Behavioral Sciences

A program with a combined or undifferentiated focus on the social sciences, psychology, and biomedical sciences to study complex problems of human individual and social growth and behavior.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 106 institutions across the United States, with a total of 14629 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

352

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

789

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

1,746

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

1,629

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

165

degrees awarded

Other Awards

9,852

awards given

Top Schools for Behavioral Sciences

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Purdue University Global West Lafayette, IN	2,817
2	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	1,638
3	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	1,074
4	San Jacinto Community College Pasadena, TX	1,050
5	Teachers College at Columbia University New York, NY	987
6	Imperial Valley College Imperial, CA	459
7	Ashford University San Diego, CA	450
8	Glendale Community College Glendale, AZ	367
9	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	363
10	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	309
11	Yale University New Haven, CT	273
12	South Mountain Community College Phoenix, AZ	268
13	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	264
14	University of Phoenix-Arizona Phoenix, AZ	231
15	Baylor University Waco, TX	231
16	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	213
17	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	192
18	Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown, PA	174
19	Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA	153
20	University of Houston-Clear Lake Houston, TX	144
21	University of Baltimore Baltimore, MD	132
22	San Jose State University San Jose, CA	126
23	George Fox University Newberg, OR	126
24	United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, CO	126
25	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI	124
26	Brown University Providence, RI	120
27	University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK	117
28	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	114
29	Vincennes University Vincennes, IN	84
30	Murray State College Tishomingo, OK	84
31	University of West Georgia Carrollton, GA	75
32	Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA	67
33	Rowan University Glassboro, NJ	63
34	California State University-Dominguez Hills Carson, CA	63
35	Concordia University-Irvine Irvine, CA	60
36	Daemen University Amherst, NY	57
37	Fitchburg State University Fitchburg, MA	57
38	American River College Sacramento, CA	54
39	Western Illinois University Macomb, IL	54
40	Hill College Hillsboro, TX	51
41	Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA	51
42	Life Pacific University San Dimas, CA	48
43	University of Maine at Fort Kent Fort Kent, ME	42
44	University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies Online Manchester, NH	42
45	The University of Tennessee Southern Pulaski, TN	42
46	Lewis-Clark State College Lewiston, ID	42
47	Clovis Community College Clovis, NM	42
48	Saint Francis University Loretto, PA	42
49	Temple College Temple, TX	39
50	University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD	39
51	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	36
52	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	36
53	Concordia University-Nebraska Seward, NE	33
54	Glenville State University Glenville, WV	33
55	MiraCosta College Oceanside, CA	30
56	Missouri Baptist University Saint Louis, MO	30
57	Purdue University Northwest Hammond, IN	30
58	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston, TX	27
59	Chabot College Hayward, CA	27
60	Shasta College Redding, CA	27
61	Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO	24
62	East Texas Baptist University Marshall, TX	24
63	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA	21
64	East-West University Chicago, IL	21
65	California Baptist University Riverside, CA	21
66	Clemson University Clemson, SC	20
67	Athens State University Athens, AL	18
68	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	18
69	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	18
70	New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ	18
71	Tennessee Wesleyan University Athens, TN	18
72	Emory University Atlanta, GA	15
73	Dakota Wesleyan University Mitchell, SD	15
74	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO	12
75	Pace University New York, NY	12
76	University of Mount Saint Vincent Bronx, NY	12
77	Sisseton Wahpeton College Sisseton, SD	12
78	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	12
79	City College of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	12
80	Columbia College Columbia, SC	9
81	Rochester University Rochester Hills, MI	9
82	Trevecca Nazarene University Nashville, TN	9
83	University of Phoenix-California Ontario, CA	9
84	Andrews University Berrien Springs, MI	9
85	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	9
86	Point Park University Pittsburgh, PA	9
87	Duke University Durham, NC	9
88	Mount St. Joseph University Cincinnati, OH	6
89	Campbell University Buies Creek, NC	6
90	Mercy University Dobbs Ferry, NY	6
91	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	6
92	Drury University-College of Continuing Professional Studies Springfield, MO	6
93	Houston Christian University Houston, TX	6
94	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	6
95	Lynn University Boca Raton, FL	6
96	College of the Siskiyous Weed, CA	6
97	Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ	4
98	Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver, CO	3
99	The University of Montana-Western Dillon, MT	3
100	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	3