a bachelor's degree in behavioral science is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #135 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of behavioral science. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 126 bachelor's degrees in behavioral science during the 2022-2023 academic year.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on behavioral science students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other behavioral science students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for behavioral science to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized behavioral science related body.
Our complete 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.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Behavioral Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list to help you make the college decision.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Behavioral Science in Pennsylvania
Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for behavioral science students seeking a a bachelor's degree.
Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Bachelor's in Behavioral Science
Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in behavioral science has to look into Franklin and Marshall College. Franklin and Marshall is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Lancaster.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the behavioral science program state that they receive average early career earnings of $38,391.
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).
