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2022 Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Behavioral Sciences is the 184th most popular major in the country with 3,469 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 489 behavioral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 127 behavioral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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 Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #1 spot on the list. Johns Hopkins University is a large school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 28 bachelors’s behavioral sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins also made our “Best Behavioral Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Johns Hopkins is $9,049 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree behavioral sciences students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Johns Hopkins Behavioral Sciences Report

#2

Franklin and Marshall College

Lancaster, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Franklin and Marshall College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 44 degrees to qualified bachelors’s behavioral sciences students in 2019-2020.

Franklin and Marshall not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Behavioral Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Franklin and Marshall is $22,263 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree behavioral sciences students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Behavioral Sciences at Franklin and Marshall College

#3

New York Institute of Technology

Old Westbury, New York
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. NYIT is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Old Westbury, New York. It awarded 2 bachelors’s behavioral sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

NYIT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Behavioral Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend NYIT is $21,729 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Behavioral Sciences students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full New York Institute of Technology Behavioral Sciences Report

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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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