2024 Best Behavioral Science Schools in the Southwest Region
6Colleges in the Southwest Region
803Behavioral Science Degrees Awarded
$30,253Avg 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.
College Factual looked at 6 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Behavioral Science Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 803 degrees in behavioral science during the 2021-2022 academic year.
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.
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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 pursuing a degree in behavioral science needs to take a look at San Jacinto Community College. San Jacinto College is a fairly large public college located in the suburb of Pasadena. This college ranks 36th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 371 behavioral science students who graduated with this degree at San Jacinto College in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the behavioral science program state that they receive average early career earnings of $30,009.
Every student who is interested in behavioral science has to check out University of Phoenix - Arizona. UOPX - Arizona is a very large private for-profit university located in the city of Phoenix. A Best Colleges rank of #113 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UOPX - Arizona is a great university overall.
There were roughly 145 behavioral science students who graduated with this degree at UOPX - Arizona in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the behavioral science program report average early career income of $29,783.
Texas Tech University is a good option for students interested in a degree in behavioral science. Texas Tech is a very large public university located in the city of Lubbock. A Best Colleges rank of #168 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Texas Tech is a great university overall.More information about a degree in behavioral science from Texas Tech University
University of Houston - Clear Lake is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in behavioral science. UH Clear Lake is a moderately-sized public university located in the suburb of Houston. This university ranks 54th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 49 behavioral science students who graduated with this degree at UH Clear Lake in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the behavioral science program report average early career income of $29,871.
Located in the large city of Houston, HBU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 67th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 1 behavioral science students who graduated with this degree at HBU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Houston, UOPX - Texas is a private for-profit university with a small student population.
There were approximately 1 behavioral science students who graduated with this degree at UOPX - Texas in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the behavioral science major at University of Phoenix - Texas earn $2,326 above the typical college grad in this field shortly after graduation.
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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.
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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.
