2025 Best Behavioral Science Schools in the Great Lakes Region
3Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
912Behavioral Science Degrees Awarded
$43,095Avg Early-Career Salary
Behavioral Science is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #141 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for behavioral science students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 912 degrees in behavioral science to qualified students.
Your choice of behavioral science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for behavioral science schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Behavioral Science in the Great Lakes Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the behavioral science degree levels they offer.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Behavioral Science
Any student who is interested in behavioral science has to check out Purdue University Global. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue University Global is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #284 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Purdue University Global is a great university overall.
There were approximately 740 behavioral science students who graduated with this degree at Purdue University Global in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the behavioral science program at Purdue University Global get $4,762 more than the standard graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
It's hard to beat Vincennes University if you wish to pursue a degree in behavioral science. Vincennes University is a large public university located in the remote town of Vincennes. This university ranks 9th out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were approximately 24 behavioral science students who graduated with this degree at Vincennes University in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in behavioral science has to check out Purdue University Northwest. Located in the large suburb of Hammond, Purdue Northwest is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 22nd out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were roughly 8 behavioral science students who graduated with this degree at Purdue Northwest in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the behavioral science program earn an average of $28,340 for their early career.
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).
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Your choice of behavioral science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for behavioral science schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
