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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 | 4100 | 93100 | 0.9564 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 4 | Smith College | 4900 | 118700 | 0.9586 | 2,578 | 1466 | 0.2241 | |
| 5 | Amherst College | 5000 | 123200 | 0.9591 | 1,907 | 1500 | 0.0772 | |
| 6 | Northeastern University | 6400 | 89100 | 0.9286 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 7 | Bowdoin College | 6900 | 94700 | 0.9271 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6900 | 96500 | 0.929 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | Pomona College | 6900 | 93700 | 0.9264 | 1,721 | 1499 | 0.0714 | |
| 10 | Swarthmore College | 7100 | 117900 | 0.9402 | 1,631 | 1513 | 0.0752 | |
| 11 | Lafayette College | 7700 | 112400 | 0.9316 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 12 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 13 | Colgate University | 8800 | 95800 | 0.9081 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 13 | Haverford College | 8800 | 125000 | 0.9297 | 1,420 | 1490 | 0.1331 | |
| 15 | Bates College | 9000 | 92900 | 0.903 | 1,736 | 1412 | 0.1483 | |
| 16 | Grinnell College | 9200 | 93600 | 0.9014 | 1,668 | 1469 | 0.1605 | |
| 17 | Washington and Lee University | 9900 | 95500 | 0.8963 | 1,916 | 1484 | 0.1354 | |
| 18 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 49800 | 0.7964 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 19 | Carleton College | 10200 | 74400 | 0.8626 | 1,974 | 1492 | 0.2178 | |
| 20 | University of California-Merced | 10400 | 46200 | 0.7756 | 8,234 | 1070 | 0.9704 | |
| 21 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8904 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 22 | St Olaf College | 10800 | 79500 | 0.8641 | 3,114 | 1374 | 0.4338 | |
| 23 | Middlebury College | 11000 | 94500 | 0.8836 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 24 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 30900 | 0.6402 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 25 | Wellesley College | 11200 | 116500 | 0.9037 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 26 | University of Richmond | 11600 | 92500 | 0.8746 | 3,052 | 1472 | 0.2224 | |
| 27 | Vassar College | 11800 | 92200 | 0.8724 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 28 | Colorado College | 12000 | 98000 | 0.8772 | 1,887 | 1357 | 0.2209 | |
| 29 | Pitzer College | 12100 | 93200 | 0.8701 | 1,193 | 1279 | 0.2685 | |
| 30 | Albion College | 12400 | 109600 | 0.8868 | 1,168 | 1065 | 0.7437 | |
| 31 | Hamilton College | 12800 | 98000 | 0.8694 | 1,980 | 1484 | 0.1359 | |
| 32 | Cornell University | 13100 | 93700 | 0.8601 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 33 | Northeastern State University | 13200 | 28900 | 0.5438 | 5,145 | 1035 | 0.9974 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 35 | Denison University | 13400 | 69300 | 0.8073 | 2,458 | 1366 | 0.1955 | |
| 36 | Trinity University | 13500 | 67000 | 0.7982 | 2,423 | 1408 | 0.2488 | |
| 37 | University of North Georgia | 14300 | 56800 | 0.7485 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 38 | University of California-Riverside | 14500 | 118100 | 0.8769 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 39 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 14900 | 26300 | 0.4331 | 4,056 | 1090 | 0.4151 | |
| 40 | Stanford University | 15100 | 1865100 | 0.9919 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 41 | Macalester College | 15300 | 115000 | 0.8673 | 2,068 | 1415 | 0.2813 | |
| 42 | University of Kansas | 15900 | 34900 | 0.5446 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 43 | Duke University | 16000 | 98500 | 0.8377 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 44 | Whitman College | 16700 | 85800 | 0.8054 | 1,468 | 1397 | 0.4016 | |
| 45 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 17300 | 89500 | 0.8064 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8379 | |
| 46 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 47 | Union College | 17800 | 93400 | 0.8097 | 1,954 | 1399 | 0.4342 | |
| 48 | Occidental College | 18200 | 114500 | 0.8411 | 1,822 | 1440 | 0.4485 | |
| 49 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 50 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19500 | 30900 | 0.3691 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 51 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 52 | Stetson University | 21800 | 81100 | 0.7315 | 2,414 | 1089 | 0.7167 | |
| 53 | Cottey College | 22100 | 37300 | 0.4069 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 53 | Sterling College | 22100 | 77400 | 0.7142 | 649 | 1103 | 0.8759 | |
