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2022 Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate

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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in behavioral sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent behavioral sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the behavioral sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate

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

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Behavioral Sciences

#1

San Jacinto Community College

Pasadena, Texas
#1 in overall quality
$8,692 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Jacinto Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate. This large school is located in Pasadena, Texas, and it awarded 312 associates’s behavioral sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

San Jacinto College also made our “Best Behavioral Sciences Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for San Jacinto College is $8,692 for Associate Degree Behavioral Sciences students.

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#2

Glendale Community College

Glendale, Arizona
#2 in overall quality
$8,597 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Glendale Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate list. Glendale, Arizona is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s behavioral sciences degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Glendale Community College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Behavioral Sciences Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Glendale Community College is $8,597 for associate degree behavioral sciences students.

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#3

University of Phoenix - Arizona

Tempe, Arizona
#4 in overall quality
$12,944 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate. UOPX - 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Behavioral Sciences Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend UOPX - Arizona is $12,944 for Associate Degree Behavioral Sciences students.

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#4

Imperial Valley College

Imperial, California
#3 in overall quality
$1,111 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Imperial Valley College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate. Imperial, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s behavioral sciences degrees to 136 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at IVC, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Behavioral Sciences Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Imperial Valley College is $1,111 for Associate Degree Behavioral Sciences students.

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#5

Granite State College

Concord, New Hampshire
#6 in overall quality
$12,507 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Granite State College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate list. This small school is located in Concord, New Hampshire, and it awarded 10 associates’s behavioral sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

GSC also made our “Best Behavioral Sciences Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $12,507 for Associate Degree Behavioral Sciences students per year to attend GSC.

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#6

American River College

Sacramento, California
#5 in overall quality
$4,816 Average Net Price

American River College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate ranking. American River College is a large public school situated in Sacramento, California. It awarded 24 associates’s behavioral sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

American River not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Behavioral Sciences Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend American River is $4,816 for Associate Degree Behavioral Sciences students.

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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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