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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 Pennsylvania.
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 Pennsylvania.
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 | 4300 | 92800 | 0.954 | 2,204 | 1393 | 0.2925 | |
| 2 | Pomona College | 5600 | 90000 | 0.9375 | 1,766 | 1520 | 0.0709 | |
| 3 | Smith College | 5700 | 96700 | 0.9415 | 2,549 | 1477 | 0.21 | |
| 4 | Amherst College | 6000 | 96100 | 0.938 | 1,914 | 1514 | 0.0901 | |
| 5 | Davidson College | 6200 | 89900 | 0.9314 | 1,869 | 1454 | 0.1337 | |
| 6 | Haverford College | 6700 | 96500 | 0.9301 | 1,431 | 1499 | 0.1237 | |
| 7 | Bowdoin College | 7200 | 89900 | 0.9201 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 7 | Colgate University | 7200 | 95700 | 0.9243 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 9 | University of Pennsylvania | 7300 | 92700 | 0.9213 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 10 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 11 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 12 | Swarthmore College | 8700 | 92800 | 0.9059 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 13 | Grinnell College | 9400 | 91400 | 0.8973 | 1,788 | 1462 | 0.1451 | |
| 13 | Washington and Lee University | 9400 | 96000 | 0.9024 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
| 15 | University of Richmond | 10000 | 88400 | 0.887 | 3,055 | 1484 | 0.222 | |
| 16 | Wellesley College | 10700 | 91300 | 0.883 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 17 | Hamilton College | 10900 | 89000 | 0.8771 | 2,037 | 1499 | 0.1362 | |
| 18 | Bates College | 11000 | 91900 | 0.8801 | 1,760 | 1438 | 0.1332 | |
| 19 | Pitzer College | 11100 | 94100 | 0.8822 | 1,242 | 1279 | 0.2516 | |
| 19 | University of California-Merced | 11100 | 39600 | 0.7189 | 8,372 | 1070 | 0.9152 | |
| 21 | Vassar College | 11400 | 92600 | 0.877 | 2,462 | 1499 | 0.1857 | |
| 22 | Duke University | 11500 | 93600 | 0.8774 | 6,523 | 1539 | 0.0571 | |
| 22 | Middlebury College | 11500 | 89900 | 0.8724 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 24 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11700 | 45600 | 0.7431 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 25 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 25 | Northeastern State University | 11800 | 22900 | 0.4838 | 5,085 | 1035 | 0.9935 | |
| 27 | Carleton College | 11900 | 74400 | 0.8395 | 2,128 | 1492 | 0.2041 | |
| 27 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 84800 | 0.8598 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 29 | St Olaf College | 12600 | 75900 | 0.834 | 3,124 | 1378 | 0.4832 | |
| 30 | University of North Alabama | 13200 | 30800 | 0.5707 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 31 | Denison University | 13600 | 69300 | 0.8036 | 2,406 | 1383 | 0.1693 | |
| 32 | Union College | 14300 | 92400 | 0.8451 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 32 | University of California-Riverside | 14300 | 66000 | 0.7838 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 34 | Trinity University | 14600 | 65800 | 0.7777 | 2,518 | 1402 | 0.2592 | |
| 35 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 36 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14900 | 64500 | 0.7689 | 15,375 | 1179 | 0.866 | |
| 37 | Murray State University | 15000 | 27000 | 0.4438 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 38 | Macalester College | 15300 | 90000 | 0.8296 | 2,144 | 1417 | 0.2852 | |
| 38 | University of North Georgia | 15300 | 48000 | 0.6815 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 40 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 15500 | 22400 | 0.3076 | 4,214 | 1090 | 0.8949 | |
| 41 | Albion College | 15600 | 93700 | 0.8335 | 1,308 | 1065 | 0.807 | |
| 42 | Northeastern University | 15700 | 89900 | 0.8254 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 43 | University of North Florida | 15900 | 33000 | 0.5186 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 44 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16600 | 29200 | 0.4317 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 45 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,269 | 1499 | 0.1147 | |
| 46 | Whitman College | 17800 | 85800 | 0.7922 | 1,561 | 1399 | 0.3815 | |
| 47 | Occidental College | 18700 | 89200 | 0.7907 | 1,881 | 1447 | 0.4417 | |
| 48 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 19800 | 26500 | 0.2542 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 49 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 50 | Stetson University | 20400 | 79100 | 0.7425 | 2,349 | 1114 | 0.716 | |
| 51 | Georgia College & State University | 20500 | 52400 | 0.6087 | 6,006 | 1165 | 0.7823 | |
| 52 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | 20700 | 33400 | 0.3819 | 8,012 | 1139 | 1 | |
| 53 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20800 | 72100 | 0.7113 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20900 | 26700 | 0.2171 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 55 | Niagara University | 21300 | 57400 | 0.6287 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.3972 | |
