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 for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Behavior Analysis Major in Pennsylvania” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Applied Behavior Analysis is the 155th most popular major in the country with 5,497 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 156 applied behavior analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 93 applied behavior analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,136 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Behavior Analysis Major in Pennsylvania” ranking analyzed 5 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Behavior Analysis Major in Pennsylvania”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cairn University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Behavior Analysis Major in Pennsylvania list. Located in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 19 degrees to qualified masters’s applied behavior analysis students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Behavior Analysis Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Arcadia University landed the #2 spot on the list. Arcadia University is located in Glenside, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 masters’s applied behavior analysis degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Behavior Analysis Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Drexel University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 52 diplomas to qualified masters’s applied behavior analysis students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duquesne University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Behavior Analysis Major in Pennsylvania list. Duquesne University is a medium-sized school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 3 masters’s applied behavior analysis degrees in 2020-2021.
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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mercyhurst University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Behavior Analysis Major in Pennsylvania. Mercyhurst University is located in Erie, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s applied behavior analysis degrees to qualified students.
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