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2023 Best Value Behavioral Science Graduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$26,511 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Behavioral Science Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 1,358 people earned a degree or certificate in behavioral science, making the major the #119 most popular in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Behavioral Science Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Behavioral Science Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Behavioral Science

#1

Fitchburg State University

Fitchburg, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Fitchburg State University the best value school in the United States for behavioral science students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize suburb of Fitchburg, Fitchburg State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Fitchburg State graduate students pay an average of $6,012 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Behavioral Science at Fitchburg State University

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Washington - Seattle Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value behavioral science schools in the United States. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public school with a very large student population.

UW Seattle graduate students pay an average of $30,912 in tuition and fees each year.

UW Seattle also claimed a spot on our Best Behavioral Science Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 1% of all schools in this category.

Full Behavioral Science at University of Washington - Seattle Campus Report

#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Texas Tech University is a great value for behavioral science students working on their graduate certificate. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $17,698 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Behavioral Science at Texas Tech University Report

#4

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Behavioral Science Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

KU graduate students pay an average of $25,007 in tuition and fees each year.

KU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Behavioral Science Graduate Certificate Schools list.

Read full report on Behavioral Science at University of Kansas

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Columbia University in the City of New York is a great value for behavioral science students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Columbia graduate students pay an average of $52,924 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Columbia also did well on our Best Behavioral Science Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Behavioral Science at Columbia University in the City of New York

Behavioral Science by Region

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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

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Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 2,491
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Nutrition Science 1,496
Computational Science 1,063
International Studies 918

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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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