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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 | 1,869 | 1454 | 0.1337 | |
| 2 | Amherst College | 5900 | 96200 | 0.9392 | 1,914 | 1514 | 0.0901 | |
| 3 | Smith College | 6000 | 96800 | 0.9385 | 2,549 | 1477 | 0.21 | |
| 4 | Bates College | 6400 | 92900 | 0.9309 | 1,760 | 1469 | 0.1332 | |
| 5 | Trinity College | 6500 | 92800 | 0.9302 | 2,204 | 1393 | 0.2925 | |
| 6 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 7 | Bowdoin College | 8100 | 89900 | 0.9101 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 9 | Swarthmore College | 8500 | 92800 | 0.9081 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 10 | Grinnell College | 9400 | 91400 | 0.8973 | 1,788 | 1462 | 0.1451 | |
| 10 | Washington and Lee University | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9025 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
| 12 | University of Richmond | 9500 | 88400 | 0.8926 | 3,055 | 1484 | 0.222 | |
| 13 | Pomona College | 9700 | 90100 | 0.8925 | 1,700 | 1520 | 0.0709 | |
| 14 | Wellesley College | 9800 | 91300 | 0.8928 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 15 | Haverford College | 10100 | 96600 | 0.8949 | 1,431 | 1499 | 0.1237 | |
| 16 | Colgate University | 10700 | 95800 | 0.888 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 17 | Pitzer College | 11100 | 94100 | 0.8822 | 1,242 | 1279 | 0.2516 | |
| 17 | University of Pennsylvania | 11100 | 92700 | 0.8803 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 19 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 20 | Northeastern State University | 11900 | 22900 | 0.4794 | 5,111 | 1055 | 0.9959 | |
| 21 | Vassar College | 12300 | 92400 | 0.8671 | 2,462 | 1499 | 0.1857 | |
| 22 | Hamilton College | 12500 | 89100 | 0.86 | 2,031 | 1499 | 0.1362 | |
| 23 | University of North Florida | 12700 | 22400 | 0.4336 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 24 | Albion College | 12800 | 75400 | 0.8307 | 1,308 | 1065 | 0.807 | |
| 25 | Lafayette College | 12900 | 84800 | 0.848 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 26 | University of Michigan-Flint | 13200 | 46300 | 0.7147 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 26 | Western Kentucky University | 13200 | 27000 | 0.5126 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 28 | Denison University | 13600 | 69300 | 0.8037 | 2,394 | 1412 | 0.1739 | |
| 28 | St Olaf College | 13600 | 75900 | 0.8208 | 3,124 | 1378 | 0.4832 | |
| 28 | Trinity University | 13600 | 69600 | 0.805 | 2,518 | 1423 | 0.2592 | |
| 31 | Middlebury College | 14000 | 89900 | 0.8443 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 32 | University of California-Merced | 14100 | 41900 | 0.6636 | 8,372 | 1070 | 0.9053 | |
| 33 | Duke University | 14300 | 93600 | 0.8474 | 6,523 | 1527 | 0.0571 | |
| 34 | Union College | 14400 | 92400 | 0.8441 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 35 | Carleton College | 14700 | 74400 | 0.8021 | 2,128 | 1490 | 0.2041 | |
| 36 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 37 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 15100 | 22400 | 0.3254 | 4,213 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 38 | Macalester College | 15400 | 90100 | 0.8295 | 2,138 | 1425 | 0.2852 | |
| 39 | Northeastern University | 15700 | 89900 | 0.8254 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 40 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15900 | 38400 | 0.5856 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 41 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 16100 | 26900 | 0.4031 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 41 | University of Kansas | 16100 | 34900 | 0.5377 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 43 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 17100 | 0.0005 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.784 | |
| 44 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,487 | 1499 | 0.0884 | |
| 45 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 44300 | 0.5956 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 46 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,006 | 1165 | 0.7823 | |
| 47 | University of California-Berkeley | 18400 | 43500 | 0.5775 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 48 | Occidental College | 18700 | 89200 | 0.7907 | 1,881 | 1447 | 0.4417 | |
| 49 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19600 | 29100 | 0.3269 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 50 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20000 | 72100 | 0.7224 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 50 | Whitman College | 20000 | 85800 | 0.7665 | 1,561 | 1399 | 0.3815 | |
| 52 | University of Rochester | 20200 | 93100 | 0.7833 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 53 | College of Coastal Georgia | 20900 | 29400 | 0.2891 | 3,468 | 1005 | 0.9813 | |
| 53 | Stetson University | 20900 | 79100 | 0.7361 | 2,349 | 1179 | 0.716 | |
