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2022 Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

2 Ranked Colleges
350 Degrees Awarded
$31,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Master's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that 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.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 489 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,100 and $37,971 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 350 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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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Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Science (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pennsylvania landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 63 masters’s behavioral science degrees in 2019-2020.

UPenn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Behavioral Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UPenn are $41,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Behavioral Science at University of Pennsylvania

#2

University of Baltimore

Baltimore, Maryland
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Baltimore. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Baltimore is a small public school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 31 masters’s behavioral science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UB, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Behavioral Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Baltimore are $21,614, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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