2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Science in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality behavioral science programs that also have a lower cost than 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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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 Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Science in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$47,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the #1 spot on the list. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It awarded 2 doctorate’s behavioral science degrees in 2019-2020.

Carnegie Mellon not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Behavioral Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. 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 (With Aid)

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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