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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 | Pomona College | 5600 | 90000 | 0.9375 | 1,766 | 1520 | 0.0709 | |
| 2 | Smith College | 5700 | 96700 | 0.9415 | 2,549 | 1477 | 0.21 | |
| 3 | Amherst College | 6000 | 96100 | 0.938 | 1,914 | 1514 | 0.0901 | |
| 3 | Trinity College | 6000 | 92800 | 0.9356 | 2,237 | 1393 | 0.3352 | |
| 5 | Davidson College | 6200 | 89900 | 0.9313 | 1,869 | 1454 | 0.1337 | |
| 6 | Swarthmore College | 6600 | 93800 | 0.9298 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 7 | Bowdoin College | 7200 | 89900 | 0.9201 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 7 | Colgate University | 7200 | 95700 | 0.9243 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 9 | Grinnell College | 7400 | 90800 | 0.9186 | 1,788 | 1462 | 0.1451 | |
| 10 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 28600 | 0.7211 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 11 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 12 | University of Pennsylvania | 8500 | 92900 | 0.9087 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 13 | Washington and Lee University | 9400 | 96000 | 0.9024 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
| 14 | Haverford College | 10100 | 97600 | 0.8966 | 1,431 | 1499 | 0.1237 | |
| 15 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 16 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10600 | 36400 | 0.7094 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 17 | Lake Forest College | 10700 | 76000 | 0.8587 | 1,814 | 1323 | 0.5681 | |
| 17 | Wellesley College | 10700 | 91300 | 0.883 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 19 | Hamilton College | 10900 | 89000 | 0.8771 | 2,037 | 1499 | 0.1362 | |
| 20 | Bates College | 11000 | 91900 | 0.8801 | 1,760 | 1438 | 0.1332 | |
| 20 | Pitzer College | 11000 | 94100 | 0.8833 | 1,242 | 1279 | 0.2516 | |
| 22 | University of California-Merced | 11100 | 39600 | 0.7189 | 8,372 | 1070 | 0.9152 | |
| 23 | Vassar College | 11400 | 92600 | 0.877 | 2,462 | 1499 | 0.1857 | |
| 24 | Duke University | 11500 | 93600 | 0.8774 | 6,523 | 1539 | 0.0571 | |
| 24 | Middlebury College | 11500 | 89900 | 0.8724 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 26 | Lafayette College | 11800 | 85800 | 0.8629 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 26 | Northeastern State University | 11800 | 22900 | 0.4838 | 5,085 | 1035 | 0.9935 | |
| 28 | St Olaf College | 12600 | 75900 | 0.834 | 3,124 | 1378 | 0.4832 | |
| 29 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 12900 | 26800 | 0.5178 | 4,214 | 1090 | 0.8949 | |
| 30 | University of North Alabama | 13300 | 30800 | 0.5674 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 31 | Denison University | 13600 | 69300 | 0.8035 | 2,406 | 1383 | 0.1693 | |
| 32 | Carleton College | 14200 | 73700 | 0.8067 | 2,128 | 1492 | 0.2041 | |
| 33 | Union College | 14300 | 92400 | 0.8451 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 33 | University of California-Riverside | 14300 | 66000 | 0.7838 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 35 | Trinity University | 14600 | 94400 | 0.845 | 2,518 | 1402 | 0.2592 | |
| 36 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 37 | Murray State University | 15000 | 27000 | 0.4463 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 38 | Northeastern University | 15200 | 89900 | 0.8309 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 38 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 36200 | 0.5808 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 40 | Macalester College | 15300 | 90000 | 0.8296 | 2,144 | 1417 | 0.2852 | |
| 40 | University of North Georgia | 15300 | 48000 | 0.6815 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 42 | Albion College | 15600 | 93700 | 0.8335 | 1,308 | 1065 | 0.807 | |
| 43 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15700 | 42500 | 0.6307 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 44 | University of North Florida | 15900 | 33000 | 0.5186 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 45 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16500 | 45400 | 0.636 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 46 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 47 | Lee University | 18700 | 37400 | 0.5003 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 47 | Occidental College | 18700 | 89200 | 0.7907 | 1,881 | 1447 | 0.4417 | |
| 49 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19300 | 27700 | 0.3034 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 50 | Whitman College | 19500 | 85500 | 0.7719 | 1,561 | 1399 | 0.3815 | |
| 51 | Niagara University | 19700 | 57400 | 0.6565 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 52 | University of Rochester | 20200 | 93100 | 0.7833 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 53 | Georgia College & State University | 20300 | 52400 | 0.6125 | 6,006 | 1155 | 0.8779 | |
| 54 | Kansas State University | 20700 | 28800 | 0.2825 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 54 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20700 | 72100 | 0.7127 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 56 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7025 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 57 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21700 | 28200 | 0.2309 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 58 | New York University | 21900 | 91800 | 0.7612 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 59 | Cottey College | 22000 | 37300 | 0.4112 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 60 | Sterling College | 22300 | 64300 | 0.6532 | 670 | 1090 | 0.8916 | |
| 61 | University of Central Missouri | 23200 | 34300 | 0.3244 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 62 | Regis University | 23600 | 67200 | 0.6484 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 63 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4412 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 64 | University of Kansas | 25400 | 44000 | 0.4224 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 65 | Westminster University | 26100 | 81400 | 0.6794 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 66 | St. Francis College | 26300 | 39400 | 0.3329 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
| 67 | Earlham College | 26400 | 75800 | 0.6521 | 696 | 1233 | 0.7311 | |
| 68 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26600 | 42100 | 0.3678 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 69 | Iowa State University | 26700 | 43300 | 0.3842 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 70 | Canisius University | 27800 | 64800 | 0.5714 | 1,724 | 1129 | 0.7224 | |
| 71 | Creighton University | 28000 | 65300 | 0.5709 | 4,647 | 1328 | 0.7975 | |
| 71 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28000 | 61400 | 0.5436 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 73 | Knox College | 28800 | 68800 | 0.5814 | 1,136 | 1287 | 0.7079 | |
| 73 | University of Utah | 28800 | 32000 | 0.1002 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 75 | University of Iowa | 28900 | 31100 | 0.0709 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 76 | Montclair State University | 29700 | 36300 | 0.1819 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 77 | Gannon University | 30600 | 52900 | 0.4219 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 78 | The College of Wooster | 30800 | 82600 | 0.627 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 79 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 80 | Southern Nazarene University | 32100 | 48400 | 0.3367 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 81 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 82 | Scripps College | 34200 | 94900 | 0.6399 | 1,117 | 1475 | 0.3829 | |
| 83 | Pace University | 34600 | 74800 | 0.5373 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 84 | Agnes Scott College | 35200 | 69200 | 0.4911 | 843 | 1273 | 0.6215 | |
| 84 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 35200 | 75200 | 0.532 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 86 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.5761 | 3,355 | 1235 | 0.7808 | |
| 87 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35900 | 66700 | 0.4619 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 88 | Western Kentucky University | 36600 | 42300 | 0.1348 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 89 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38800 | 53400 | 0.2735 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 90 | Oglethorpe University | 41900 | 68600 | 0.3895 | 1,361 | 1216 | 0.886 | |
| 91 | Sacred Heart University | 42800 | 67500 | 0.3662 | 6,960 | 1245 | 0.6768 | |
| 91 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42800 | 54700 | 0.2175 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 93 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3675 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 94 | University of Delaware | 47700 | 61300 | 0.2224 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 95 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48500 | 92100 | 0.4736 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 96 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 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 | 70700 | 75900 | 0.0685 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.