| 55 | Loyola University New Orleans | 23100 | 74600 | 0.6901 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 55 | University of North Alabama | 23100 | 37300 | 0.3808 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 57 | Lake Forest College | 24800 | 76000 | 0.6733 | 1,786 | 1304 | 0.5363 | |
| 57 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4421 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 59 | Earlham College | 26300 | 75800 | 0.6528 | 670 | 1237 | 0.7904 | |
| 59 | Western Kentucky University | 26300 | 47700 | 0.4485 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 61 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26700 | 36000 | 0.2584 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 62 | St. Francis College | 26900 | 39400 | 0.3177 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 63 | Murray State University | 27600 | 32400 | 0.148 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 64 | Creighton University | 27700 | 67900 | 0.5916 | 4,833 | 1328 | 0.9216 | |
| 64 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27700 | 61400 | 0.5496 | 1,804 | 1159 | 0.7258 | |
| 66 | Niagara University | 28300 | 57400 | 0.5068 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 67 | Knox College | 28600 | 68800 | 0.5843 | 1,108 | 1274 | 0.772 | |
| 68 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 69 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 70 | Canisius University | 29400 | 54500 | 0.4604 | 1,728 | 1186 | 0.7323 | |
| 71 | Scripps College | 30300 | 107900 | 0.7189 | 1,103 | 1472 | 0.3988 | |
| 71 | University of North Florida | 30300 | 30500 | 0.0066 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 73 | The College of Wooster | 30700 | 82600 | 0.628 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 73 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 75 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 76 | Westminster University | 31800 | 62600 | 0.4922 | 868 | 1205 | 0.6513 | |
| 77 | Southern Nazarene University | 32000 | 48400 | 0.3385 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 78 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33300 | 75200 | 0.5573 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 79 | University of Central Missouri | 33500 | 35800 | 0.0639 | 10,397 | 1055 | 0.7439 | |
| 80 | Berry College | 34400 | 61400 | 0.4395 | 2,262 | 1219 | 0.7315 | |
| 81 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.577 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 82 | Agnes Scott College | 36300 | 71200 | 0.49 | 731 | 1219 | 0.6353 | |
| 83 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36400 | 53600 | 0.321 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 84 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 44800 | 0.1674 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 85 | Baldwin Wallace University | 38900 | 66100 | 0.4117 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 86 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.5975 | |
| 87 | Drexel University | 39400 | 107600 | 0.6336 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 88 | Pace University | 40500 | 75500 | 0.4636 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 89 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41200 | 58900 | 0.3005 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 90 | Oglethorpe University | 41800 | 68600 | 0.3908 | 1,338 | 1205 | 0.898 | |
| 91 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 92 | Kansas State University | 43600 | 47900 | 0.0886 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 92 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 43600 | 60500 | 0.2794 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 94 | Texas Christian University | 44300 | 87400 | 0.4934 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 95 | LeTourneau University | 44700 | 55000 | 0.1873 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 96 | University of Delaware | 47500 | 62000 | 0.2335 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 97 | Sacred Heart University | 49600 | 67500 | 0.2652 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 98 | University of California-Berkeley | 51600 | 98700 | 0.4771 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 99 | Woodbury University | 53900 | 88400 | 0.3901 | 725 | 1087 | 0.7143 | |
| 100 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 54100 | 95100 | 0.4311 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 101 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 102 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60700 | 63000 | 0.0364 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 103 | University of Oregon | 69000 | 71300 | 0.0321 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 104 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 85400 | 0.1569 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.