by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in Georgia” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Georgia, there were 33 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,579 and $48,125 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in Georgia” ranking analyzed 2 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.
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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 Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in Georgia”.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia behavioral science students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of West Georgia landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Carrollton, Georgia, this fairly large public school handed out 27 diplomas to qualified ’s behavioral science students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Behavioral Science Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #2 spot on the list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s behavioral science degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, 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%.
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