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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 Iowa.
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 Iowa.
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 | 1,869 | 1454 | 0.1337 | |
| 2 | Amherst College | 5900 | 96200 | 0.9392 | 1,914 | 1514 | 0.0901 | |
| 3 | Smith College | 6000 | 96800 | 0.9385 | 2,549 | 1477 | 0.21 | |
| 4 | Bates College | 6400 | 92900 | 0.9309 | 1,760 | 1469 | 0.1332 | |
| 5 | Swarthmore College | 6500 | 93800 | 0.9309 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 6 | Trinity College | 6700 | 92800 | 0.9281 | 2,204 | 1393 | 0.2925 | |
| 7 | Grinnell College | 7300 | 90800 | 0.9197 | 1,788 | 1462 | 0.1451 | |
| 8 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 9 | Bowdoin College | 8100 | 89900 | 0.9101 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 10 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 11 | University of Pennsylvania | 9400 | 92900 | 0.8988 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 11 | Washington and Lee University | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9025 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
| 13 | University of Richmond | 9500 | 88400 | 0.8926 | 3,055 | 1484 | 0.222 | |
| 14 | Pomona College | 9700 | 90100 | 0.8925 | 1,700 | 1520 | 0.0709 | |
| 15 | Wellesley College | 9800 | 91300 | 0.8928 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 16 | Haverford College | 10000 | 97600 | 0.8976 | 1,431 | 1499 | 0.1237 | |
| 17 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 18 | Colgate University | 10700 | 95800 | 0.888 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 19 | Pitzer College | 11100 | 94100 | 0.8822 | 1,242 | 1279 | 0.2516 | |
| 20 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 21 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 85800 | 0.8618 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 22 | Vassar College | 12300 | 92400 | 0.8671 | 2,462 | 1499 | 0.1857 | |
| 23 | Hamilton College | 12700 | 89100 | 0.8577 | 2,031 | 1499 | 0.1362 | |
| 23 | University of North Florida | 12700 | 22400 | 0.4336 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 25 | Albion College | 12800 | 75400 | 0.8307 | 1,308 | 1065 | 0.807 | |
| 26 | University of North Alabama | 13100 | 28200 | 0.5358 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 27 | University of Michigan-Flint | 13200 | 46300 | 0.7147 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 27 | Western Kentucky University | 13200 | 27000 | 0.5126 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 29 | Denison University | 13600 | 69300 | 0.8037 | 2,394 | 1412 | 0.1739 | |
| 29 | St Olaf College | 13600 | 75900 | 0.8208 | 3,124 | 1378 | 0.4832 | |
| 29 | Trinity University | 13600 | 69600 | 0.805 | 2,518 | 1423 | 0.2592 | |
| 32 | Middlebury College | 14000 | 89900 | 0.8443 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 33 | Northeastern State University | 14100 | 20800 | 0.3216 | 5,111 | 1055 | 0.9959 | |
| 33 | University of California-Merced | 14100 | 41900 | 0.6636 | 8,372 | 1070 | 0.9053 | |
| 35 | Union College | 14400 | 92400 | 0.8441 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 36 | Duke University | 14500 | 93600 | 0.8453 | 6,523 | 1527 | 0.0571 | |
| 37 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 38 | Carleton College | 14900 | 73700 | 0.7976 | 2,128 | 1490 | 0.2041 | |
| 39 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 15100 | 22400 | 0.3254 | 4,213 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 40 | Northeastern University | 15200 | 89900 | 0.8309 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 41 | Macalester College | 15400 | 90100 | 0.8295 | 2,138 | 1425 | 0.2852 | |
| 42 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3949 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 43 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,487 | 1499 | 0.0884 | |
| 44 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,006 | 1165 | 0.7823 | |
| 45 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 46 | Occidental College | 18700 | 89200 | 0.7907 | 1,881 | 1447 | 0.4417 | |
| 47 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19300 | 28200 | 0.3154 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 48 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19800 | 29000 | 0.3177 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 49 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1732 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 49 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20000 | 72100 | 0.7224 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 51 | University of Rochester | 20200 | 93100 | 0.7833 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 51 | Whitman College | 20200 | 85500 | 0.7641 | 1,561 | 1399 | 0.3815 | |
| 53 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20300 | 32300 | 0.3713 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 54 | College of Coastal Georgia | 20900 | 29400 | 0.2891 | 3,468 | 1005 | 0.9813 | |
