2022 Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,469 people earned their degree in behavioral sciences, making the major the 184th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 246 behavioral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 41 behavioral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in behavioral sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality behavioral sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the behavioral sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree behavioral sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$56,562 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington University in St Louis. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s behavioral sciences degrees to 37 students in 2019-2020.

WUSTL also took the #1 spot in our “Best Behavioral Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Washington University in St Louis are $56,562, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Behavioral Sciences at WUSTL

#2

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$25,007 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kansas. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Kansas is located in Lawrence, Kansas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s behavioral sciences degrees to qualified students.

KU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Behavioral Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kansas are $25,007, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Behavioral Sciences at KU

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Sciences (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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