2024 Best Value Behavioral Science Schools in the Southwest Region
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Ranked Colleges
983
Degrees Awarded
$12,600
Avg Net Price*
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Behavioral Science Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 4,169 people earned their degree in behavioral science, making the major the 141st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, behavioral science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,701 and had an average of $35,804 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 983 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,145 and $36,655 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Behavioral Science Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in behavioral science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality behavioral science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the behavioral science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Behavioral Science Schools in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Behavioral Science Schools in the Southwest Region.
Top 3 Best Value Colleges for Behavioral Science in the Southwest Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Behavioral Science Schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, this large private for-profit school handed out 372 diplomas to qualified ’s behavioral science students in 2020-2021.
UOPX - Arizona also took the #1 spot in our “Best Behavioral Science Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Phoenix - Arizona is $13,038 for southwest region behavioral science students.
Read full report on Behavioral Science at UOPX - Arizona
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Jacinto Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Behavioral Science Schools in the Southwest Region. Pasadena, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s behavioral science degrees to 371 students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southwest region behavioral science students list, San Jacinto College has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Behavioral Science Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for San Jacinto Community College is $9,638 for Southwest Region Behavioral Science students.
Read full report on Behavioral Science at San Jacinto College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston - Clear Lake. It ranked #3 on our 2024 Best Value Behavioral Science Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in Houston, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 60 diplomas to qualified ’s behavioral science students in 2020-2021.
UH Clear Lake did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Behavioral Science Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UH Clear Lake is $15,001 for southwest region behavioral science students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Behavioral Science at UH Clear Lake
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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
- *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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