2025 Best Behavioral Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Behavioral Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 162 bachelor's degrees in behavioral science during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Early-Career Earnings

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

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 colleges for behavioral science students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Behavioral Science Schools

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 the Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Behavioral Science in the Southwest Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in behavioral science.

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Behavioral Science

1

University of Phoenix - Arizona
Phoenix, AZ

69 Annual Graduates

$38,087 Median Starting Salary

$11,000 Median Student Debt

University of Phoenix - Arizona is a good decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in behavioral science. UOPX - Arizona is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the city of Phoenix.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the behavioral science program report average early career earnings of $38,087.

More information about a bachelor’s in behavioral science from University of Phoenix - Arizona

2

University of Houston - Clear Lake
Houston, TX

46 Annual Graduates

$32,986 Median Starting Salary

University of Houston - Clear Lake is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in behavioral science. UH Clear Lake is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Houston.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the behavioral science program make an average of $32,986 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in behavioral science from University of Houston - Clear Lake

Best Behavioral Science Colleges by State

Explore the best behavioral science schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	245	66
Arizona	200	350

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Behavioral Science Related Rankings by Major

Behavioral Science is one of 51 different types of Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies programs to choose from.

Behavioral Science Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Behavioral Sciences	162

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	6,617
Interdisciplinary Studies	1,044
International Studies	737
Nutrition Science	658
Data Science	158
Sustainability Science	154
Data Analytics	116
Cognitive Science	77
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics	58
Biological & Physical Science	49

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Polimerek. More about our data sources and methodologies.