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Best Value Behavioral Science Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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2023 Best Value Behavioral Science Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$50,136 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Behavioral Science Doctor's Degree School for You

Behavioral Science is the #119 most popular major in the country with 1,358 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Behavioral Science Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for behavioral science students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Behavioral Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Behavioral Science Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Behavioral Science

#1

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

Our analysis found Carnegie Mellon University to be the best value school for behavioral science students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Carnegie Mellon are $47,347 a year.

Carnegie Mellon also took the #2 spot in our Best Behavioral Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region rankings.

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Out of the 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Columbia are $52,924 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Columbia is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Behavioral Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

Full Behavioral Science at Columbia University in the City of New York Report

Best Behavioral Science Colleges by State

Explore the best behavioral science colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 272
Pennsylvania 69
Maryland 33
New Jersey 21
Delaware 0

Behavioral Science is one of 36 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 2,491
Sustainability Science 1,547
Nutrition Science 1,496
Computational Science 1,063
International Studies 918

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Polimerek.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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