by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,383 people earned their degree in behavioral neuroscience, making the major the 354th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 88 behavioral neuroscience graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 42 behavioral neuroscience graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in behavioral neuroscience. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in behavioral neuroscience.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree physiological psychology/psychobiology students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Albright College landed the #1 spot on the list. Reading, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s physiological psychology/psychobiology degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Villanova University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Villanova, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s physiological psychology/psychobiology degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pace University - New York. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. This fairly large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s physiological psychology/psychobiology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, 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 Utica College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Utica College is located in Utica, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s physiological psychology/psychobiology degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Binghamton University landed the #5 spot on the list. Binghamton University is a public institution located in Vestal, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Lincoln University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #6. Lincoln is located in Lincoln University, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s physiological psychology/psychobiology degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Behavioral Neuroscience at Lincoln University
Swarthmore College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s physiological psychology/psychobiology students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Juniata College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Huntingdon, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s physiological psychology/psychobiology degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Behavioral Neuroscience at Juniata College
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