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2022 Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
772 Degrees Awarded
$8,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 3,469 people earned their degree in behavioral sciences, making the major the 184th most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 772 behavioral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in behavioral sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality behavioral sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the behavioral sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree behavioral sciences students with aid.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Behavioral Sciences (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jacinto Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. San Jacinto Community College is located in Pasadena, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 312 associates’s behavioral sciences degrees to qualified students.

San Jacinto College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Behavioral Sciences Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $8,692 for associate degree behavioral sciences students with aid per year to attend San Jacinto College.

Read more about Behavioral Sciences at San Jacinto College

#2

Imperial Valley College

Imperial, California
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Imperial Valley College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid. This medium-sized school is located in Imperial, California, and it awarded 136 associates’s behavioral sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

IVC also made our “Best Behavioral Sciences Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Imperial Valley College is $1,111 for associate degree behavioral sciences students with aid.

Full IVC Behavioral Sciences Report

#3

Glendale Community College

Glendale, Arizona
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Glendale Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid. Located in Glendale, Arizona, this fairly large public school handed out 22 diplomas to qualified associates’s behavioral sciences students in 2019-2020.

Glendale Community College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Behavioral Sciences Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $8,597 for associate degree behavioral sciences students with aid per year to attend Glendale Community College.

Full Glendale Community College Behavioral Sciences Report

#4

American River College

Sacramento, California
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, American River College landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Sacramento, California, and it awarded 24 associates’s behavioral sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

American River also made our “Best Behavioral Sciences Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $4,816 for Associate Degree Behavioral Sciences students with aid per year to attend American River.

Full American River College Behavioral Sciences Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. University of Phoenix - Arizona is a large private for-profit school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 43 associates’s behavioral sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UOPX - Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Behavioral Sciences Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $12,944 for associate degree behavioral sciences students with aid per year to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona.

Read more about Behavioral Sciences at University of Phoenix - Arizona

#6

Granite State College

Concord, New Hampshire
#6 in overall quality

Granite State College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid ranking. This small school is located in Concord, New Hampshire, and it awarded 10 associates’s behavioral sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

GSC also took the #6 spot in our “Best Behavioral Sciences Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Granite State College is $12,507 for associate degree behavioral sciences students with aid.

Read more about Behavioral Sciences at Granite State College

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).
  • 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

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • 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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