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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Behavioral Science is the 141st most popular major in the country with 4,169 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Far Western US region, there were 682 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,513 and $37,196 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 391 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 14 colleges that offered a degree in behavioral science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in behavioral science.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Far Western US Region”.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Life Pacific College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in San Dimas, California, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s behavioral science degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, George Fox University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Newberg, Oregon, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 20 degrees to qualified bachelors’s behavioral science students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Concordia University, Irvine. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Far Western US Region. This small school is located in Irvine, California, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s behavioral science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Behavioral Science at Concordia University, Irvine
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Phoenix - Nevada. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Far Western US Region. Las Vegas, Nevada is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s behavioral science degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 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 - Nevada
University of Phoenix - California did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #6. UOPX - California is located in Costa Mesa, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s behavioral science degrees to qualified students.
California Baptist University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Far Western US Region list. This fairly large school is located in Riverside, California, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s behavioral science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
San Jose State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. This large school is located in San Jose, California, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s behavioral science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Behavioral Science at San Jose State University
California State University - Dominguez Hills came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Carson, California, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s behavioral science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Behavioral Science at California State University - Dominguez Hills
Chaminade University of Honolulu did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #10. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s behavioral science students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Behavioral Science at Chaminade University of Honolulu
With a ranking of #11, Central Washington University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Far Western US Region list. CWU is a fairly large public school situated in Ellensburg, Washington. It awarded 6 bachelors’s behavioral science degrees in 2020-2021.
University of La Verne landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in La Verne, California, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s behavioral science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Behavioral Science at University of La Verne
Whitman College landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in Walla Walla, Washington, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s behavioral science students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
California State Polytechnic University - Pomona ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Far Western US Region list. Cal Poly Pomona is a large school located in Pomona, California that handed out 0 bachelors’s behavioral science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full California State Polytechnic University - Pomona Behavioral Science Report
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