2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Behavioral Sciences in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

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 an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that 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 Southwest region, there were 1,207 behavioral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 475 behavioral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The behavioral sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Behavioral Sciences in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

San Jacinto Community College

Pasadena, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$8,692 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jacinto Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Pasadena, Texas, and it awarded 312 associates’s behavioral sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

San Jacinto College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Behavioral Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for San Jacinto Community College is $8,692 for southwest region associate degree behavioral sciences students with aid.

Full San Jacinto College Behavioral Sciences Report

#2

Glendale Community College

Glendale, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$8,597 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Glendale Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Glendale, Arizona, and it awarded 22 associates’s behavioral sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Glendale Community College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Behavioral Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,597 for southwest region associate degree behavioral sciences students with aid per year to attend Glendale Community College.

Full Glendale Community College Behavioral Sciences Report

#3

University of Phoenix - Arizona

Tempe, Arizona

#3 in overall quality

$12,944 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large private for-profit school awarded 43 degrees to qualified associates’s behavioral sciences students in 2019-2020.

UOPX - Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Behavioral Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $12,944 for southwest region associate degree behavioral sciences students with aid per year to attend UOPX - Arizona.

Read full report on Behavioral Sciences at UOPX - Arizona

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Behavioral Sciences (With Aid)

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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