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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 | 1,860 | 1463 | 0.1262 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 4800 | 93100 | 0.9489 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 3 | Amherst College | 5800 | 99300 | 0.9412 | 1,907 | 1500 | 0.0772 | |
| 4 | Bowdoin College | 6600 | 96700 | 0.9316 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 4 | Trinity College | 6600 | 92800 | 0.9285 | 2,112 | 1404 | 0.2953 | |
| 6 | University of Richmond | 6800 | 92700 | 0.9262 | 3,052 | 1472 | 0.2224 | |
| 7 | Pomona College | 6900 | 93700 | 0.9264 | 1,721 | 1499 | 0.0714 | |
| 7 | Smith College | 6900 | 97700 | 0.9293 | 2,578 | 1466 | 0.2241 | |
| 9 | Grinnell College | 7300 | 91000 | 0.9193 | 1,668 | 1469 | 0.1605 | |
| 9 | Swarthmore College | 7300 | 94600 | 0.923 | 1,631 | 1513 | 0.0752 | |
| 11 | Lafayette College | 7800 | 91000 | 0.9138 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 12 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 13 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 14 | Middlebury College | 8700 | 94500 | 0.908 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 15 | Bates College | 8900 | 92900 | 0.9041 | 1,736 | 1412 | 0.1483 | |
| 16 | Washington and Lee University | 9400 | 96300 | 0.902 | 1,916 | 1484 | 0.1354 | |
| 17 | Colgate University | 9500 | 95800 | 0.9008 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 17 | Haverford College | 9500 | 101400 | 0.9063 | 1,420 | 1490 | 0.1331 | |
| 19 | University of California-Merced | 10200 | 40600 | 0.7491 | 8,234 | 1070 | 0.9704 | |
| 20 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 20 | Wellesley College | 10500 | 95400 | 0.8895 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 22 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8903 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 23 | St Olaf College | 10800 | 79500 | 0.8641 | 3,114 | 1374 | 0.4338 | |
| 24 | Pitzer College | 12100 | 94400 | 0.8721 | 1,193 | 1279 | 0.2685 | |
| 25 | Vassar College | 12300 | 93100 | 0.8679 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 26 | Albion College | 12700 | 109600 | 0.884 | 1,168 | 1065 | 0.7437 | |
| 27 | Hamilton College | 12900 | 98000 | 0.8684 | 1,980 | 1484 | 0.1359 | |
| 28 | University of North Florida | 13300 | 30500 | 0.5638 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 35000 | 0.6196 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 30 | University of Delaware | 13400 | 34500 | 0.6119 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 31 | Northeastern State University | 13500 | 28600 | 0.5288 | 5,145 | 1035 | 0.9974 | |
| 31 | Trinity University | 13500 | 67000 | 0.7982 | 2,423 | 1408 | 0.2488 | |
| 33 | Denison University | 13700 | 69300 | 0.8029 | 2,458 | 1366 | 0.1955 | |
| 33 | University of North Alabama | 13700 | 28200 | 0.5145 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 35 | Carleton College | 14200 | 73700 | 0.8068 | 1,974 | 1492 | 0.2178 | |
| 36 | Murray State University | 14600 | 27000 | 0.4597 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 37 | University of California-Riverside | 14800 | 66000 | 0.7762 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 38 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14900 | 57100 | 0.7386 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 39 | Stanford University | 15000 | 1932000 | 0.9923 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 40 | Macalester College | 15400 | 94800 | 0.8372 | 2,068 | 1415 | 0.2813 | |
| 41 | Colorado College | 15700 | 98000 | 0.8397 | 1,887 | 1357 | 0.2209 | |
| 42 | Duke University | 15800 | 98600 | 0.8396 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 43 | Niagara University | 15900 | 57400 | 0.7227 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 44 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 16200 | 33900 | 0.5219 | 4,056 | 1090 | 0.4151 | |
| 45 | Union College | 16500 | 93300 | 0.8231 | 1,954 | 1399 | 0.4342 | |
| 46 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 47 | Northeastern University | 18000 | 90000 | 0.7999 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 48 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 49 | Occidental College | 18700 | 96300 | 0.8055 | 1,822 | 1440 | 0.4485 | |
| 50 | Whitman College | 20200 | 85500 | 0.7641 | 1,468 | 1397 | 0.4016 | |
| 51 | Cottey College | 20400 | 37300 | 0.4523 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 52 | Iowa State University | 21100 | 25700 | 0.1794 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 53 | College of Coastal Georgia | 21300 | 51600 | 0.587 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 53 | Luther College | 21300 | 75400 | 0.7183 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 55 | Stetson University | 21700 | 81100 | 0.7327 | 2,414 | 1089 | 0.7167 | |
