2022 Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Behavioral Sciences is the 184th most popular major in the country with 3,469 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,207 behavioral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 475 behavioral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Behavioral Sciences in the Southwest Region

#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 in the Southwest Region. Pasadena, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s behavioral sciences degrees to 312 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at San Jacinto College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Behavioral Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,692 for southwest region associate degree behavioral sciences students per year to attend San Jacinto College.

Read full report on Behavioral Sciences at San Jacinto College

#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 in the Southwest Region 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 in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Glendale Community College is $8,597 for southwest region associate degree behavioral sciences students.

Full Glendale Community College Behavioral Sciences Report

#3

University of Phoenix - Arizona

Tempe, Arizona

#3 in overall quality

$12,944 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the #3 spot on the list. 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 also made our “Best Behavioral Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona is $12,944 for southwest region associate degree behavioral sciences students.

Full UOPX - Arizona Behavioral Sciences Report

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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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