by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking.
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 Southeast region, there were 650 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,579 and $46,616 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 598 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer 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.
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The behavioral science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Southeast Region”.
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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 Southeast Region”.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Martin Methodist College landed the #1 spot on the list. Martin Methodist College is located in Pulaski, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s behavioral science degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Behavioral Science at Martin Methodist College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Glenville State College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Glenville State College is a small school located in Glenville, West Virginia that handed out 17 bachelors’s behavioral science degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Southeast Region list. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 515 bachelors’s behavioral science degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tennessee Wesleyan University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Southeast Region. Tennessee Wesleyan University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Athens, Tennessee. It awarded 8 bachelors’s behavioral science degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Tennessee Wesleyan University Behavioral Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Columbia College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Columbia, South Carolina. It awarded 6 bachelors’s behavioral science degrees in 2020-2021.
University of West Georgia came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of West Georgia is a fairly large public school situated in Carrollton, Georgia. It awarded 27 bachelors’s behavioral science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Behavioral Science at University of West Georgia
With a ranking of #7, Athens State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Athens State University is a public institution located in Athens, Alabama. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Trevecca Nazarene 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 Southeast Region ranking. Trevecca Nazarene University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 3 bachelors’s behavioral science degrees in 2020-2021.
Duke University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Duke University is located in Durham, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s behavioral science degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Columbia Southern University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Orange Beach, Alabama is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s behavioral science degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Behavioral Science at Columbia Southern University
University of Holy Cross came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Holy Cross is a small private not-for-profit school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 0 bachelors’s behavioral science degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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