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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 Illinois.
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 Illinois.
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 | Trinity College | 3900 | 92800 | 0.9575 | 2,112 | 1404 | 0.2953 | |
| 3 | University of Pennsylvania | 4600 | 93100 | 0.951 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 4 | Amherst College | 5600 | 99300 | 0.9433 | 1,907 | 1500 | 0.0772 | |
| 5 | Bowdoin College | 6600 | 96700 | 0.9316 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 6 | University of Richmond | 6700 | 92700 | 0.9273 | 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 | |
| 7 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 6900 | 41500 | 0.8347 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 10 | Swarthmore College | 7200 | 94600 | 0.9241 | 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 | Grinnell College | 9000 | 93600 | 0.9035 | 1,668 | 1469 | 0.1605 | |
| 17 | Colgate University | 9200 | 95800 | 0.9039 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 17 | Washington and Lee University | 9200 | 96300 | 0.9041 | 1,916 | 1484 | 0.1354 | |
| 19 | Haverford College | 9500 | 101400 | 0.9063 | 1,420 | 1490 | 0.1331 | |
| 20 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 10100 | 41500 | 0.7567 | 8,945 | 1099 | 0.975 | |
| 21 | University of California-Merced | 10200 | 40600 | 0.7491 | 8,234 | 1070 | 0.9704 | |
| 22 | Western Kentucky University | 10300 | 27500 | 0.6258 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 23 | University of California-Berkeley | 10400 | 44400 | 0.766 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 23 | Wellesley College | 10400 | 95400 | 0.8905 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 25 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 26 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8903 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 27 | Carleton College | 10800 | 74000 | 0.8536 | 1,974 | 1492 | 0.2178 | |
| 27 | St Olaf College | 10800 | 79500 | 0.8641 | 3,114 | 1374 | 0.4338 | |
| 29 | Pitzer College | 12000 | 94400 | 0.8731 | 1,193 | 1279 | 0.2685 | |
| 29 | Vassar College | 12000 | 93100 | 0.8712 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 31 | University of Illinois Chicago | 12200 | 30200 | 0.5969 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 32 | Albion College | 12600 | 109600 | 0.8849 | 1,168 | 1065 | 0.7437 | |
| 33 | Colorado College | 12800 | 98000 | 0.869 | 1,887 | 1357 | 0.2209 | |
| 33 | Hamilton College | 12800 | 98000 | 0.8694 | 1,980 | 1484 | 0.1359 | |
| 35 | University of North Florida | 13200 | 30500 | 0.5671 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 35 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13200 | 27400 | 0.519 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 37 | Northern Illinois University | 13300 | 32100 | 0.5856 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 38 | Denison University | 13500 | 69300 | 0.8051 | 2,458 | 1366 | 0.1955 | |
| 38 | Trinity University | 13500 | 67000 | 0.7982 | 2,423 | 1408 | 0.2488 | |
| 38 | University of California-Riverside | 13500 | 36500 | 0.6297 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 41 | University of North Alabama | 13700 | 28200 | 0.5145 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 42 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14800 | 57100 | 0.7404 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 43 | Stanford University | 14900 | 1932000 | 0.9923 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 44 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 15000 | 26300 | 0.4293 | 4,056 | 1090 | 0.4151 | |
| 45 | Macalester College | 15300 | 94800 | 0.8382 | 2,068 | 1415 | 0.2813 | |
| 46 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 15600 | 74500 | 0.7908 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 47 | Duke University | 15800 | 98600 | 0.8396 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 48 | Niagara University | 15900 | 57400 | 0.7227 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 49 | Northeastern State University | 16200 | 28600 | 0.4343 | 5,145 | 1035 | 0.9974 | |
| 50 | Union College | 16500 | 93300 | 0.8231 | 1,954 | 1399 | 0.4342 | |
| 51 | Whitman College | 17400 | 85500 | 0.796 | 1,468 | 1397 | 0.4016 | |
| 52 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 53 | Northeastern University | 17900 | 90000 | 0.801 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 54 | Occidental College | 18400 | 96300 | 0.8086 | 1,822 | 1440 | 0.4485 | |