| 54 | Stetson University | 20900 | 79100 | 0.7361 | 2,349 | 1179 | 0.716 | |
| 56 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7019 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.7154 | |
| 57 | Niagara University | 21900 | 57400 | 0.6182 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 58 | Sterling College | 22100 | 53900 | 0.5895 | 670 | 1070 | 0.4817 | |
| 59 | Cottey College | 22500 | 37300 | 0.3982 | 254 | 991 | 0.6918 | |
| 60 | New York University | 22600 | 91800 | 0.7535 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 61 | Scripps College | 23400 | 94900 | 0.7538 | 1,117 | 1475 | 0.3829 | |
| 62 | Lake Forest College | 23600 | 76000 | 0.6891 | 1,814 | 1323 | 0.5681 | |
| 63 | University of Kansas | 24300 | 43000 | 0.4359 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 64 | University of Central Missouri | 24400 | 35800 | 0.3185 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 65 | Wilson College | 24900 | 44400 | 0.4406 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 66 | Earlham College | 26400 | 75800 | 0.6516 | 696 | 1233 | 0.7311 | |
| 67 | University of North Georgia | 27500 | 38600 | 0.2879 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 68 | Murray State University | 27700 | 32400 | 0.1437 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 68 | St. Francis College | 27700 | 39400 | 0.2973 | 1,719 | 1119 | 0.8427 | |
| 70 | Canisius University | 27800 | 54700 | 0.492 | 1,724 | 1186 | 0.7236 | |
| 71 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28000 | 61400 | 0.5439 | 1,830 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 72 | Agnes Scott College | 28100 | 69200 | 0.5937 | 843 | 1269 | 0.6215 | |
| 73 | Westminster University | 28400 | 62600 | 0.5466 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 74 | Knox College | 28500 | 68800 | 0.5857 | 1,136 | 1281 | 0.7079 | |
| 75 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0984 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 76 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0691 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 77 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 78 | Creighton University | 29200 | 68000 | 0.5709 | 4,377 | 1328 | 0.7975 | |
| 79 | Regis University | 29400 | 67200 | 0.5621 | 2,689 | 1222 | 0.8646 | |
| 80 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0966 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 81 | The College of Wooster | 30900 | 82600 | 0.6263 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 82 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 83 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 84 | Berry College | 32600 | 60900 | 0.465 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 85 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 86 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34100 | 75200 | 0.5467 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 87 | Sacred Heart University | 34500 | 67500 | 0.4892 | 7,204 | 950 | 0.6536 | |
| 88 | New York Institute of Technology | 35500 | 83600 | 0.5755 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 89 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35700 | 66100 | 0.4601 | 2,862 | 1203 | 0.757 | |
| 90 | Southern Nazarene University | 38200 | 48400 | 0.2117 | 1,456 | 0 | 0 | |
| 91 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.6152 | |
| 92 | Pace University | 40800 | 74800 | 0.4544 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 93 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41700 | 55200 | 0.2445 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 94 | Oglethorpe University | 41900 | 68600 | 0.3887 | 1,396 | 1216 | 0.8845 | |
| 95 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43600 | 68700 | 0.3659 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 96 | Woodbury University | 45200 | 69500 | 0.3495 | 786 | 1087 | 0.8165 | |
| 97 | University of Delaware | 48500 | 61300 | 0.2089 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 98 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48600 | 91400 | 0.4684 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 99 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 100 | University of California-Riverside | 49300 | 66000 | 0.2532 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 101 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 102 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61000 | 63200 | 0.0348 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 103 | University of Oregon | 64100 | 71300 | 0.1003 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 104 | University of California-Berkeley | 70900 | 76100 | 0.0684 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 105 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75600 | 0.0476 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.