2023 Best Value Colleges for Behavioral Sciences in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Behavioral Sciences is the 177th most popular major in the country with 4,169 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 857 behavioral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in behavioral sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality behavioral sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the behavioral sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Behavioral Sciences in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

1

University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
Green Bay, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$13,092 Average Net Price

$36,510 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and it awarded 44 ’s behavioral sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

UW - Green Bay also took the #1 spot in our “Best Behavioral Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UW - Green Bay is $13,092 for Great Lakes Region Behavioral Sciences students with aid.

Read full report on Behavioral Sciences at UW - Green Bay

2

Purdue University Northwest
Hammond, Indiana

#3 in overall quality

$11,384 Average Net Price

$43,610 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University Northwest. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Purdue University Northwest is located in Hammond, Indiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 ’s behavioral sciences degrees to qualified students.

Purdue Northwest did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Behavioral Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Purdue Northwest is $11,384 for great lakes region behavioral sciences students with aid.

Read more about Behavioral Sciences at Purdue University Northwest

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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).
• 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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