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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Science (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

4 Ranked Colleges
644 Degrees Awarded
$29,000 Avg Salary
Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 3,469 people earned their degree in behavioral science, making the major the 146th most popular in the United States. 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 Southwest region, there were 1,207 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,129 and $33,516 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 644 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in behavioral science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent behavioral science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the behavioral science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Science (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. University of Phoenix - Arizona is a large private for-profit school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 595 bachelors’s behavioral science degrees in 2019-2020.

UOPX - Arizona also took the #1 spot in our “Best Behavioral Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona is $14,939 for southwest region bachelor’s degree behavioral science students whose families make $48-$75k.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston - Clear Lake landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Houston, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 45 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s behavioral science students in 2019-2020.

UH Clear Lake did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Behavioral Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $9,886 for southwest region bachelor’s degree behavioral science students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of Houston - Clear Lake.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Phoenix - Texas. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. UOPX - Texas is a small private for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 2 bachelors’s behavioral science degrees in 2019-2020.

UOPX - Texas not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Behavioral Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, East Texas Baptist University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Marshall, Texas, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s behavioral science degrees in 2019-2020.

East Texas Baptist University also made our “Best Behavioral Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for East Texas Baptist University is $22,887 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Behavioral Science students whose families make $48-$75k.

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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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