2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Sciences in the Far Western US Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Far Western US 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 Far Western US region, there were 685 behavioral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 behavioral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,633 and $152,837 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 3 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.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Sciences in the Far Western US Region

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California Institute of Integral Studies
San Francisco, California

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California Institute of Integral Studies landed the #1 spot on the list. California Institute of Integral Studies is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Francisco, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.

Read more about Behavioral Sciences at CIIS

2

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

#11 overall quality in Far Western US

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 6 doctorate’s behavioral sciences degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Read more about Behavioral Sciences at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

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University of California - Merced
Merced, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Merced. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region list. University of California - Merced is located in Merced, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 doctorate’s behavioral sciences degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of California - Merced Behavioral Sciences Report

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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