2023 Most Well Attended Behavioral Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s

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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 Southeast region, there were 650 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,579 and $46,616 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Behavioral Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in behavioral science. To top this list, a school must have a successful behavioral science program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Behavioral Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Behavioral Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s”.

Top 3 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Behavioral Science in the Southeast Region

1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

#6 overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Behavioral Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #1 spot on the list. UNC Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 masters’s behavioral science degrees to qualified 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full UNC Chapel Hill Behavioral Science Report

2

Harding University
Searcy, Arkansas

Top 20% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harding University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Behavioral Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. Harding is a small school located in Searcy, Arkansas that handed out 0 masters’s behavioral science degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 full report on Behavioral Science at Harding University

2

Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia

#5 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Emory University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Behavioral Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s. Emory University is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s behavioral science degrees to qualified students.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. 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%.

Full Emory University Behavioral Science Report

• Most Popular Master’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.

Credits

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