2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Science (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality behavioral science programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree behavioral science students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Science (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Houston - Clear Lake

Houston, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$19,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston - Clear Lake landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 6 masters’s behavioral science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH Clear Lake, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Behavioral Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Houston - Clear Lake are $19,216, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UH Clear Lake Behavioral Science Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Science (Income $75-$110k)

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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