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2022 Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
71 Degrees Awarded
$37,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Behavioral Science is the 146th most popular major in the country with 3,469 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, behavioral science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,550 and had an average of $39,821 in loans still to pay off.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 71 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in behavioral science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great behavioral science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the behavioral science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree behavioral science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Science (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k list. WUSTL is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 37 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

WUSTL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Behavioral Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Washington University in St Louis are $56,562, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Behavioral Science at Washington University in St Louis

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k list. UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s behavioral science degrees to qualified students.

UW Seattle not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Behavioral Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Washington - Seattle Campus are $30,294.

Full University of Washington - Seattle Campus Behavioral Science Report

#3

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emory University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k list. Emory is a private not-for-profit institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Emory also made our “Best Behavioral Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Emory University are $44,676, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Behavioral Science at Emory University

#4

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the #4 spot on the list. Carnegie Mellon University is a fairly large school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 2 doctorate’s behavioral science degrees in 2019-2020.

Carnegie Mellon also took the #2 spot in our “Best Behavioral Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon University are $47,326, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Behavioral Science at Carnegie Mellon University

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is a large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 6 doctorate’s behavioral science degrees in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Behavioral Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at CU Anschutz are $23,915, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Behavioral Science at CU Anschutz

#6

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas
#4 in overall quality

University of Kansas landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Lawrence, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s behavioral science degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

KU also made our “Best Behavioral Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at KU are $25,007.

Read full report on Behavioral Science at KU

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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