2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Behavioral Science in California

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in California” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 California, there were 570 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,812 and $32,369 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 187 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,972 and $17,699 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in California” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in behavioral science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their behavioral science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for california associate degree behavioral science students.

Top 6 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Behavioral Science in California

1

Imperial Valley College
Imperial, California

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Imperial Valley College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Imperial, California, this medium-sized public school awarded 143 degrees to qualified associates’s behavioral science students in 2020-2021.

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2

American River College
Sacramento, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American River College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in California list. This large school is located in Sacramento, California, and it awarded 24 associates’s behavioral science degrees in 2020-2021.

Full American River College Behavioral Science Report

3

Chabot College
Hayward, California

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Chabot College landed the #3 spot on the list. Chabot College is a fairly large school located in Hayward, California that handed out 13 associates’s behavioral science degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Behavioral Science at Chabot College

4

Shasta College
Redding, California

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Shasta College landed the #4 spot on the list. Redding, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s behavioral science degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.

Full Shasta College Behavioral Science Report

5

Moorpark College
Moorpark, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Moorpark College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in California list. This fairly large school is located in Moorpark, California, and it awarded 1 associates’s behavioral science degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Behavioral Science at Moorpark College

6

MiraCosta College
Oceanside, California

With a ranking of #6, MiraCosta College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in California list. MiraCosta College is located in Oceanside, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s behavioral science degrees to qualified students.

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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