North Carolina contains eight schools that offer behavioral science programs. East Carolina University, the highest-ranking behavioral science school in NC, has a total student population of 27,654 and is the 214th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 8 behavioral science schools in North Carolina, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, High Point University comes out as the most expensive ($24,754/yr), with University of North Carolina at Charlotte as the lowest recorded at only $7,644/yr.
Behavioral Science students from North Carolina 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 North Carolina alone, there are employed industrialorganizational psychologists earning an average yearly salary of $109,740. Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors in this state earn $41,230/yr and there are 1,280 employed.
Also, within the behavioral science schools in North Carolina, the average student population is 3,455 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1. Aside from behavioral science, there are 6640 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 3,218 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $2,155, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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