If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in behavioral science, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #135 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Behavioral Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Indiana ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 24 bachelor's degrees in behavioral science to qualified students.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to behavioral science students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of behavioral science students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt behavioral science students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized behavioral science related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for behavioral science students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Behavioral Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Indiana list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Behavioral Science in Indiana
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in behavioral science.
Top Indiana Schools for a Bachelor's in Behavioral Science
Purdue University Northwest is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in behavioral science. Purdue Northwest is a moderately-sized public university located in the suburb of Hammond.
Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the behavioral science program earn an average of $28,340 in their early career salary.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).