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Behavioral Science Schools in Florida

Florida contains fourteen schools that offer behavioral science programs. University of Central Florida, the highest-ranking behavioral science school in FL, has a total student population of 53,401 and is the 71st highest ranked school in America.

Of the 14 behavioral science schools in Florida, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Argosy University-Tampa comes out as the most expensive ($37,671/yr), with University of Central Florida as the lowest recorded at only $12,200/yr.

Behavioral Science students from Florida schools who go on to become behavioral scientists, psychiatrists, behavior scientists, child psychologists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 78,470 people working as substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $40,420. Also, Industrialorganizational psychologists make on average $102,570 per year and there are about 1,710 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Florida alone, there are employed industrialorganizational psychologists earning an average yearly salary of $126,640. Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors in this state earn $40,740/yr and there are 3,510 employed.

Also, within the behavioral science schools in Florida, the average student population is 3,322 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from behavioral science, there are 7625 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,875 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $2,879, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Behavioral Science Programs in Florida

University of Phoenix-South Florida Campus

Behavioral Sciences

Levels offered: Bachelors

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New England Congregationalists who sought to bring their style of liberal arts education to the state founded Rollins College, the oldest college in Florida, in Winter Park in 1885.

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