Texas contains 24 schools that offer behavioral science programs. Texas Tech University, the highest-ranking behavioral science school in TX, has a total student population of 30,049 and is the 150th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 24 behavioral science schools in Texas, only 9 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Southern Methodist University comes out as the most expensive ($28,682/yr), with The University of Texas-Pan American as the lowest recorded at only $1,646/yr.
Behavioral Science students from Texas 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 Texas alone, there are employed industrialorganizational psychologists earning an average yearly salary of $68,220. Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors in this state earn $35,100/yr and there are 2,860 employed.
Also, within the behavioral science schools in Texas, the average student population is 3,703 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 18 to 1. Aside from behavioral science, there are 11086 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,493 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $3,572, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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