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Most Popular Behavioral Science Schools in Illinois

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2023 Most Popular Behavioral Science Schools in Illinois

2 Colleges
$5,520 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Behavioral Science School for You

With 12 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, behavioral science is the #182 most popular major in Illinois.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Behavioral Science Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Illinois 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

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the most popular school in Illinois for behavioral science students. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Full Behavioral Science at Northwestern University Report

#2

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Out of the 2 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the # 2 spot on the list. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Full Behavioral Science at University of Chicago Report

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State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 543
Wisconsin 0

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

Majors Similar to Behavioral Science

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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