| 55 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7019 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.7154 | |
| 56 | Niagara University | 21900 | 57400 | 0.6182 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 57 | Sterling College | 22100 | 53900 | 0.5895 | 670 | 1070 | 0.4817 | |
| 58 | Cottey College | 22500 | 37300 | 0.3982 | 254 | 991 | 0.6918 | |
| 59 | New York University | 22600 | 91800 | 0.7535 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 60 | Scripps College | 23400 | 94900 | 0.7538 | 1,117 | 1475 | 0.3829 | |
| 61 | Lake Forest College | 23600 | 76000 | 0.6891 | 1,814 | 1323 | 0.5681 | |
| 62 | Wilson College | 24900 | 44400 | 0.4406 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 63 | Earlham College | 26400 | 75800 | 0.6516 | 696 | 1233 | 0.7311 | |
| 64 | Kansas State University | 27100 | 30400 | 0.1092 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 65 | University of North Georgia | 27500 | 38600 | 0.2879 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 66 | Murray State University | 27700 | 32400 | 0.1437 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 66 | St. Francis College | 27700 | 39400 | 0.2973 | 1,719 | 1119 | 0.8427 | |
| 68 | Canisius University | 27800 | 54700 | 0.492 | 1,724 | 1186 | 0.7236 | |
| 68 | University of North Alabama | 27800 | 37300 | 0.2547 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 70 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28000 | 61400 | 0.5439 | 1,830 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 71 | Agnes Scott College | 28100 | 69200 | 0.5937 | 843 | 1269 | 0.6215 | |
| 72 | Westminster University | 28400 | 62600 | 0.5466 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 73 | Knox College | 28500 | 68800 | 0.5857 | 1,136 | 1281 | 0.7079 | |
| 74 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 75 | Creighton University | 29200 | 68000 | 0.5709 | 4,377 | 1328 | 0.7975 | |
| 76 | Regis University | 29400 | 67200 | 0.5621 | 2,689 | 1222 | 0.8646 | |
| 77 | University of Toledo | 29800 | 42000 | 0.2895 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 78 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30100 | 42200 | 0.2866 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 79 | The College of Wooster | 30800 | 82400 | 0.6266 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 80 | Berry College | 32600 | 60900 | 0.465 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 81 | University of Central Missouri | 33700 | 35800 | 0.06 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 82 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 83 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34100 | 75200 | 0.5467 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 84 | Sacred Heart University | 34500 | 67500 | 0.4892 | 7,204 | 950 | 0.6536 | |
| 85 | New York Institute of Technology | 35500 | 83600 | 0.5755 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 86 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35700 | 66100 | 0.4601 | 2,862 | 1203 | 0.757 | |
| 87 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 88 | Southern Nazarene University | 38200 | 48400 | 0.2117 | 1,456 | 0 | 0 | |
| 89 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53100 | 0.2729 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 90 | Drexel University | 39100 | 83200 | 0.53 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 91 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.6152 | |
| 92 | Pace University | 40800 | 74800 | 0.4544 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 93 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41500 | 55200 | 0.2481 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 94 | Oglethorpe University | 41900 | 68600 | 0.3887 | 1,396 | 1216 | 0.8845 | |
| 95 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43600 | 68700 | 0.3659 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 96 | University of Delaware | 48500 | 61300 | 0.2089 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 97 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48600 | 91400 | 0.4684 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 98 | University of California-Riverside | 49300 | 66000 | 0.2532 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 99 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.04 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 100 | Woodbury University | 52900 | 69500 | 0.2388 | 786 | 1087 | 0.8165 | |
| 101 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.0342 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 102 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61000 | 63200 | 0.0348 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 103 | University of Oregon | 64100 | 71300 | 0.1003 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 104 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 105 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75600 | 0.0476 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.