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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 Massachusetts.
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 Massachusetts.
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 | 3100 | 92800 | 0.9662 | 2,112 | 1404 | 0.2953 | |
| 3 | University of Pennsylvania | 4200 | 93100 | 0.9553 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 4 | Smith College | 4900 | 93500 | 0.9474 | 2,578 | 1466 | 0.2241 | |
| 5 | Amherst College | 5100 | 95400 | 0.9465 | 1,907 | 1500 | 0.0772 | |
| 6 | Northeastern University | 6400 | 89100 | 0.9286 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 7 | Bowdoin College | 6600 | 96700 | 0.9316 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6600 | 98000 | 0.9329 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 9 | University of Richmond | 6700 | 92700 | 0.9273 | 3,052 | 1472 | 0.2224 | |
| 10 | Pomona College | 6900 | 93700 | 0.9264 | 1,721 | 1499 | 0.0714 | |
| 11 | Swarthmore College | 7100 | 94600 | 0.9251 | 1,631 | 1513 | 0.0752 | |
| 12 | Lafayette College | 7800 | 91000 | 0.9138 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 13 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 14 | Middlebury College | 8700 | 94500 | 0.908 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 15 | Colgate University | 8800 | 95800 | 0.9081 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 16 | Bates College | 8900 | 92900 | 0.9041 | 1,736 | 1412 | 0.1483 | |
| 17 | Grinnell College | 9000 | 93600 | 0.9035 | 1,668 | 1469 | 0.1605 | |
| 17 | Washington and Lee University | 9000 | 96300 | 0.9062 | 1,916 | 1484 | 0.1354 | |
| 19 | Haverford College | 9500 | 101400 | 0.9063 | 1,420 | 1490 | 0.1331 | |
| 20 | Carleton College | 9900 | 74400 | 0.8664 | 1,974 | 1492 | 0.2178 | |
| 21 | University of California-Merced | 10200 | 40600 | 0.7491 | 8,234 | 1070 | 0.9704 | |
| 21 | Western Kentucky University | 10200 | 27500 | 0.6299 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 23 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 24 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8903 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 25 | St Olaf College | 10800 | 79500 | 0.8641 | 3,114 | 1374 | 0.4338 | |
| 26 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 33800 | 0.6718 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 27 | Wellesley College | 11300 | 90400 | 0.8754 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 28 | Vassar College | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8744 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 29 | Pitzer College | 11900 | 94400 | 0.8742 | 1,193 | 1279 | 0.2685 | |
| 30 | Colorado College | 12000 | 98000 | 0.8772 | 1,887 | 1357 | 0.2209 | |
| 31 | Albion College | 12400 | 109600 | 0.8868 | 1,168 | 1065 | 0.7437 | |
| 32 | Hamilton College | 12800 | 98000 | 0.8694 | 1,980 | 1484 | 0.1359 | |
| 33 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13000 | 21300 | 0.3895 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 34 | University of North Florida | 13100 | 30500 | 0.5703 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 35 | Northeastern State University | 13200 | 28600 | 0.5393 | 5,145 | 1035 | 0.9974 | |
| 36 | Denison University | 13400 | 69300 | 0.8073 | 2,458 | 1366 | 0.1955 | |
| 37 | Trinity University | 13500 | 67000 | 0.7982 | 2,423 | 1408 | 0.2488 | |
| 38 | University of North Alabama | 13600 | 28200 | 0.518 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 39 | Murray State University | 14600 | 27000 | 0.4597 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 39 | University of California-Riverside | 14600 | 66000 | 0.7792 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 41 | Stanford University | 14700 | 1932000 | 0.9924 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 42 | University of California-Irvine | 14800 | 40400 | 0.6341 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 43 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14900 | 54400 | 0.7266 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 44 | Macalester College | 15200 | 94800 | 0.8393 | 2,068 | 1415 | 0.2813 | |
| 45 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 10,397 | 1055 | 0.7439 | |
| 46 | Duke University | 15800 | 98600 | 0.8396 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 46 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26400 | 0.4005 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 48 | Niagara University | 15900 | 57400 | 0.7227 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 49 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 16200 | 33900 | 0.5219 | 4,056 | 1090 | 0.4151 | |
