2022 Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Master’s in Washington

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Master’s in Washington” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Washington, there were 69 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,800 and $41,750 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 55 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,184 and $46,709 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Master’s in Washington” 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Master’s in Washington” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Master’s in Washington

The colleges and universities below are the best for washington master’s degree behavioral science students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Science in Washington

#1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$30,294 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Master’s in Washington list. UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 42 masters’s behavioral science degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW Seattle, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Behavioral Science Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Washington - Seattle Campus are $30,294, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UW Seattle Behavioral Science Report

#2

Eastern Washington University

Cheney, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$28,921 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Washington University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Master’s in Washington. Cheney, Washington is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s behavioral science degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

EWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Behavioral Science Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at EWU are $28,921, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Behavioral Science at EWU

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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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