2022 Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k” 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.

Across California, there were 590 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,350 and $30,052 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The behavioral science 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 “Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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 by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Science (Income $75-$110k) in California

#1

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, California

#1 in overall quality

$17,944 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, San Francisco State University landed the #1 spot on the list. SFSU is a large school located in San Francisco, California that handed out 6 masters’s behavioral science degrees in 2019-2020.

SFSU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Behavioral Science Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at San Francisco State University are $17,944, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full SFSU Behavioral Science Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Science (Income $75-$110k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Science (Income $75-$110k)

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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