2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Applied Behavior Analysis in the Southeast Region

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Applied Behavior Analysis is the 155th most popular major in the country with 5,497 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 751 applied behavior analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 applied behavior analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Applied Behavior Analysis Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in applied behavior analysis. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in applied behavior analysis.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Applied Behavior Analysis Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Applied Behavior Analysis Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Applied Behavior Analysis in the Southeast Region

1

Freed-Hardeman University
Henderson, Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Freed-Hardeman University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Applied Behavior Analysis Major in the Southeast Region list. FHU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Henderson, Tennessee. It awarded 2 doctorate’s applied behavior analysis degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Applied Behavior Analysis at Freed-Hardeman University

2

Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, Florida

Top 15% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Applied Behavior Analysis Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Melbourne, Florida, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s applied behavior analysis students in 2020-2021.

Full Florida Institute of Technology Applied Behavior Analysis Report

3

University of South Florida - Main Campus
Tampa, Florida

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Applied Behavior Analysis Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Tampa, Florida, this large public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s applied behavior analysis students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Applied Behavior Analysis at USF Tampa

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Applied Behavior Analysis

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.