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2023 Best Value Behavioral Science Master's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

15 Colleges
$29,454 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$43,596 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Behavioral Science Master's Degree 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.

The Best Value Behavioral Science Master's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in the United States to see which master'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 Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for behavioral science majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best Behavioral Science Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of Washington - Seattle Campus the best value school in the United States for behavioral science students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW Seattle are $30,912 per year.

UW Seattle also claimed a spot on our Best Behavioral Science Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

Full Behavioral Science at University of Washington - Seattle Campus Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a great value for behavioral science students working on their master’s degree. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Chapel Hill.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNC Chapel Hill are $30,858 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UNC Chapel Hill also is in the top 5% of our Best Behavioral Science Master’s Degree Schools ranking.

Full Behavioral Science at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Houston - Clear Lake is a great value for behavioral science students working on their master’s degree. UH Clear Lake is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Houston.

UH Clear Lake graduate students pay an average of $18,990 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Behavioral Science at University of Houston - Clear Lake Report

#4

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value behavioral science schools in the United States. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UPenn are $42,932 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UPenn is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Behavioral Science Master’s Degree Schools list.

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#5

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Kansas helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value behavioral science schools in the United States. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at KU are $25,007 a year.

Full Behavioral Science at University of Kansas Report

#6

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

Carnegie Mellon University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Behavioral Science Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Carnegie Mellon are $47,347 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Carnegie Mellon also did well on our Best Behavioral Science Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#7

Yale University

New Haven, CT

With a ranking of #7, Yale University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for behavioral science students working on their master’s degree. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of New Haven.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Yale are $45,700 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Yale also is in the top 5% of our Best Behavioral Science Master’s Degree Schools ranking.

Read full report on Behavioral Science at Yale University

Eastern Washington University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Behavioral Science Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the fringe town of Cheney, EWU is a public school with a large student population.

EWU graduate students pay an average of $28,965 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Behavioral Science at Eastern Washington University

#9

University of Baltimore

Baltimore, MD

University of Baltimore ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Behavioral Science Master’s Degree Schools list. UB is a small public school located in the large city of Baltimore.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UB are $22,100 per year.

Full Behavioral Science at University of Baltimore Report

#10

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

San Francisco State University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree behavioral science programs. Located in the large city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SFSU are $18,242 a year.

Full Behavioral Science at San Francisco State University Report

Behavioral Science by Region

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New England
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Middle Atlantic
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Southwest
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Behavioral Science is one of 36 different types of programs to choose from.

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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 15 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.

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