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2022 Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
394 Degrees Awarded
$17,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in California For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across California, there were 590 behavioral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 394 behavioral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,907 and $21,546 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Sciences in California (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Dominguez Hills. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid. California State University - Dominguez Hills is a public institution located in Carson, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CSUDH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Behavioral Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. The yearly cost to attend CSUDH is $4,215 for California Bachelor’s Degree Behavioral Sciences students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.

Full California State University - Dominguez Hills Behavioral Sciences Report

#2

San Jose State University

San Jose, California
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Jose State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid. San Jose State is a public institution located in San Jose, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 53 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

San Jose State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Behavioral Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. It costs about $14,928 for california bachelor’s degree behavioral sciences students with aid per year to attend San Jose State University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Behavioral Sciences at San Jose State

#3

University of Phoenix - California

Costa Mesa, California
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Phoenix - California. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid list. University of Phoenix - California is a small private for-profit school situated in Costa Mesa, California. It awarded 25 bachelors’s behavioral sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our california bachelor’s degree behavioral sciences students with aid list, UOPX - California has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Behavioral Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. It costs about $12,664 for california bachelor’s degree behavioral sciences students with aid per year to attend UOPX - California.

Read full report on Behavioral Sciences at University of Phoenix - California

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Arizona Global Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid list. Located in San Diego, California, this large private for-profit school awarded 245 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s behavioral sciences students in 2019-2020.

UAGC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Behavioral Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. It costs about $20,510 for california bachelor’s degree behavioral sciences students with aid per year to attend The University of Arizona Global Campus.

Read full report on Behavioral Sciences at UAGC

#5

California Baptist University

Riverside, California
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Baptist University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Riverside, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s behavioral sciences students in 2019-2020.

Cal Baptist also took the #5 spot in our “Best Behavioral Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. The yearly cost to attend California Baptist University is $24,707 for California Bachelor’s Degree Behavioral Sciences students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 4.6% 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 Cal Baptist

#6

Concordia University, Irvine

Irvine, California
#6 in overall quality

Concordia University, Irvine came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid ranking. Concordia University, Irvine is a private not-for-profit institution located in Irvine, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Concordia University, Irvine, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Behavioral Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Concordia University, Irvine is $26,143 for California Bachelor’s Degree Behavioral Sciences students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Behavioral Sciences at Concordia University, Irvine

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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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