2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 63 behavioral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in behavioral sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent behavioral sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the behavioral sciences program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Sciences (Income $30-$48k) 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 be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s behavioral sciences degrees to 61 students in 2019-2020.

WUSTL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Behavioral Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Washington University in St Louis are $56,562.

Full WUSTL Behavioral Sciences Report

#2

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

$25,007 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. KU is a large school located in Lawrence, Kansas that handed out 2 masters’s behavioral sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

KU also took the #0 spot in our “Best Behavioral Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kansas are $25,007.

Full KU Behavioral Sciences Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Sciences (Income $30-$48k)

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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