Behavioral Sciences
2,884 students earn a behavioral sciences credential each year across 81 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.
- Typical earnings, 1 year out
- $33,439
- Typical earnings, 5 years out
- $43,712
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Bachelor's programs — 53 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina503—1 year out——2University of IowaIowa City, Iowa327—1 year out——3The University of Arizona Global CampusChandler, Arizona150$37,6611 year out$41,412$51,3884University of Phoenix-ArizonaPhoenix, Arizona69$38,0871 year out$43,712$49,7705University of KansasLawrence, Kansas62$36,2061 year out$50,529$25,0006Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown, Pennsylvania58—1 year out——7Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, Pennsylvania51$38,3911 year out—$19,0008University of Houston-Clear LakeHouston, Texas46$32,9861 year out—$27,2249San Jose State UniversitySan Jose, California42—1 year out——10United States Air Force AcademyUSAF Academy, Colorado42—1 year out——11George Fox UniversityNewberg, Oregon42$34,6131 year out$56,034$30,81312University of TulsaTulsa, Oklahoma39—1 year out——13Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island27—1 year out——14University of West GeorgiaCarrollton, Georgia25—1 year out——15California State University-Dominguez HillsCarson, California21—1 year out——16Concordia University-IrvineIrvine, California20$31,8991 year out$61,744$24,58317Life Pacific UniversitySan Dimas, California16$29,8301 year out—$27,00018University of Maine at Fort KentFort Kent, Maine14—1 year out——19Saint Francis UniversityLoretto, Pennsylvania14—1 year out—$47,43920The University of Tennessee SouthernPulaski, Tennessee14—1 year out——21Purdue University GlobalWest Lafayette, Indiana14—1 year out——22Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland12—1 year out—$12,37523Concordia University-NebraskaSeward, Nebraska11$29,2731 year out$37,273$26,86524Glenville State UniversityGlenville, West Virginia11—1 year out——25Missouri Baptist UniversitySaint Louis, Missouri10$30,1471 year out—$26,40026Rowan UniversityGlassboro, New Jersey10—1 year out——27Purdue University NorthwestHammond, Indiana10$28,3401 year out—$16,01228East Texas Baptist UniversityMarshall, Texas8—1 year out——29California Baptist UniversityRiverside, California7—1 year out—$25,68030East-West UniversityChicago, Illinois7$37,1351 year out——31Athens State UniversityAthens, Alabama6—1 year out——32New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, New Jersey6—1 year out——33Tennessee Wesleyan UniversityAthens, Tennessee6—1 year out——34Central Washington UniversityEllensburg, Washington6—1 year out——35Dakota Wesleyan UniversityMitchell, South Dakota5—1 year out——36University of Mount Saint VincentBronx, New York4—1 year out——37Andrews UniversityBerrien Springs, Michigan3—1 year out——38Rochester Christian UniversityRochester Hills, Michigan3—1 year out——39Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina3—1 year out——40Point Park UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania3—1 year out——41Columbia CollegeColumbia, South Carolina3—1 year out$36,262$33,53942Sisseton Wahpeton CollegeSisseton, South Dakota3—1 year out——43Trevecca Nazarene UniversityNashville, Tennessee3—1 year out——44Mercy UniversityDobbs Ferry, New York2—1 year out——45Mount St. Joseph UniversityCincinnati, Ohio2—1 year out——46Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver, Colorado1—1 year out$47,252—47Northern Michigan UniversityMarquette, Michigan1—1 year out—$26,88948The University of Montana-WesternDillon, Montana1—1 year out——49University of California-Santa CruzSanta Cruz, California—$28,7091 year out—$17,50050Wilmington UniversityNew Castle, Delaware—$38,9371 year out$47,695$27,66751York College of PennsylvaniaYork, Pennsylvania——1 year out$41,027—52University of Wisconsin-Green BayGreen Bay, Wisconsin—$33,4391 year out$43,146$26,00053Mid-America Christian UniversityOklahoma City, Oklahoma——1 year out$30,240—
Associate programs — 25 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas350$33,4941 year out$43,205$9,2642Imperial Valley CollegeImperial, California153—1 year out——3Loyola University ChicagoChicago, Illinois38—1 year out—$5,7014Glendale Community CollegeGlendale, Arizona31—1 year out——5Vincennes UniversityVincennes, Indiana28—1 year out$37,094$11,3716Murray State CollegeTishomingo, Oklahoma28—1 year out——7South Mountain Community CollegePhoenix, Arizona20—1 year out——8American River CollegeSacramento, California18—1 year out——9Hill CollegeHillsboro, Texas17—1 year out—$15,25010Lewis-Clark State CollegeLewiston, Idaho14—1 year out——11University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies OnlineManchester, New Hampshire14—1 year out——12Clovis Community CollegeClovis, New Mexico14—1 year out——13Temple CollegeTemple, Texas13—1 year out——14MiraCosta CollegeOceanside, California10—1 year out——15Chabot CollegeHayward, California9—1 year out——16Shasta CollegeRedding, California9—1 year out——17University of Phoenix-ArizonaPhoenix, Arizona8$29,8771 year out$34,130$27,51518City College of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California4—1 year out——19College of the SiskiyousWeed, California2—1 year out——20Lynn UniversityBoca Raton, Florida2—1 year out——21Campbell UniversityBuies Creek, North Carolina2—1 year out——22Drury University-College of Continuing Professional StudiesSpringfield, Missouri2—1 year out——23New Mexico Highlands UniversityLas Vegas, New Mexico1—1 year out——24Sisseton Wahpeton CollegeSisseton, South Dakota1—1 year out——25Red Lake Nation CollegeRed Lake, Minnesota1—1 year out——
Certificate programs — 8 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Purdue University GlobalWest Lafayette, Indiana165—1 year out——2Glendale Community CollegeGlendale, Arizona77—1 year out——3South Mountain Community CollegePhoenix, Arizona57—1 year out——4University of Wisconsin-OshkoshOshkosh, Wisconsin31—1 year out——5University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMilwaukee, Wisconsin9$26,3311 year out$51,727$24,7216Eastern Washington UniversityCheney, Washington7—1 year out——7Clemson UniversityClemson, South Carolina5—1 year out——8Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona1—1 year out——
US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).