Olaf College | 9400 | 75600 | 0.8754 | 3,124 | 1378 | 0.4832 | |
| 19 | Stanford University | 9400 | 71500 | 0.868 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 21 | Vassar College | 9600 | 91500 | 0.8949 | 2,462 | 1499 | 0.1857 | |
| 22 | Colgate University | 9900 | 91600 | 0.8915 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 23 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38000 | 0.7304 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 24 | Brigham Young University | 10700 | 29000 | 0.6306 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 25 | New York University | 11500 | 91800 | 0.8745 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 26 | Lafayette College | 11800 | 85800 | 0.863 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 27 | Bowdoin College | 12100 | 89900 | 0.8656 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 28 | Northeastern State University | 12900 | 20800 | 0.3792 | 5,085 | 1035 | 0.9935 | |
| 29 | Denison University | 13000 | 69300 | 0.8123 | 2,406 | 1383 | 0.1693 | |
| 30 | University of California-Merced | 13600 | 40400 | 0.6628 | 8,372 | 1070 | 0.9152 | |
| 30 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 32500 | 0.5829 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 32 | Kansas State University | 14100 | 26100 | 0.4588 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 32 | Union College | 14100 | 91000 | 0.8451 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 34 | Trinity University | 14400 | 64800 | 0.7779 | 2,518 | 1402 | 0.2592 | |
| 35 | Pitzer College | 14600 | 89800 | 0.8369 | 1,242 | 1279 | 0.2516 | |
| 36 | University of Central Missouri | 14900 | 25400 | 0.4125 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 37 | Macalester College | 15000 | 88200 | 0.8303 | 2,144 | 1417 | 0.2852 | |
| 37 | University of California-Berkeley | 15000 | 43600 | 0.6561 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 39 | Albion College | 15100 | 72600 | 0.7919 | 1,308 | 1065 | 0.807 | |
| 39 | Carleton College | 15100 | 74500 | 0.7979 | 2,128 | 1492 | 0.2041 | |
| 41 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 35300 | 0.5703 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 42 | Northeastern University | 15300 | 89900 | 0.8302 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 43 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 44 | University of Kansas | 16900 | 34900 | 0.5163 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 45 | Scripps College | 17100 | 93800 | 0.8178 | 1,117 | 1475 | 0.3829 | |
| 46 | Occidental College | 17500 | 87400 | 0.7999 | 1,881 | 1447 | 0.4417 | |
| 47 | Barnard College | 17600 | 93200 | 0.8112 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 48 | University of Rochester | 17700 | 93100 | 0.8101 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 49 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 28100 | 0.3632 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 50 | Lee University | 19300 | 37100 | 0.4792 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 51 | Western Kentucky University | 19400 | 26800 | 0.2749 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 52 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 53 | Whitman College | 20000 | 84800 | 0.7639 | 1,561 | 1399 | 0.3815 | |
| 54 | Niagara University | 20400 | 57400 | 0.6444 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 55 | Cottey College | 21300 | 37300 | 0.429 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 56 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7025 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 57 | Lake Forest College | 21600 | 76700 | 0.718 | 1,814 | 1323 | 0.5681 | |
| 58 | Canisius University | 21700 | 53200 | 0.5917 | 1,724 | 1129 | 0.7224 | |
| 59 | Sterling College | 22000 | 53600 | 0.5894 | 670 | 1090 | 0.8916 | |
| 60 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 22100 | 36100 | 0.3876 | 4,214 | 1090 | 0.8949 | |
| 61 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 23400 | 71600 | 0.6734 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 62 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 23700 | 83600 | 0.7168 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 63 | Creighton University | 24700 | 56600 | 0.5637 | 4,647 | 1328 | 0.7975 | |
| 64 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4412 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 65 | Westminster University | 25700 | 59500 | 0.5677 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania Western University | 26200 | 35600 | 0.2643 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 67 | Earlham College | 26400 | 75800 | 0.6521 | 696 | 1233 | 0.7311 | |
| 68 | St. Francis College | 26600 | 39400 | 0.3253 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
| 68 | University of North Alabama | 26600 | 41500 | 0.3592 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 70 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 26800 | 40300 | 0.3348 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 71 | University of North Georgia | 26900 | 35500 | 0.2422 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 72 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27300 | 61400 | 0.5548 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 73 | Murray State University | 27700 | 32400 | 0.1454 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 74 | College of Coastal Georgia | 28000 | 43200 | 0.3515 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 75 | Knox College | 28400 | 61000 | 0.5347 | 1,136 | 1287 | 0.7079 | |
| 76 | Regis University | 28500 | 67200 | 0.5755 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 77 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29100 | 52900 | 0.4501 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 78 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29900 | 30000 | 0.0033 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 79 | Gannon University | 30000 | 45300 | 0.3378 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 80 | Agnes Scott College | 30600 | 69000 | 0.5567 | 843 | 1273 | 0.6215 | |
| 81 | The College of Wooster | 31000 | 83100 | 0.6268 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 82 | University of North Florida | 31400 | 37900 | 0.1715 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 83 | Southern Nazarene University | 32100 | 48400 | 0.3367 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 84 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 85 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 86 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35400 | 47300 | 0.2515 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 86 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.5761 | 3,355 | 1235 | 0.7808 | |
| 88 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38900 | 52900 | 0.2645 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 89 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 39600 | 56700 | 0.3017 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 90 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 90 | University of California-Riverside | 39700 | 66400 | 0.402 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 92 | Oglethorpe University | 41900 | 68600 | 0.3895 | 1,361 | 1216 | 0.886 | |
| 93 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3675 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 94 | Georgia College & State University | 45000 | 52400 | 0.1412 | 6,006 | 1155 | 0.8779 | |
| 95 | Montclair State University | 46200 | 46600 | 0.0086 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 96 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 97 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 98 | Sacred Heart University | 52800 | 75200 | 0.2979 | 6,960 | 1245 | 0.6768 | |
| 99 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.035 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 100 | 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.