2023 Best Behavioral Science Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$29,010
Avg Salary
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Plains States Region for Behavioral Science for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Behavioral Science is the 141st most popular major in the country with 4,169 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Plains States region, there were 279 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,953 and $30,045 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 118 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Behavioral Science for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in behavioral science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality behavioral science programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the behavioral science program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Behavioral Science for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree vets studying behavioral science.
Top 2 Best Behavioral Science Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Behavioral Science for a Bachelor’s list. Lawrence, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s behavioral science degrees to 80 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at KU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Behavioral Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Among the 26,744 students enrolled at University of Kansas, 70 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 40 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,917. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri Baptist University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Behavioral Science for a Bachelor’s list. Missouri Baptist University is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 18 bachelors’s behavioral science degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at MBU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Behavioral Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 71 of the 4,860 students enrolled at Missouri Baptist University were GI Bill® students, of which 49 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,645. During this same period, 8 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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).
- 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
- *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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