Pennsylvania contains 30 schools that offer behavioral science programs. University of Pennsylvania, the highest-ranking behavioral science school in PA, has a total student population of 24,599 and is the 5th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 30 behavioral science schools in Pennsylvania, only 9 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Drexel University comes out as the most expensive ($31,832/yr), with Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania as the lowest recorded at only $10,833/yr.
Behavioral Science students from Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania alone, there are 30 employed industrialorganizational psychologists earning an average yearly salary of $102,040. Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors in this state earn $39,900/yr and there are 6,310 employed.
Also, within the behavioral science schools in Pennsylvania, the average student population is 2,077 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1. Aside from behavioral science, there are 10679 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,747 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $9,718, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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