2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Sciences in Pennsylvania

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 a Doctorate in Pennsylvania” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across Pennsylvania, there were 129 behavioral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 behavioral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent behavioral sciences programs, but they also cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania doctor’s degree behavioral sciences students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Sciences in Pennsylvania

#1

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$47,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Behavioral Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s behavioral sciences students in 2019-2020.

Carnegie Mellon not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Behavioral Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon are $47,326, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Behavioral Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University

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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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