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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 | Trinity College | 3100 | 92800 | 0.9669 | 2,204 | 1393 | 0.2925 | |
| 2 | Amherst College | 4300 | 95200 | 0.9553 | 1,914 | 1514 | 0.0901 | |
| 3 | Smith College | 4900 | 93500 | 0.948 | 2,549 | 1477 | 0.21 | |
| 4 | Davidson College | 5900 | 89900 | 0.9349 | 1,869 | 1454 | 0.1337 | |
| 5 | Swarthmore College | 6200 | 93800 | 0.9341 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 6 | Bates College | 6400 | 92900 | 0.9309 | 1,760 | 1469 | 0.1332 | |
| 7 | Bowdoin College | 8000 | 89900 | 0.9112 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 7 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 9 | Hamilton College | 8200 | 89100 | 0.9083 | 2,031 | 1499 | 0.1362 | |
| 10 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8300 | 97100 | 0.915 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 11 | Pomona College | 9100 | 90100 | 0.8992 | 1,700 | 1520 | 0.0709 | |
| 12 | University of Pennsylvania | 9200 | 92900 | 0.9009 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 13 | Grinnell College | 9300 | 91400 | 0.8984 | 1,788 | 1462 | 0.1451 | |
| 14 | Haverford College | 9400 | 97600 | 0.9038 | 1,431 | 1499 | 0.1237 | |
| 14 | University of Richmond | 9400 | 88400 | 0.8938 | 3,055 | 1484 | 0.222 | |
| 14 | Washington and Lee University | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9025 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
| 17 | Duke University | 10100 | 93600 | 0.8923 | 6,523 | 1527 | 0.0571 | |
| 18 | Carleton College | 10400 | 74400 | 0.8596 | 2,128 | 1490 | 0.2041 | |
| 19 | Colgate University | 10500 | 95800 | 0.8901 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 20 | Pitzer College | 10900 | 94100 | 0.8843 | 1,242 | 1279 | 0.2516 | |
| 21 | Wellesley College | 11300 | 90300 | 0.8754 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 22 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 23 | Lafayette College | 11700 | 85800 | 0.8641 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 23 | Vassar College | 11700 | 92400 | 0.8736 | 2,462 | 1499 | 0.1857 | |
| 25 | Northeastern State University | 11800 | 22900 | 0.4838 | 5,111 | 1055 | 0.9959 | |
| 26 | Albion College | 12600 | 75400 | 0.8334 | 1,308 | 1065 | 0.807 | |
| 27 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12900 | 46300 | 0.7212 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 28 | St Olaf College | 13200 | 75900 | 0.8261 | 3,124 | 1378 | 0.4832 | |
| 29 | Denison University | 13300 | 69300 | 0.8081 | 2,394 | 1412 | 0.1739 | |
| 30 | Trinity University | 13500 | 69600 | 0.8064 | 2,518 | 1423 | 0.2592 | |
| 31 | Middlebury College | 13700 | 89900 | 0.8477 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 32 | Union College | 13900 | 92400 | 0.8495 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 32 | University of California-Merced | 13900 | 41900 | 0.6684 | 8,372 | 1070 | 0.9053 | |
| 34 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 35 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 36 | Macalester College | 15200 | 90100 | 0.8317 | 2,138 | 1425 | 0.2852 | |
| 37 | Northeastern University | 15400 | 89100 | 0.8275 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 38 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 38 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 40 | Whitman College | 16600 | 85800 | 0.8068 | 1,561 | 1399 | 0.3815 | |
| 41 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,487 | 1499 | 0.0884 | |
| 42 | Occidental College | 18100 | 89200 | 0.7974 | 1,881 | 1447 | 0.4417 | |
| 43 | Scripps College | 18700 | 94900 | 0.8034 | 1,117 | 1475 | 0.3829 | |
| 44 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 18800 | 34100 | 0.4492 | 4,213 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 45 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19800 | 72100 | 0.7252 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 46 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20000 | 32300 | 0.3806 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 47 | University of Rochester | 20100 | 93100 | 0.7843 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 48 | Stetson University | 20600 | 79100 | 0.7399 | 2,349 | 1179 | 0.716 | |
| 49 | Luther College | 21300 | 71900 | 0.7033 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.7154 | |
| 50 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 51 | Sterling College | 22000 | 53900 | 0.592 | 670 | 1070 | 0.4817 | |
| 52 | Cottey College | 22100 | 37300 | 0.4068 | 254 | 991 | 0.6918 | |
| 53 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 54 | Lake Forest College | 23600 | 76000 | 0.6891 | 1,814 | 1323 | 0.5681 | |
