2022 Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region
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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 Plains States region, there were 246 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,400 and $51,658 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 63 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality behavioral science programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree behavioral science students.
Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Science in the Plains States Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #1 spot on the list. WUSTL is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 61 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
WUSTL also made our “Best Behavioral Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Washington University in St Louis are $56,562, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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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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