2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Science in the Far Western US Region

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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 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,423 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Behavioral Science Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in behavioral science. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in behavioral science.

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Most Well Attended Behavioral Science Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree behavioral science students.

Top 3 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Science in the Far Western US Region

1

California Institute of Integral Studies
San Francisco, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California Institute of Integral Studies. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Behavioral Science Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate. California Institute of Integral Studies is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Francisco, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.

Full California Institute of Integral Studies Behavioral Science Report

2

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

#11 overall quality in Far Western US

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Behavioral Science Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate list. This large school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s behavioral science degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%.

Read full report on Behavioral Science at UW Seattle

3

University of California - Merced
Merced, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Merced. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Behavioral Science Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate. University of California - Merced is located in Merced, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 doctorate’s behavioral science degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Behavioral Science at UC Merced

• Most Popular 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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