Memphis, TN (population: 662,989) has one hundred and ten behavioral science schools within a 500-mile radius of its city center. Northwestern University, the highest ranked school in this group with a behavioral science program, has a total student population of 19,853. It is the 11th highest ranked school in the USA and the highest in the state of Illinois. To learn more about behavioral science programs in Memphis, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of behavioral science professors at Northwestern University such as Barry Coddens, and Franz Geiger.
Behavioral Science students from Memphis 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.
Memphis lies in Shelby county, which is one of the 26 counties in Tennessee. Overall, the Memphis-MS-AR area has 605,630 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.2% unemployment rate, $18.93/hr average worker wage, and a $39,380 average annual salary.
Of the 110 behavioral science schools with a 500-mile radius of Memphis, only 28 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Saint Louis University-Main Campus comes out as the most expensive ($31,255/yr) for behavioral science students, with Marshall University as the lowest, reported at only $7,694/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Memphis |
| Southaven | MS | 47,625 | 1 | 27.9087 | 11 | 9.7 miles |
| Bartlett | TN | 47,744 | 0 | - | 0 | 12.3 miles |
| Senatobia | MS | - | 1 | 17.4796 | 114 | 34.1 miles |
| Jonesboro | AR | 66,734 | 1 | 24.4204 | 8 | 62.3 miles |
| State University | AR | - | 1 | 57.8251 | 135 | 63.1 miles |