2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Behavioral Sciences for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
66
Degrees Awarded
$31,400
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 Texas for Behavioral Sciences for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 4,169 people earned their degree in behavioral sciences, making the major the 177th most popular in the United States.
Across Texas, there were 475 behavioral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 66 behavioral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great behavioral sciences programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the behavioral sciences program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Behavioral Sciences for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Behavioral Sciences for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Behavioral Sciences for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Behavioral Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Texas
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Behavioral Sciences for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston - Clear Lake landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Houston - Clear Lake is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 59 bachelors’s behavioral sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
UH Clear Lake also took the #1 spot in our “Best Behavioral Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 465 of the 9,053 students enrolled at UH Clear Lake were GI Bill® students, of which 292 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,337. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UH Clear Lake]](/colleges/university-of-houston-clear-lake/student-life/veterans/)
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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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