2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Science in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Behavioral Science is the 146th most popular major in the country with 3,469 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Southeast region, there were 75 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,056 and $39,953 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 69 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

More Ways to Rank Behavioral Science Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree behavioral science students.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Science in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Phoenix - Georgia

Sandy Springs, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$31,877 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Georgia landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Sandy Springs, Georgia, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s behavioral science degrees in 2019-2020.

UOPX - Georgia also made our “Best Behavioral Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Behavioral Science at University of Phoenix - Georgia

#2

Athens State University

Athens, Alabama

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Athens State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Athens State University is a public institution located in Athens, Alabama. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Athens State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Behavioral Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.

Read full report on Behavioral Science at Athens State University

#3

Columbia College

Columbia, South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$18,307 Average Net Price

$26,933 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Columbia College is located in Columbia, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s behavioral science degrees to qualified students.

Columbia College South Carolina also took the #2 spot in our “Best Behavioral Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Columbia College South Carolina is $18,307 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Behavioral Science students.

Read full report on Behavioral Science at Columbia College South Carolina

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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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