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2022 Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k

6 Ranked Colleges
772 Degrees Awarded
$7,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,469 people earned their degree in behavioral science, making the major the 146th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, behavioral science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,550 and had an average of $39,821 in loans still to pay off.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 772 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in behavioral science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality behavioral science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the behavioral science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree behavioral science students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Behavioral Science (Income $30-$48k)

#1

Imperial Valley College

Imperial, California
#3 in overall quality
$843 Average Net Price

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Imperial Valley College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Imperial, California, this medium-sized public school handed out 136 diplomas to qualified associates’s behavioral science students in 2019-2020.

IVC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Behavioral Science Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $843 for Associate Degree Behavioral Science students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Imperial Valley College.

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#2

San Jacinto Community College

Pasadena, Texas
#1 in overall quality
$8,502 Average Net Price
$30,988 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, San Jacinto Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. San Jacinto College is located in Pasadena, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 312 associates’s behavioral science degrees to qualified students.

San Jacinto College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Behavioral Science Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $8,502 for Associate Degree Behavioral Science students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend San Jacinto College.

Read more about Behavioral Science at San Jacinto College

#3

American River College

Sacramento, California
#5 in overall quality
$4,591 Average Net Price

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, American River College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Sacramento, California, this large public school awarded 24 degrees to qualified associates’s behavioral science students in 2019-2020.

American River not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Behavioral Science Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend American River College is $4,591 for associate degree behavioral science students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Behavioral Science at American River

#4

Glendale Community College

Glendale, Arizona
#2 in overall quality
$8,465 Average Net Price
$29,250 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Glendale Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Glendale, Arizona is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s behavioral science degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

Glendale Community College also made our “Best Behavioral Science Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Glendale Community College is $8,465 for associate degree behavioral science students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#5

University of Phoenix - Arizona

Tempe, Arizona
#4 in overall quality
$13,378 Average Net Price
$27,111 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the #5 spot on the list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s behavioral science degrees to 43 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree behavioral science students whose families make $30-$48k list, UOPX - Arizona has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Behavioral Science Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $13,378 for Associate Degree Behavioral Science students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UOPX - Arizona.

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#6

Granite State College

Concord, New Hampshire
#6 in overall quality
$11,114 Average Net Price

Granite State College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. GSC is a small school located in Concord, New Hampshire that handed out 10 associates’s behavioral science degrees in 2019-2020.

GSC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Behavioral Science Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Granite State College is $11,114 for associate degree behavioral science students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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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