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 Plains States 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 Plains States region, there were 279 behavioral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 118 behavioral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in behavioral sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in behavioral sciences.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree behavioral sciences students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri Baptist University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 18 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s behavioral sciences students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dakota Wesleyan University landed the #2 spot on the list. Dakota Wesleyan University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Mitchell, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Behavioral Sciences at Dakota Wesleyan University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Nebraska. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Concordia University, Nebraska is a private not-for-profit institution located in Seward, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Behavioral Sciences at Concordia University, Nebraska
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #4 spot on the list. Lawrence, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s behavioral sciences degrees to 80 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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 freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fontbonne University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Plains States Region. Fontbonne University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Behavioral Sciences at Fontbonne University
Tabor College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Hillsboro, Kansas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s behavioral sciences students in 2020-2021.
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