| 56 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7017 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 57 | Sterling College | 22300 | 73100 | 0.6944 | 670 | 1090 | 0.8916 | |
| 58 | Cottey College | 22500 | 37300 | 0.3979 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 59 | Scripps College | 23400 | 94900 | 0.7538 | 1,117 | 1475 | 0.3829 | |
| 60 | Lake Forest College | 23600 | 76000 | 0.6891 | 1,814 | 1323 | 0.5681 | |
| 60 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 60 | Regis University | 23600 | 67200 | 0.6484 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 63 | Wilson College | 24900 | 44400 | 0.4404 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 64 | University of Kansas | 25400 | 44000 | 0.4231 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 65 | Westminster University | 26100 | 81400 | 0.6794 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 66 | St. Francis College | 26300 | 39400 | 0.3329 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
| 67 | Earlham College | 26400 | 75800 | 0.6515 | 696 | 1233 | 0.7311 | |
| 68 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26600 | 42100 | 0.3678 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 69 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27200 | 40600 | 0.3301 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 70 | Creighton University | 28000 | 65300 | 0.5709 | 4,647 | 1328 | 0.7975 | |
| 70 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28000 | 61400 | 0.5437 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 72 | Knox College | 28800 | 68800 | 0.5814 | 1,136 | 1287 | 0.7079 | |
| 73 | Canisius University | 28900 | 64800 | 0.5544 | 1,724 | 1180 | 0.7224 | |
| 74 | Kansas State University | 29300 | 41600 | 0.2943 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 75 | The College of Wooster | 30800 | 82400 | 0.6264 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 75 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30800 | 62800 | 0.5092 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 75 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.2653 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 78 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 79 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 32000 | 75200 | 0.5746 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 80 | Southern Nazarene University | 32200 | 48400 | 0.3353 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 81 | University of Central Missouri | 33700 | 35800 | 0.0596 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 82 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 83 | Pace University | 34600 | 74800 | 0.5373 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 84 | Agnes Scott College | 35200 | 69200 | 0.4911 | 843 | 1273 | 0.6215 | |
| 85 | New York Institute of Technology | 35500 | 83600 | 0.5753 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 86 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35800 | 66700 | 0.4634 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 87 | Berry College | 35900 | 60900 | 0.4107 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 88 | Western Kentucky University | 36600 | 42300 | 0.1348 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 89 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 90 | Drexel University | 38400 | 83200 | 0.5384 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 91 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53400 | 0.2773 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 92 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,087 | 1075 | 0.6458 | |
| 93 | Oglethorpe University | 41900 | 68600 | 0.3885 | 1,361 | 1216 | 0.886 | |
| 94 | Sacred Heart University | 42800 | 67500 | 0.3662 | 6,960 | 1245 | 0.6768 | |
| 95 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3665 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 96 | University of Delaware | 47800 | 61300 | 0.2208 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 97 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 98 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 99 | Woodbury University | 53800 | 69500 | 0.2258 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 100 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 66100 | 0.121 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 101 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.0339 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 102 | University of Oregon | 66800 | 68900 | 0.031 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 103 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 104 | University of California-Berkeley | 70700 | 75900 | 0.0685 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 105 | University of California-Irvine | 72700 | 74700 | 0.0268 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.