Biopsychologybachelor's programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #261 out of the 363 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of biopsychology. Combined, these schools handed out 92 bachelor's degrees in biopsychology to qualified students.
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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
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on biopsychology students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other biopsychology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for biopsychology 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 biopsychology related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for biopsychology 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 Biopsychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts 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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Featured Biopsychology Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in biopsychology needs to look into Tufts University. Located in the suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.
After graduating, biopsychology bachelor's recipients generally make about $43,343 at the beginning of their 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).