2023 Most Well Attended Behavioral Sciences Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s

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Behavioral Sciences is the 177th most popular major in the country with 4,169 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 650 behavioral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 behavioral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Behavioral Sciences Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in behavioral sciences. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in behavioral sciences.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Behavioral Sciences Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Behavioral Sciences Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s”.

Top 3 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Sciences in the Southeast Region

1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

#6 overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Behavioral Sciences Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #1 spot on the list. UNC Chapel Hill is a public institution located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Behavioral Sciences at UNC Chapel Hill

2

Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia

#5 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Emory University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Behavioral Sciences Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s. This fairly large school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 6 masters’s behavioral sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, 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 93%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Behavioral Sciences at Emory

2

Harding University
Searcy, Arkansas

Top 20% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harding University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Behavioral Sciences Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. Harding University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Searcy, Arkansas. It awarded 0 masters’s behavioral sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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 Harding

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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

• *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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