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

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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 the Middle Atlantic region, there were 489 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,100 and $37,971 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 350 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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 a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree behavioral science students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Science (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$41,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 63 degrees to qualified masters’s behavioral science students in 2019-2020.

UPenn not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Behavioral Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Pennsylvania are $41,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Behavioral Science at University of Pennsylvania

#2

University of Baltimore

Baltimore, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$21,614 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Baltimore landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 31 masters’s behavioral science degrees in 2019-2020.

UB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Behavioral Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UB are $21,614, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Baltimore Behavioral Science Report

• 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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