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Behavioral Science Schools
in Houston, TX
University of Phoenix-Houston Westside Campus
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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Behavioral Science Schools in Houston
Houston, TX (population: 2,307,883) has four behavioral science schools within its city limits. University of Houston, the highest ranked school in the city with a behavioral science program, has a total student population of 37,000. It is the 1576th highest ranked school in the USA and the 66th highest in the state of Texas (#1 is Rice University). To learn more about behavioral science programs in Houston, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of behavioral science professors at University of Houston such as Cindi Ballard, George Blanford, Tim Kirchoff, Donald S. Musselwhite, Phu Nguyen, and Sameer Pande.
Behavioral Science students from Houston 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 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown area alone, there are 40 employed industrialorganizational psychologists earning an average salary of $84,020. Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors in this area earn $39,610/yr and there are 610 employed.
Houston lies in Harris county, which is one of the 154 counties in Texas. Overall, the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown area has 2,563,840 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.7% unemployment rate, $21.58/hr average worker wage, and a $44,880 average annual salary. Thus, about 0.236 out of every 1000 jobs in Houston are held by substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors, and 0.016/1000 are held by industrialorganizational psychologists.
Of the 4 behavioral science schools in Houston, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Phoenix-Houston Westside Campus comes out as the most expensive ($24,225/yr) for behavioral science students, with University of Houston as the lowest, reported at only $10,281/yr.
Behavioral Science Programs in Houston
University of Phoenix-Houston Westside Campus
- Behavioral Sciences
Levels offered: Bachelors
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Cities Near Houston
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Houston |
| South Houston | TX | - | 1 | 23.7623 | 5 | 11.9 miles |
| Pearland | TX | 94,215 | 0 | - | 0 | 16.0 miles |
| Pasadena | TX | 148,101 | 8 | 24.6579 | 264 | 16.3 miles |
| Missouri City | TX | 77,622 | 0 | - | 0 | 16.5 miles |
| Baytown | TX | 71,405 | 1 | 12.8813 | 98 | 25.3 miles |
| League City | TX | 78,312 | 0 | - | 0 | 25.7 miles |
| The Woodlands | TX | 101,065 | 1 | 14.626 | 77 | 27.6 miles |
| Texas City | TX | 44,907 | 1 | 8.31197 | 63 | 35.9 miles |
| Conroe | TX | 61,600 | 0 | - | 0 | 38.3 miles |
| Prairie View | TX | - | 1 | 50.8259 | 82 | 42.2 miles |
| Galveston | TX | 57,154 | 3 | 22.3727 | 45 | 47.7 miles |
| Beaumont | TX | 110,900 | 4 | 27.5152 | 152 | 78.1 miles |
| College Station | TX | 90,406 | 1 | 0.218495 | 0 | 79.5 miles |
| Bryan | TX | 73,832 | 2 | 27.1681 | 5 | 85.5 miles |