2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Behavioral Sciences for an Associate
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Behavioral Sciences for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Behavioral Sciences is the 177th most popular major in the country with 4,169 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 983 behavioral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 492 behavioral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Behavioral Sciences for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in behavioral sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality behavioral sciences programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the behavioral sciences program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Behavioral Sciences for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Behavioral Sciences for an Associate”.
Top 2 Best Behavioral Sciences Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Jacinto Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Behavioral Sciences for an Associate. This large school is located in Pasadena, Texas, and it awarded 371 associates’s behavioral sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at San Jacinto College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Behavioral Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Among the 31,110 students enrolled at San Jacinto College, 862 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 635 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,772. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Behavioral Sciences for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the #2 spot on the list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s behavioral sciences degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.
UOPX - Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Behavioral Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Of the 89,763 students enrolled at UOPX - Arizona, 135 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 157 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,437. During this same period, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UOPX - Arizona offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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