| 55 | University of Kansas | 24100 | 43000 | 0.439 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania Western University | 24700 | 34400 | 0.2817 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 57 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.442 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 58 | Western Kentucky University | 25800 | 41800 | 0.3827 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 59 | Earlham College | 26300 | 75800 | 0.6528 | 696 | 1233 | 0.7311 | |
| 60 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26400 | 36000 | 0.2668 | 3,468 | 1005 | 0.9813 | |
| 61 | University of North Georgia | 27400 | 38600 | 0.2905 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 62 | Murray State University | 27600 | 32400 | 0.1477 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 63 | Canisius University | 27700 | 54700 | 0.4939 | 1,724 | 1186 | 0.7236 | |
| 63 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27700 | 61400 | 0.5495 | 1,830 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 63 | University of North Alabama | 27700 | 37300 | 0.2574 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 66 | St. Francis College | 27800 | 39400 | 0.2948 | 1,719 | 1119 | 0.8427 | |
| 67 | Agnes Scott College | 28100 | 69200 | 0.5937 | 843 | 1269 | 0.6215 | |
| 68 | Knox College | 28400 | 68800 | 0.5872 | 1,136 | 1281 | 0.7079 | |
| 68 | Westminster University | 28400 | 62600 | 0.5466 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 70 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1025 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 71 | Regis University | 29000 | 67200 | 0.5681 | 2,689 | 1222 | 0.8646 | |
| 72 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 73 | Creighton University | 29200 | 68000 | 0.5709 | 4,377 | 1328 | 0.7975 | |
| 74 | University of Toledo | 29700 | 42000 | 0.2926 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 75 | The College of Wooster | 30800 | 82600 | 0.6279 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 76 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 76 | University of North Florida | 31200 | 33000 | 0.0546 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 78 | Berry College | 32600 | 60900 | 0.465 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 79 | University of Central Missouri | 33600 | 35800 | 0.0636 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 80 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 81 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34200 | 75200 | 0.5454 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 82 | Sacred Heart University | 34500 | 67500 | 0.4892 | 7,204 | 950 | 0.6536 | |
| 83 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.5769 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 84 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35500 | 66100 | 0.4631 | 2,862 | 1203 | 0.757 | |
| 85 | Southern Nazarene University | 38000 | 48400 | 0.2144 | 1,456 | 0 | 0 | |
| 85 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 87 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38400 | 53100 | 0.2767 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 88 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.6152 | |
| 89 | Pace University | 40700 | 74800 | 0.4558 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 90 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41300 | 55200 | 0.2517 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 91 | Oglethorpe University | 41800 | 68600 | 0.3906 | 1,396 | 1216 | 0.8845 | |
| 92 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68600 | 0.3686 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 92 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 43300 | 57500 | 0.2469 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8378 | |
| 94 | Georgia College & State University | 45200 | 52400 | 0.1374 | 6,006 | 1165 | 0.7823 | |
| 95 | University of Delaware | 48300 | 61300 | 0.213 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 96 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48400 | 91400 | 0.4706 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 97 | Drexel University | 48600 | 83900 | 0.4208 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 98 | University of California-Riverside | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 99 | Woodbury University | 52800 | 69500 | 0.2402 | 786 | 1087 | 0.8165 | |
| 100 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60700 | 63000 | 0.0362 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 101 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61100 | 63200 | 0.0332 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 102 | University of Oregon | 66700 | 68900 | 0.0331 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 103 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 104 | University of California-Berkeley | 70700 | 76100 | 0.071 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.