New York contains 22 schools that offer behavioral science programs. Columbia University in the City of New York, the highest-ranking behavioral science school in NY, has a total student population of 24,230 and is the 4th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 22 behavioral science schools in New York, only 12 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The New School comes out as the most expensive ($39,004/yr), with CUNY Queens College as the lowest recorded at only $5,594/yr.
Behavioral Science students from New York 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 New York alone, there are employed industrialorganizational psychologists earning an average yearly salary of $123,010. Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors in this state earn $42,460/yr and there are 9,590 employed.
Also, within the behavioral science schools in New York, the average student population is 2,856 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. Aside from behavioral science, there are 10195 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 3,318 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,933, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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