2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Science in the Plains States Region

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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 Plains States region, there were 279 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,953 and $30,045 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 55 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in behavioral science. That schools that top this list have a program in behavioral science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Science in the Plains States Region

1

Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Plains States Region list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 36 doctorate’s behavioral science degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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 freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Behavioral Science at Washington University in St Louis

2

University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Lawrence, Kansas, this large public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s behavioral science students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Behavioral Science at University of Kansas

3

University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

#9 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in the Plains States Region list. Iowa is a large public school situated in Iowa City, Iowa. It awarded 9 doctorate’s behavioral science degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Behavioral Science at University of Iowa

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Science

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.

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