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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 | Davidson College | 2800 | 95600 | 0.9704 | 1,860 | 1463 | 0.1262 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 4700 | 93100 | 0.95 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 3 | Amherst College | 5800 | 123100 | 0.9526 | 1,907 | 1500 | 0.0772 | |
| 4 | Trinity College | 6500 | 92800 | 0.9295 | 2,112 | 1404 | 0.2953 | |
| 5 | Bowdoin College | 6900 | 94700 | 0.9271 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 5 | Pomona College | 6900 | 93700 | 0.9264 | 1,721 | 1499 | 0.0714 | |
| 7 | Smith College | 7200 | 119400 | 0.94 | 2,578 | 1466 | 0.2241 | |
| 8 | Swarthmore College | 7500 | 114400 | 0.9342 | 1,631 | 1513 | 0.0752 | |
| 9 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 10 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 96500 | 0.9082 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 11 | Bates College | 9100 | 92900 | 0.902 | 1,736 | 1412 | 0.1483 | |
| 11 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 9100 | 38900 | 0.7664 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 13 | Grinnell College | 9200 | 93600 | 0.9014 | 1,668 | 1469 | 0.1605 | |
| 14 | Colgate University | 9500 | 95800 | 0.9008 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 15 | Haverford College | 10100 | 124700 | 0.9189 | 1,420 | 1490 | 0.1331 | |
| 15 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 49800 | 0.7964 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 17 | Washington and Lee University | 10300 | 95500 | 0.8921 | 1,916 | 1484 | 0.1354 | |
| 18 | University of California-Berkeley | 10400 | 57300 | 0.818 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 18 | University of California-Merced | 10400 | 46200 | 0.7756 | 8,234 | 1070 | 0.9704 | |
| 20 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8904 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 20 | Wellesley College | 10600 | 117800 | 0.91 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 22 | St Olaf College | 10800 | 79500 | 0.8641 | 3,114 | 1374 | 0.4338 | |
| 23 | Middlebury College | 11400 | 94500 | 0.8794 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 24 | University of Richmond | 11600 | 92500 | 0.8746 | 3,052 | 1472 | 0.2224 | |
| 25 | Lafayette College | 12300 | 112400 | 0.8907 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 25 | Pitzer College | 12300 | 93200 | 0.868 | 1,193 | 1279 | 0.2685 | |
| 27 | Vassar College | 12400 | 92200 | 0.8659 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 28 | Albion College | 12700 | 109600 | 0.884 | 1,168 | 1065 | 0.7437 | |
| 29 | Hamilton College | 12900 | 98000 | 0.8684 | 1,980 | 1484 | 0.1359 | |
| 30 | Cornell University | 13100 | 93700 | 0.8601 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 32 | Trinity University | 13500 | 67000 | 0.7982 | 2,423 | 1408 | 0.2488 | |
| 33 | University of California-Riverside | 13600 | 118100 | 0.8845 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 34 | Denison University | 13700 | 69300 | 0.8029 | 2,458 | 1366 | 0.1955 | |
| 35 | Carleton College | 14400 | 74400 | 0.8064 | 1,974 | 1492 | 0.2178 | |
| 35 | University of North Georgia | 14400 | 56800 | 0.7467 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 37 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 15100 | 26300 | 0.4255 | 4,056 | 1090 | 0.4151 | |
| 38 | Stanford University | 15400 | 1865100 | 0.9917 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 39 | Macalester College | 15500 | 115000 | 0.8655 | 2,068 | 1415 | 0.2813 | |
| 40 | Colorado College | 15600 | 98000 | 0.8413 | 1,887 | 1357 | 0.2209 | |
| 41 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 10,397 | 1055 | 0.7439 | |
| 42 | Duke University | 16000 | 98500 | 0.8377 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 43 | University of Kansas | 16100 | 34900 | 0.5388 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 44 | Kansas State University | 16900 | 26400 | 0.3596 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 45 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 46 | Northeastern University | 18000 | 90000 | 0.8 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 47 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 48 | Northeastern State University | 18700 | 34400 | 0.4559 | 5,145 | 1035 | 0.9974 | |
| 48 | Occidental College | 18700 | 114500 | 0.8367 | 1,822 | 1440 | 0.4485 | |
| 50 | Union College | 19000 | 93400 | 0.7969 | 1,954 | 1399 | 0.4342 | |
| 51 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19600 | 31000 | 0.3679 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 52 | Whitman College | 20000 | 85800 | 0.7665 | 1,468 | 1397 | 0.4016 | |
| 53 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20200 | 32300 | 0.3744 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 54 | College of Coastal Georgia | 20900 | 29400 | 0.2891 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 55 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 56 | Stetson University | 21800 | 81100 | 0.7315 | 2,414 | 1089 | 0.7167 | |
