2025 Best Behavioral Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region
4Colleges in the Southwest Region
803Behavioral Sciences Degrees Awarded
A degree in behavioral sciences is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #177 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Behavioral Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 803 degrees in behavioral sciences annually.
The behavioral sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Behavioral Sciences rankings. For our Best Overall Behavioral Sciences School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The behavioral sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Behavioral Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region.
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Best Schools for Behavioral Sciences in the Southwest Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the behavioral sciences degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Southwest Region Schools in Behavioral Sciences
University of Phoenix - Arizona is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in behavioral sciences. UOPX - Arizona is a very large private for-profit university located in the large city of Phoenix. A Best Colleges rank of #83 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UOPX - Arizona is a great university overall.
There were roughly 145 behavioral sciences students who graduated with this degree at UOPX - Arizona in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Baylor University if you wish to pursue a degree in behavioral sciences. Baylor is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Waco. A Best Colleges rank of #150 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Baylor is a great university overall.More information about a degree in behavioral sciences from Baylor University
San Jacinto Community College is a good option for students pursuing a degree in behavioral sciences. San Jacinto College is a fairly large public college located in the midsize city of Pasadena. This college ranks 31st out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 371 behavioral sciences students who graduated with this degree at San Jacinto College in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Houston - Clear Lake is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in behavioral sciences. UH Clear Lake is a moderately-sized public university located in the midsize city of Houston. This university ranks 87th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 49 behavioral sciences students who graduated with this degree at UH Clear Lake in the most recent data year.
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Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The behavioral sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Behavioral Sciences rankings. For our Best Overall Behavioral Sciences School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
