2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Behavioral Science for a Bachelor’s

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Behavioral Science for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2020-2021, 4,169 people earned their degree in behavioral science, making the major the 141st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, behavioral science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,701 and had an average of $35,804 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 983 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,145 and $36,655 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 416 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Behavioral Science for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in behavioral science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great behavioral science programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the behavioral science program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Behavioral Science for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Behavioral Science for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Best Behavioral Science Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

1

University of Houston - Clear Lake
Houston, Texas

465 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston - Clear Lake. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Behavioral Science for a Bachelor’s. UH Clear Lake is a medium-sized public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 59 bachelors’s behavioral science degrees in 2020-2021.

UH Clear Lake also made our “Best Behavioral Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, UH Clear Lake supports 9,053 students, and 465 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 292 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,337. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Houston - Clear Lake]](/colleges/university-of-houston-clear-lake/student-life/veterans/)

2

University of Phoenix - Arizona
Tempe, Arizona

135 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$6,437 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Behavioral Science for a Bachelor’s. UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 350 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

UOPX - Arizona also took the #1 spot in our “Best Behavioral Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, UOPX - Arizona supports 89,763 students, and 135 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 157 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,437. To help with additional expenses, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UOPX - Arizona does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

Full UOPX - Arizona Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Behavioral Science Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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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