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Behavioral Science Schools in Virginia

Virginia contains thirteen schools that offer behavioral science programs. University of Richmond, the highest-ranking behavioral science school in VA, has a total student population of 4,344 and is the 90th highest ranked school in America.

Of the 13 behavioral science schools in Virginia, only 3 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Phoenix-Northern Virginia Campus comes out as the most expensive ($25,723/yr), with Old Dominion University as the lowest recorded at only $10,173/yr.

Behavioral Science students from Virginia 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 Virginia alone, there are employed industrialorganizational psychologists earning an average yearly salary of $83,410. Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors in this state earn $43,520/yr and there are 2,170 employed.

Also, within the behavioral science schools in Virginia, the average student population is 3,287 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. Aside from behavioral science, there are 3782 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,568 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,181, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Behavioral Science Programs in Virginia

University of Phoenix-Northern Virginia Campus

Behavioral Sciences

Levels offered: Bachelors

Virginia Interesting Facts

Virginia was named for England's "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I.
The major cash crop of Virginia is tobacco and many of the people who live there earn their living from the tobacco industry.
Jamestown, the first of the original 13 Colonies was founded for the purpose of silk cultivation. Silk to be traded with the Court of King James. After blight fungus destroyed the mulberry trees (silkworm food), sericulturist planted tobacco as a cash crop.
Jamestown was the first English settlement in the U.S. It was also the first capital of Virginia.
Virginia is known as "the birthplace of a nation".

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