| 55 | Cottey College | 20300 | 37300 | 0.4571 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 56 | College of Coastal Georgia | 21200 | 51600 | 0.589 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 56 | Georgia College & State University | 21200 | 52400 | 0.5953 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 58 | Luther College | 21300 | 75400 | 0.7183 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 59 | Stetson University | 21700 | 81100 | 0.7327 | 2,414 | 1089 | 0.7167 | |
| 60 | University of Kansas | 21900 | 37600 | 0.4188 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 61 | Sterling College | 22200 | 77400 | 0.7139 | 649 | 1103 | 0.8759 | |
| 62 | Murray State University | 22500 | 27600 | 0.1838 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 63 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22900 | 34400 | 0.334 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 64 | University of Central Missouri | 24000 | 35800 | 0.3301 | 10,397 | 1055 | 0.7439 | |
| 65 | Wilson College | 24600 | 44400 | 0.4452 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 66 | Lake Forest College | 24800 | 75400 | 0.6716 | 1,786 | 1304 | 0.5363 | |
| 67 | Earlham College | 26100 | 75800 | 0.6554 | 670 | 1237 | 0.7904 | |
| 68 | St. Francis College | 26900 | 39400 | 0.3177 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 69 | Creighton University | 27700 | 67900 | 0.5918 | 4,833 | 1328 | 0.9216 | |
| 70 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27800 | 61400 | 0.5468 | 1,804 | 1159 | 0.7258 | |
| 71 | Knox College | 28200 | 68900 | 0.5904 | 1,108 | 1274 | 0.772 | |
| 72 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 72 | University of Toledo | 29000 | 32600 | 0.1093 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 74 | Canisius University | 30000 | 54700 | 0.4518 | 1,728 | 1186 | 0.7323 | |
| 75 | Scripps College | 30100 | 97800 | 0.6921 | 1,103 | 1472 | 0.3988 | |
| 76 | The College of Wooster | 30600 | 82400 | 0.6292 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 77 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 78 | Southern Nazarene University | 31800 | 48400 | 0.3442 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 78 | Westminster University | 31800 | 94100 | 0.6623 | 868 | 1205 | 0.6513 | |
| 80 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 81 | Pace University | 33800 | 75700 | 0.5538 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 82 | Berry College | 34400 | 62400 | 0.4488 | 2,262 | 1219 | 0.7315 | |
| 83 | University of Nevada-Reno | 34700 | 45800 | 0.2425 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 84 | New York Institute of Technology | 35100 | 83600 | 0.5799 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 85 | Agnes Scott College | 36300 | 71200 | 0.49 | 731 | 1219 | 0.6353 | |
| 86 | Loyola University New Orleans | 36900 | 74600 | 0.5052 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 87 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39000 | 69800 | 0.4415 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 88 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.5975 | |
| 89 | Drexel University | 39700 | 86400 | 0.5408 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 90 | Kansas State University | 40900 | 41900 | 0.0239 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 91 | Oglethorpe University | 41500 | 68600 | 0.3948 | 1,338 | 1205 | 0.898 | |
| 91 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41500 | 55300 | 0.2497 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 93 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43200 | 68700 | 0.3719 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 94 | Texas Christian University | 44300 | 87400 | 0.4934 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 95 | LeTourneau University | 44600 | 57300 | 0.2215 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 96 | University of Delaware | 47700 | 62400 | 0.2365 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 97 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 49300 | 67600 | 0.2708 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 98 | Sacred Heart University | 49700 | 67500 | 0.2637 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 99 | University of North Georgia | 50100 | 57000 | 0.121 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 100 | Woodbury University | 50700 | 69500 | 0.2704 | 725 | 1087 | 0.7143 | |
| 101 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 102 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 103 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60400 | 63000 | 0.0407 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 104 | University of California-Davis | 68100 | 69900 | 0.0258 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 105 | University of Oregon | 68700 | 71300 | 0.036 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 106 | 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.