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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 | Stanford University | 3700 | 71300 | 0.948 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 2 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Amherst College | 5400 | 96100 | 0.9443 | 1,914 | 1514 | 0.0901 | |
| 3 | Smith College | 5400 | 96700 | 0.9446 | 2,549 | 1477 | 0.21 | |
| 5 | Davidson College | 5600 | 89900 | 0.9381 | 1,869 | 1454 | 0.1337 | |
| 5 | Pomona College | 5600 | 89000 | 0.9366 | 1,766 | 1520 | 0.0709 | |
| 7 | Swarthmore College | 5900 | 93800 | 0.9373 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 8 | Colgate University | 6200 | 95700 | 0.9348 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 9 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 10 | Trinity College | 6500 | 92800 | 0.9302 | 2,237 | 1393 | 0.3352 | |
| 11 | Bowdoin College | 6600 | 89900 | 0.9268 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 12 | University of Pennsylvania | 7100 | 92900 | 0.9238 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 13 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 28600 | 0.7176 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 14 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 15 | Grinnell College | 9300 | 91400 | 0.8984 | 1,788 | 1462 | 0.1451 | |
| 16 | Washington and Lee University | 9400 | 96000 | 0.9024 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
| 16 | Wellesley College | 9400 | 91300 | 0.8972 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 18 | Bates College | 10000 | 91900 | 0.891 | 1,760 | 1438 | 0.1332 | |
| 19 | Haverford College | 10100 | 97600 | 0.8966 | 1,431 | 1499 | 0.1237 | |
| 20 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7368 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 21 | Hamilton College | 10300 | 89000 | 0.8839 | 2,037 | 1499 | 0.1362 | |
| 22 | Vassar College | 10400 | 92600 | 0.8878 | 2,462 | 1499 | 0.1857 | |
| 23 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10600 | 36400 | 0.7094 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 24 | Lake Forest College | 10700 | 76000 | 0.8587 | 1,814 | 1323 | 0.5681 | |
| 25 | Duke University | 10900 | 93600 | 0.8838 | 6,523 | 1539 | 0.0571 | |
| 25 | Middlebury College | 10900 | 89900 | 0.879 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 27 | St Olaf College | 11400 | 75900 | 0.8498 | 3,124 | 1378 | 0.4832 | |
| 28 | Northeastern State University | 11700 | 22900 | 0.4882 | 5,085 | 1035 | 0.9935 | |
| 28 | University of California-Merced | 11700 | 39400 | 0.7035 | 8,372 | 1070 | 0.9152 | |
| 30 | Lafayette College | 11800 | 85800 | 0.8629 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 31 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 12900 | 26800 | 0.5178 | 4,214 | 1090 | 0.8949 | |
| 31 | University of North Alabama | 12900 | 30800 | 0.5804 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 33 | Denison University | 13000 | 69300 | 0.8123 | 2,406 | 1383 | 0.1693 | |
| 34 | Pitzer College | 13300 | 92500 | 0.856 | 1,242 | 1279 | 0.2516 | |
| 35 | Union College | 13600 | 92400 | 0.8527 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 36 | University of California-Riverside | 13700 | 36500 | 0.6244 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 37 | Trinity University | 14400 | 94400 | 0.8471 | 2,518 | 1402 | 0.2592 | |
| 38 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 39 | Macalester College | 14900 | 90000 | 0.8341 | 2,144 | 1417 | 0.2852 | |
| 40 | Albion College | 15000 | 93700 | 0.8399 | 1,308 | 1065 | 0.807 | |
| 41 | Carleton College | 15100 | 74500 | 0.7979 | 2,128 | 1492 | 0.2041 | |
| 41 | University of North Georgia | 15100 | 48000 | 0.6857 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 43 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 36200 | 0.581 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 44 | University of North Florida | 15400 | 33000 | 0.5337 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 45 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15700 | 42500 | 0.6307 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 46 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16100 | 45400 | 0.6448 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 47 | Scripps College | 17000 | 93900 | 0.8184 | 1,117 | 1475 | 0.3829 | |
| 48 | Occidental College | 17500 | 88100 | 0.8011 | 1,881 | 1447 | 0.4417 | |
| 49 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 50 | Lee University | 18000 | 37400 | 0.519 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 51 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19300 | 31800 | 0.3933 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 52 | Niagara University | 19700 | 57400 | 0.6565 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 53 | Georgia College & State University | 20000 | 52400 | 0.6182 | 6,006 | 1155 | 0.8779 | |
| 53 | Kansas State University | 20000 | 28800 | 0.3044 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 53 | Whitman College | 20000 | 84800 | 0.7639 | 1,561 | 1399 | 0.3815 | |
| 56 | University of Rochester | 20200 | 93100 | 0.7833 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 57 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20700 | 72100 | 0.7127 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21200 | 28200 | 0.2486 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 59 | Cottey College | 21300 | 37300 | 0.429 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 60 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7025 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 61 | New York University | 21900 | 91800 | 0.7612 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 61 | Sterling College | 21900 | 64300 | 0.6594 | 670 | 1090 | 0.8916 | |
| 63 | Regis University | 23400 | 67200 | 0.6514 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 64 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4412 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 65 | University of Kansas | 24900 | 44000 | 0.4337 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 66 | Westminster University | 25600 | 81400 | 0.6856 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 67 | St. Francis College | 26000 | 39400 | 0.3405 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
| 68 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26200 | 42100 | 0.3773 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 69 | Earlham College | 26400 | 75800 | 0.6521 | 696 | 1233 | 0.7311 | |
| 70 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27300 | 61400 | 0.5548 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 71 | Canisius University | 27400 | 64800 | 0.5776 | 1,724 | 1129 | 0.7224 | |
| 72 | Murray State University | 27700 | 32400 | 0.1454 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 73 | Creighton University | 27900 | 65300 | 0.5724 | 4,647 | 1328 | 0.7975 | |
| 74 | Knox College | 28200 | 68800 | 0.5901 | 1,136 | 1287 | 0.7079 | |
| 75 | Gannon University | 30100 | 52900 | 0.4314 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 76 | The College of Wooster | 31000 | 83100 | 0.6268 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 77 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 78 | Southern Nazarene University | 32100 | 48400 | 0.3367 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 78 | University of Central Missouri | 32100 | 34300 | 0.0643 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 80 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 81 | Pace University | 34500 | 74800 | 0.5387 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 82 | Agnes Scott College | 35000 | 69200 | 0.494 | 843 | 1273 | 0.6215 | |
| 83 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 35300 | 75200 | 0.5307 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 84 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35400 | 66700 | 0.4694 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 84 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.5761 | 3,355 | 1235 | 0.7808 | |
| 86 | Western Kentucky University | 36600 | 42300 | 0.1348 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 87 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2698 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 88 | Montclair State University | 41900 | 46200 | 0.0931 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 88 | Oglethorpe University | 41900 | 68600 | 0.3895 | 1,361 | 1216 | 0.886 | |
| 90 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42200 | 54700 | 0.2285 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 91 | Sacred Heart University | 43000 | 67500 | 0.3632 | 6,960 | 1245 | 0.6768 | |
| 92 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3675 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 93 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 61300 | 0.2309 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 94 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48500 | 92100 | 0.4736 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 95 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 96 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 97 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.035 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 98 | University of Oregon | 66700 | 68900 | 0.032 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 99 | University of California-Berkeley | 70300 | 75900 | 0.0738 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.