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2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Sciences in the Plains States Region

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Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Behavioral Sciences is the 177th most popular major in the country with 4,493 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Plains States region, there were 564 behavioral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 414 behavioral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,724 and $22,887 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in behavioral sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in behavioral sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree behavioral sciences students.

Top 6 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Sciences in the Plains States Region

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Missouri Baptist University
Saint Louis, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri Baptist University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Plains States Region. MBU is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s behavioral sciences degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Behavioral Sciences at Missouri Baptist University

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Dakota Wesleyan University
Mitchell, South Dakota

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dakota Wesleyan University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Mitchell, South Dakota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s behavioral sciences students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Behavioral Sciences at Dakota Wesleyan University

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Concordia University, Nebraska. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Plains States Region. Concordia University, Nebraska is located in Seward, Nebraska and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 22 bachelors’s behavioral sciences degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Concordia University, Nebraska Behavioral Sciences Report

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University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. This large school is located in Lawrence, Kansas, and it awarded 58 bachelors’s behavioral sciences degrees in 2021-2022.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full KU Behavioral Sciences Report

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Fontbonne University
Saint Louis, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fontbonne University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s behavioral sciences degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Fontbonne University Behavioral Sciences Report

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Tabor College
Hillsboro, Kansas

Tabor College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Hillsboro, Kansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s behavioral sciences degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 Tabor College Behavioral Sciences Report

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