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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent behavioral science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the behavioral science program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The behavioral science 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 “Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree behavioral science students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Science (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$47,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carnegie Mellon University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This fairly large school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s behavioral science degrees in 2019-2020.

Carnegie Mellon also took the #1 spot in our “Best Behavioral Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon University are $47,326, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Behavioral Science at Carnegie Mellon

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Science (Income $48-$75k)

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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