Behavioral Sciences
85 colleges offer Behavioral Sciences in the College Scorecard data. Graduates leave with an average federal debt of $17,109, from $7,464 at the lowest program to $48,766 at the highest. One year after graduating they earn $30,068 on average, from $17,641 at the lowest program to $37,391 at the highest.
Is a Behavioral Sciences degree worth it?
Across 22 bachelor's programs that report earnings, the median pays its graduates $32,579 a year after graduation, and the middle half pay between $27,332 and $32,579. The median for all majors is $37,050. At the median program, graduates who borrowed owe $7,533. Debt is 0.23x first-year earnings, which ranks 4th of 147 majors, where 1st carries the least debt for the pay.
These are earnings one year after graduating, for students who received federal aid. Majors that lead to graduate school, or to careers that start slowly, look worse here than they will ten years on.
Details
- Number of Offering Colleges: 85
- Average Debt on Graduation: $17,109
- Expected Earnings 1 Year After: $30,068
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Degree type: Certificate, Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's, etc.
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Debt Mean
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Average federal loan debt at graduation — can be skewed by outliers, unlike the median
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Debt Median
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Median federal loan debt at graduation — the middle value, less affected by extreme outliers
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Earnings ▼
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Median earnings 1 year after graduation for this major
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| University of Cambridge - Saint John's College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Concordia College Alabama | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| College of Saint Joseph | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Columbia Southern University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Glenville State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Central Washington University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| East Texas Baptist University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Trevecca Nazarene University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Tennessee Wesleyan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| The University of Tennessee Southern | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Dakota Wesleyan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Columbia College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Brown University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Saint Francis University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Point Park University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mount Aloysius College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Franklin and Marshall College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Elizabethtown College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Duquesne University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Southwestern Christian University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Walsh University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mount St. Joseph University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| New York Institute of Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Rowan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Felician University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies Online | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Concordia University-Nebraska | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| The University of Montana-Western | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Fontbonne University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Northern Michigan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Rochester University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Andrews University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Harvard University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Holy Cross | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Tabor College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Martin University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| East-West University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Chaminade University of Honolulu | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of West Georgia | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| South University-Savannah | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Brewton-Parker College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| United States Air Force Academy | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of La Verne | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of California-Santa Cruz | Bachelor's Degree | $34,415 | $24,874 | No data |
| California State University-Dominguez Hills | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| California Baptist University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Johns Hopkins University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $17,641 |
| Concordia University-Irvine | Bachelor's Degree | $48,766 | No data | $20,129 |
| Life Pacific University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $22,803 |
| Missouri Baptist University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $25,428 |
| Purdue University Northwest | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $26,990 |
| Mid-America Christian University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,168 |
| University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | Bachelor's Degree | $20,830 | No data | $27,825 |
| University of Kansas | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $44,500 | $29,023 |
| University of Houston-Clear Lake | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $29,871 |
| Ashford University | Bachelor's Degree | $7,464 | $6,706 | $30,127 |
| University of Phoenix-Nevada | Bachelor's Degree | $10,960 | $7,533 | $32,579 |
| University of Phoenix-Georgia | Bachelor's Degree | $10,960 | $7,533 | $32,579 |
| University of Phoenix-California | Bachelor's Degree | $10,960 | $7,533 | $32,579 |
| University of Phoenix-Arizona | Bachelor's Degree | $10,960 | $7,533 | $32,579 |
| University of Phoenix-Texas | Bachelor's Degree | $10,960 | $7,533 | $32,579 |
| University of Phoenix-Washington | Bachelor's Degree | $10,960 | $7,533 | $32,579 |
| University of Phoenix-Utah | Bachelor's Degree | $10,960 | $7,533 | $32,579 |
| Wilmington University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $33,135 |
| York College of Pennsylvania | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $33,335 |
| Metropolitan State University of Denver | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $33,393 |
| San Jose State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $33,421 |
| George Fox University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $35,828 |
| Western International University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $37,391 |
| Whitman College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| The University of Texas at Austin | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Juniata College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Duke University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mercy University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Concordia College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Maine at Fort Kent | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Maine at Machias | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Iowa | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| San Francisco State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Athens State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |