2024 Best Behavioral Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in behavioral sciences, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #167 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of behavioral sciences. Combined, these schools handed out 598 bachelor's degrees in behavioral sciences to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on behavioral sciences students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of behavioral sciences students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized behavioral sciences related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for behavioral sciences students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The behavioral sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Behavioral Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Behavioral Sciences in the Southeast Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in behavioral sciences.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Behavioral Sciences

1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

515 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in behavioral sciences. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in behavioral sciences from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2

Athens State University
Athens, AL

5 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in behavioral sciences has to check out Athens State University. Located in the town of Athens, Athens State University is a public university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in behavioral sciences from Athens State University

Best Behavioral Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best behavioral sciences colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Tennessee	460	24
North Carolina	453	518
Georgia	453	27
South Carolina	370	6
Alabama	320	6
Louisiana	306	0
West Virginia	223	17

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Behavioral Sciences Related Rankings by Major

One of 0 majors within the Behavioral Science area of study, Behavioral Sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Polimerek. More about our data sources and methodologies.