| 56 | University of Kansas | 22000 | 44400 | 0.5042 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 57 | Sterling College | 22200 | 77400 | 0.7139 | 649 | 1103 | 0.8759 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23000 | 34400 | 0.3311 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 59 | University of Central Missouri | 24000 | 35800 | 0.3301 | 10,397 | 1055 | 0.7439 | |
| 60 | Wilson College | 24600 | 44400 | 0.4452 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 61 | Lake Forest College | 24800 | 76000 | 0.6733 | 1,786 | 1304 | 0.5363 | |
| 62 | Earlham College | 26100 | 75800 | 0.6554 | 670 | 1237 | 0.7904 | |
| 63 | St. Francis College | 26900 | 39400 | 0.3177 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 64 | Creighton University | 27700 | 67900 | 0.5918 | 4,833 | 1328 | 0.9216 | |
| 65 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28000 | 61400 | 0.544 | 1,804 | 1159 | 0.7258 | |
| 66 | Knox College | 28200 | 68800 | 0.5901 | 1,108 | 1274 | 0.772 | |
| 67 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 68 | University of Iowa | 29500 | 32100 | 0.0799 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 69 | Canisius University | 30000 | 54700 | 0.4518 | 1,728 | 1186 | 0.7323 | |
| 70 | Scripps College | 30100 | 97800 | 0.6921 | 1,103 | 1472 | 0.3988 | |
| 71 | University of Toledo | 30400 | 42000 | 0.2756 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 72 | The College of Wooster | 30600 | 82600 | 0.6301 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 73 | Western Kentucky University | 31000 | 42800 | 0.276 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 74 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 75 | Southern Nazarene University | 31800 | 48400 | 0.3442 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 75 | Westminster University | 31800 | 94100 | 0.6623 | 868 | 1205 | 0.6513 | |
| 77 | University of Oregon | 32900 | 40200 | 0.1826 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 78 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33600 | 75200 | 0.5533 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 79 | Pace University | 33900 | 75700 | 0.5525 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 80 | Berry College | 34400 | 62400 | 0.4488 | 2,262 | 1219 | 0.7315 | |
| 81 | University of Nevada-Reno | 34700 | 45800 | 0.2425 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 82 | New York Institute of Technology | 35100 | 83600 | 0.5799 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 83 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35900 | 54000 | 0.3352 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 84 | Agnes Scott College | 36300 | 71200 | 0.49 | 731 | 1219 | 0.6353 | |
| 85 | Loyola University New Orleans | 37000 | 74600 | 0.5039 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 86 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39100 | 69800 | 0.44 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 87 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.5975 | |
| 88 | Drexel University | 39800 | 86400 | 0.5397 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 89 | Oglethorpe University | 41500 | 68600 | 0.3948 | 1,338 | 1205 | 0.898 | |
| 90 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41700 | 55300 | 0.2461 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 91 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43200 | 68700 | 0.3719 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 92 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0921 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 93 | Texas Christian University | 44200 | 87400 | 0.4945 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 94 | LeTourneau University | 44500 | 57300 | 0.2232 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 95 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 49400 | 67600 | 0.2693 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 96 | Sacred Heart University | 49800 | 67500 | 0.2622 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 97 | University of North Georgia | 50100 | 57000 | 0.121 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 98 | Woodbury University | 50700 | 69500 | 0.2704 | 725 | 1087 | 0.7143 | |
| 99 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 100 | University of California-Berkeley | 51900 | 76600 | 0.3224 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 101 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 102 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 103 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60400 | 63000 | 0.0407 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 104 | University of California-Davis | 68000 | 69900 | 0.0272 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 105 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75000 | 0.04 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.