2023 Best Behavioral Neuroscience Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$39,600
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
Behavioral Neuroscience is the 354th most popular major in the country with 1,383 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 600 behavioral neuroscience graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 600 behavioral neuroscience graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in behavioral neuroscience. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality behavioral neuroscience programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the behavioral neuroscience program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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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 “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree vets studying physiological psychology/psychobiology.
Top 2 Best Behavioral Neuroscience Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology for a Bachelor’s list. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s physiological psychology/psychobiology degrees to 432 students in 2020-2021.
UCLA also took the #2 spot in our “Best Behavioral Neuroscience Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 7 of the 44,589 students enrolled at University of California - Los Angeles were GI Bill® students, of which 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,071. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of California - Los Angeles]](/colleges/university-of-california-los-angeles/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Santa Barbara. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology for a Bachelor’s. University of California - Santa Barbara is a public institution located in Santa Barbara, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 168 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UCSB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Behavioral Neuroscience Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.According to our most recent data, University of California - Santa Barbara supports 26,179 students, and 286 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 128 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,510. On top of their other funding sources, 3 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of California - Santa Barbara does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of California - Santa Barbara Veteran Student Life Report
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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