by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 4,169 people earned their degree in behavioral sciences, making the major the 177th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 857 behavioral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 84 behavioral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in behavioral sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their behavioral sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, East-West University landed the #1 spot on the list. East - West University is a small school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 9 bachelors’s behavioral sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Green Bay. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Green Bay, Wisconsin, this medium-sized public school awarded 44 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s behavioral sciences students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rochester University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region. RU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Rochester Hills, Michigan. It awarded 5 bachelors’s behavioral sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University Northwest. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue University Northwest is a medium-sized public school situated in Hammond, Indiana. It awarded 12 bachelors’s behavioral sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Behavioral Sciences at Purdue University Northwest
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mount St. Joseph University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region. Mount St. Joseph University is a small school located in Cincinnati, Ohio that handed out 3 bachelors’s behavioral sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Northern Michigan University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Northern Michigan University is located in Marquette, Michigan and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s behavioral sciences degrees to qualified students.
Full Northern Michigan University Behavioral Sciences Report
Andrews University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Berrien Springs, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s behavioral sciences degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Walsh University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #8. Walsh is a small private not-for-profit school situated in North Canton, Ohio. It awarded 2 bachelors’s behavioral sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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