2023 Best Value Behavioral Science Schools in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Behavioral Science Schools in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Behavioral Science is the 141st most popular major in the country with 4,169 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, behavioral science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,701 and had an average of $35,804 in loans still to pay off.

Across Missouri, there were 127 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,105 and $35,208 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Behavioral Science Schools in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in behavioral science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent behavioral science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the behavioral science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Behavioral Science Schools in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri behavioral science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Behavioral Science (Income $0-$30k) in Missouri

1

Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$1,556 Average Net Price

$61,341 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Behavioral Science Schools in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 103 ’s behavioral science degrees in 2020-2021.

WUSTL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Behavioral Science Schools in Missouri” list. The yearly cost to attend Washington University in St Louis is $1,556 for Missouri Behavioral Science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Behavioral Science at WUSTL

2

Missouri Baptist University
Saint Louis, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$16,710 Average Net Price

$36,301 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri Baptist University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Behavioral Science Schools in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s behavioral science degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.

MBU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Behavioral Science Schools in Missouri” ranking. It costs about $16,710 for Missouri Behavioral Science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend MBU.

Full MBU Behavioral Science Report

• Best Value Colleges for Behavioral Science (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region
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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.

Credits

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