| 57 | Sterling College | 22200 | 77400 | 0.7129 | 649 | 1103 | 0.8759 | |
| 58 | Cottey College | 22500 | 37300 | 0.3983 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 59 | Loyola University New Orleans | 23100 | 74600 | 0.6901 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 60 | University of North Alabama | 23200 | 37300 | 0.3781 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 61 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24600 | 42100 | 0.4162 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 62 | Lake Forest College | 24800 | 76000 | 0.6733 | 1,786 | 1304 | 0.5363 | |
| 62 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4421 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 64 | Earlham College | 26300 | 75800 | 0.6528 | 670 | 1237 | 0.7904 | |
| 64 | Western Kentucky University | 26300 | 47700 | 0.4485 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 66 | St. Francis College | 26800 | 39400 | 0.3202 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 67 | Murray State University | 27600 | 32400 | 0.148 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 68 | Creighton University | 27700 | 67900 | 0.5916 | 4,833 | 1328 | 0.9216 | |
| 69 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28000 | 61400 | 0.544 | 1,804 | 1159 | 0.7258 | |
| 70 | Niagara University | 28400 | 57400 | 0.505 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 71 | Knox College | 28600 | 68800 | 0.5843 | 1,108 | 1274 | 0.772 | |
| 72 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 73 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 74 | Canisius University | 29400 | 54500 | 0.4604 | 1,728 | 1186 | 0.7323 | |
| 75 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 30200 | 44700 | 0.324 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 76 | Scripps College | 30300 | 107900 | 0.7189 | 1,103 | 1472 | 0.3988 | |
| 77 | University of North Florida | 30500 | 30500 | 0 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 78 | The College of Wooster | 30700 | 82400 | 0.6271 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 78 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 80 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 81 | Drexel University | 31400 | 107200 | 0.707 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 82 | Westminster University | 31700 | 62600 | 0.4938 | 868 | 1205 | 0.6513 | |
| 83 | Southern Nazarene University | 32000 | 48400 | 0.3385 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 84 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33200 | 75200 | 0.5587 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 85 | Temple University | 34100 | 57200 | 0.4036 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 86 | Berry College | 34300 | 61400 | 0.4411 | 2,262 | 1219 | 0.7315 | |
| 87 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.577 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 88 | Agnes Scott College | 36300 | 71200 | 0.49 | 731 | 1219 | 0.6353 | |
| 88 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3229 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 90 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 44800 | 0.1674 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 91 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39100 | 66100 | 0.4086 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 92 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.5975 | |
| 93 | Pace University | 40600 | 75500 | 0.4623 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 94 | Oglethorpe University | 41800 | 68600 | 0.3908 | 1,338 | 1205 | 0.898 | |
| 95 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 96 | Texas Christian University | 44200 | 87400 | 0.4945 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 97 | LeTourneau University | 44600 | 55000 | 0.1891 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 98 | University of Delaware | 47800 | 62000 | 0.2293 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 99 | Sacred Heart University | 49800 | 67500 | 0.2622 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 100 | Woodbury University | 53900 | 88400 | 0.3901 | 725 | 1087 | 0.7143 | |
| 101 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 54100 | 95100 | 0.4311 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 102 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 57900 | 65700 | 0.1188 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 103 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60700 | 63000 | 0.0364 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 104 | University of Oregon | 69000 | 71300 | 0.0321 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 105 | 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.