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2023 Most Popular Behavioral Science Schools in California

4 Colleges
$27,812 Avg Salary
$32,369 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Behavioral Science School for You

With 21 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, behavioral science is the #196 most popular major in California.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Behavioral Science Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in California to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Behavioral Science program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Behavioral Science Colleges.

#1

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

Our 2023 rankings named San Francisco State University the most popular school in California for behavioral science students. SFSU is a very large public school located in the large city of San Francisco.

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The excellent programs at California Institute of Integral Studies helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best behavioral science schools in California. Located in the city of San Francisco, CIIS is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Merced. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Behavioral Science Schools in California list. UC Merced is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Merced.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means California State University - Dominguez Hills is a great place for behavioral science students. Located in the small city of Carson, CSUDH is a public college with a large student population.

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Best Behavioral Science Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Behavioral Science Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 83

One of 36 majors within the area of study, behavioral science has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 4 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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