2024 Best Behavioral Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region
4Colleges in the Plains States Region
279Behavioral Sciences Degrees Awarded
Behavioral Sciences is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #177 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Behavioral Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 279 degrees in behavioral sciences to qualified students.
The behavioral sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Behavioral Sciences rankings. We derive our Best Overall Behavioral Sciences 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.
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 Behavioral Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Behavioral Sciences in the Plains States Region
The schools below may not offer all types of behavioral sciences degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Plains States Region Schools in Behavioral Sciences
Washington University in St Louis is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in behavioral sciences. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #17 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means WUSTL is a great university overall.
There were about 103 behavioral sciences students who graduated with this degree at WUSTL in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat University of Iowa if you want to pursue a degree in behavioral sciences. Iowa is a fairly large public university located in the city of Iowa City. A Best Colleges rank of #84 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Iowa is a great university overall.
There were roughly 16 behavioral sciences students who graduated with this degree at Iowa in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat University of Kansas if you wish to pursue a degree in behavioral sciences. KU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Lawrence. This university ranks 1st out of 47 schools for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were roughly 113 behavioral sciences students who graduated with this degree at KU in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Missouri Baptist University if you wish to pursue a degree in behavioral sciences. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, MBU is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 25th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were about 18 behavioral sciences students who graduated with this degree at MBU in the most recent data year.
One of 0 majors within the Behavioral Science area of study, Behavioral Sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.
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).
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The behavioral sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Behavioral Sciences rankings. We derive our Best Overall Behavioral Sciences School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