| 50 | Union College | 16500 | 93300 | 0.8231 | 1,954 | 1399 | 0.4342 | |
| 51 | Whitman College | 16700 | 85800 | 0.8054 | 1,468 | 1397 | 0.4016 | |
| 52 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 17300 | 89500 | 0.8064 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8379 | |
| 53 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 54 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 47900 | 0.6257 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 55 | Occidental College | 18100 | 96300 | 0.8117 | 1,822 | 1440 | 0.4485 | |
| 56 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 57 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19500 | 30900 | 0.3691 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 58 | Cottey College | 20100 | 37300 | 0.462 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 59 | College of Coastal Georgia | 21100 | 51600 | 0.5909 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 60 | Georgia College & State University | 21200 | 52400 | 0.5953 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 61 | Luther College | 21300 | 75400 | 0.7183 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 62 | Stetson University | 21700 | 81100 | 0.7327 | 2,414 | 1089 | 0.7167 | |
| 62 | University of Kansas | 21700 | 44400 | 0.5109 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 64 | Sterling College | 22200 | 77400 | 0.7139 | 649 | 1103 | 0.8759 | |
| 65 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24000 | 40500 | 0.4075 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 66 | Wilson College | 24600 | 44400 | 0.4452 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 67 | Lake Forest College | 24800 | 76000 | 0.6733 | 1,786 | 1304 | 0.5363 | |
| 68 | Earlham College | 26100 | 75800 | 0.6554 | 670 | 1237 | 0.7904 | |
| 69 | St. Francis College | 26900 | 39400 | 0.3177 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 70 | Creighton University | 27700 | 67900 | 0.5918 | 4,833 | 1328 | 0.9216 | |
| 70 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27700 | 61400 | 0.5496 | 1,804 | 1159 | 0.7258 | |
| 72 | Knox College | 28100 | 68800 | 0.5915 | 1,108 | 1274 | 0.772 | |
| 73 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 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 | University of Toledo | 30400 | 42000 | 0.2756 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 77 | The College of Wooster | 30600 | 82600 | 0.6301 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 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 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33400 | 75200 | 0.556 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 82 | Pace University | 33800 | 75700 | 0.5538 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 83 | Berry College | 34400 | 62400 | 0.4488 | 2,262 | 1219 | 0.7315 | |
| 84 | University of Nevada-Reno | 34700 | 45800 | 0.2425 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 85 | New York Institute of Technology | 35100 | 83600 | 0.5799 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 86 | Agnes Scott College | 36300 | 71200 | 0.49 | 731 | 1219 | 0.6353 | |
| 87 | Loyola University New Orleans | 36800 | 74600 | 0.5065 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 88 | Baldwin Wallace University | 38900 | 69800 | 0.4429 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 89 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.5975 | |
| 90 | Drexel University | 39500 | 86400 | 0.5431 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 91 | Oglethorpe University | 41500 | 68600 | 0.3948 | 1,338 | 1205 | 0.898 | |
| 92 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43200 | 68700 | 0.3719 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 93 | Texas Christian University | 44300 | 87400 | 0.4934 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 94 | LeTourneau University | 44600 | 57300 | 0.2215 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 95 | University of Delaware | 47500 | 62400 | 0.2385 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 96 | Sacred Heart University | 49600 | 67500 | 0.2652 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 97 | University of North Georgia | 50000 | 57000 | 0.1228 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 98 | Woodbury University | 50600 | 69500 | 0.2719 | 725 | 1087 | 0.7143 | |
| 99 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 100 | University of California-Berkeley | 51600 | 76600 | 0.3263 | 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 | University of California-Davis | 68200 | 69900 | 0.0243 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 104 | University of Oregon | 68700 | 71300 | 0.036 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.