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2022 Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
71 Degrees Awarded
$37,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Science (With Aid)

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Seattle, Washington, this large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s behavioral science students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree behavioral science students with aid list, UW Seattle has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Behavioral Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294.

Read more about Behavioral Science at UW Seattle

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. CU Anschutz is a large public school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 6 doctorate’s behavioral science degrees in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 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 CU Anschutz are $23,915.

Read more about Behavioral Science at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

#3

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 #3 on our 2022 Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 37 doctorate’s behavioral science degrees to qualified students.

WUSTL also took the #1 spot in our “Best Behavioral Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Washington University in St Louis are $56,562.

Read more about Behavioral Science at Washington University in St Louis

#4

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emory University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Emory, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Behavioral Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Emory University are $44,676, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Behavioral Science at Emory

#5

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #5 spot on the list. 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Behavioral Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at KU are $25,007, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Kansas Behavioral Science Report

#6

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

Carnegie Mellon University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s behavioral science students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Carnegie Mellon, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Behavioral Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon are $47,326.

Read more about Behavioral Science at Carnegie Mellon University

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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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