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2023 Best Value Behavioral Science Master's Degree Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$15,463 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$43,596 Avg Salary

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

Behavioral Science is the #119 most popular major in California with 570 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Behavioral Science Master's Degree Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for behavioral science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Behavioral Science Master’s Degree Schools in California

Check out the behavioral science master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Behavioral Science

#1

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

Our analysis found San Francisco State University to be the best value school for behavioral science students who want to pursue a master’s degree in California. SFSU is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Francisco.

SFSU graduate students pay an average of $8,738 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Behavioral Science at San Francisco State University Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means California Institute of Integral Studies is a great value for behavioral science students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of San Francisco, CIIS is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CIIS are $22,188 per year.

Full Behavioral Science at California Institute of Integral Studies Report

Best Value Behavioral Science Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Behavioral Science Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 89
Oregon 20
Nevada 1
Hawaii 2

One of 44 majors within the area of study, behavioral science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 34,975
Biological & Physical Science 30,075
Interdisciplinary Studies 9,074
International Studies 7,368
Nutrition Science 5,330

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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