2025 Best Behavioral Science Schools in the Southwest Region
4Colleges in the Southwest Region
803Behavioral Science Degrees Awarded
$43,095Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in behavioral science is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #141 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for behavioral science students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 803 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. We derive our Best Overall Behavioral Science School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Behavioral Science Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Behavioral Science in the Southwest Region
The schools below may not offer all types of behavioral science degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Southwest Region Schools in Behavioral Science
Any student who is interested in behavioral science has to take a look at University of Phoenix - Arizona. UOPX - Arizona is a very large private for-profit university located in the large city of Phoenix. A Best Colleges rank of #83 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UOPX - Arizona is a great university overall.
There were approximately 145 behavioral science students who graduated with this degree at UOPX - Arizona in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the behavioral science program make an average of $37,298 in their early career salary.
It is hard to beat Baylor University if you wish to pursue a degree in behavioral science. Baylor is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Waco. A Best Colleges rank of #150 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Baylor is a great university overall.More information about a degree in behavioral science from Baylor University
Any student who is interested in behavioral science needs to check out San Jacinto Community College. San Jacinto College is a very large public college located in the city of Pasadena. This college ranks 31st out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 371 behavioral science students who graduated with this degree at San Jacinto College in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the behavioral science program earn an average of $33,494 in the first couple years of working.
University of Houston - Clear Lake is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in behavioral science. UH Clear Lake is a moderately-sized public university located in the medium-sized city of Houston. This university ranks 87th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 49 behavioral science students who graduated with this degree at UH Clear Lake in the most recent data year. After graduating, behavioral science degree recipients typically earn an average of $32,986 in their early careers.
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. We derive our Best Overall Behavioral Science School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
