by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2021-2022, 4,493 people earned their degree in behavioral sciences, making the major the 177th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 912 behavioral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 82 behavioral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,599 and $15,584 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in behavioral sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in behavioral sciences.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region associate degree behavioral sciences students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vincennes University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Vincennes, Indiana, this fairly large public school handed out 24 degrees to qualified associates’s behavioral sciences students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola University Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s behavioral sciences degrees to 58 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, 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 88%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point is a medium-sized public school situated in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. It awarded 0 associates’s behavioral sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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