Behavioral Sciences

Stem Major

Add Comparison

Total Degrees
Awarded in 2016

6,257

declining 16.9%

Median In-State
Public Tuition

$6,635

declining 3.08%

Median Out-of-State
Private Tuition

$24,975

growing 7.01%

Average Wage

$76,625

growing 2.57%

People in Workforce

864,565

growing 6.62%

Average Employee Age

41.6

declining 0.41%

About

Institutions

Employment

Diversity

Skills

About

The locations with the highest concentration of Behavioral Sciences degree recipients are Tempe, AZ, San Diego, CA, and Dobbs Ferry, NY. The locations with a relatively high number of Behavioral Sciences degree recipients are Dobbs Ferry, NY, Mount Vernon, GA, and Innsbrook, VA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Behavioral Sciences is a bachelors degree.

Photo by UC Davis College of Engineering

Interdisciplinary Studies Behavioral Sciences

Institutions

Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Behavioral Sciences and the types of students that study this field. University of Phoenix-Arizona awards the most degrees in Behavioral Sciences in the US, but East-West University and University of Phoenix-Arkansas have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Behavioral Sciences.

Tuition costs for Behavioral Sciences majors are, on average, $6,635 for in-state public colleges, and $24,975 for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Behavioral Sciences programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (42 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private for-profit, 4-year or above (4,425 completions).

Institutions

Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in Behavioral Sciences

The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Behavioral Sciences, is Private for-profit, 4-year or above (4,425 completions).

The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Behavioral Sciences programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.

View Data

Save Image

Add Data to Cart

Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

$6,635

Median In-State Public

$24,975

Median Out of State Private

University of Phoenix-Arizona has the most Behavioral Sciences degree recipients, with 3,046 degrees awarded in 2016.

The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Behavioral Sciences.

View Data

Save Image

Add Data to Cart

Specialized Colleges

Highest Concentration Institution

Out of all institutions that offer Behavioral Sciences programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, East-West University and University of Phoenix-Arkansas have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Behavioral Sciences, with 24.7% and 21.8%, respectively.

View Data

Save Image

Add Data to Cart

Degrees Awarded by County

Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in Behavioral Sciences

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Behavioral Sciences by year.

View Data

Save Image

Add Data to Cart

Growth in Awarded Degrees

Counties with the Fastest Growing Number of Degrees Awarded

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Behavioral Sciences.

View Data

Save Image

Add Data to Cart

Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Interdisciplinary Studies graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.

The average salary for Interdisciplinary Studies majors is $76,625 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Physicians & surgeons, and Miscellaneous managers.

The industry that employs the most Interdisciplinary Studies majors is Hospitals, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Offices of physicians.

Wages

Yearly Income for Common Jobs

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Behavioral Sciences is from the 2 Digit Course Interdisciplinary Studies.

$76,625

Average Wage in Workforce

± $2,203

2.57%

1 Year Growth

± 4%

The average salary for Interdisciplinary Studies majors is $76,625 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Physicians & surgeons, and Miscellaneous managers.

This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Interdisciplinary Studies majors.

View Data

Save Image

Add Data to Cart

± 22,761

6.62%

1 Year Growth

± 3.55%

The number of Interdisciplinary Studies graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 6.62%, from 810,918 in 2016 to 864,565 in 2017.

The industry which employs the most Interdisciplinary Studies graduates by share is Hospitals, followed by Elementary & secondary schools. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Interdisciplinary Studies.

View Data

Save Image

Add Data to Cart

Specialty Locations

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Behavioral Sciences is from the 2 Digit Course Interdisciplinary Studies.

PUMAS with a relatively high number of Interdisciplinary Studies majors

This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Interdisciplinary Studies majors.

View Data

Save Image

Add Data to Cart

Diversity

Demographic information on those who earn a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies in the US. The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies is 41.6, and the most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Interdisciplinary Studies degrees, and White students earn the majority (2,657) of the degrees.

Workforce Age

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Behavioral Sciences is from the 2 Digit Course Interdisciplinary Studies.

41.6

Average Age in 2017

± 0.336 Years

0.41%

1 Year Change

± 1.17%

This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies. The most common ages of employees with this major are 27 and 30 years old, which represent 3.75% and 3.06% of the population, respectively.

View Data

Save Image

Add Data to Cart

Degrees Awarded

The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Behavioral Sciences are Bachelors Degree, Associates Degree, and Masters Degree.

View Data

Save Image

Add Data to Cart

Workforce Degrees

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Behavioral Sciences is from the 2 Digit Course Interdisciplinary Studies.

The most common degree types held by the working population in Interdisciplinary Studies are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.

View Data

Save Image

Add Data to Cart

Gender Imbalance for Common Institutions

Female (81.1%)

Most Common Gender with a Degree in this Field

This chart shows the granted degrees by gender at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Behavioral Sciences.

View Data

Save Image

Add Data to Cart

Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

Most Common Race or Ethnicity

White
2,657 degrees awarded
Black or African American
1,128 degrees awarded
Unknown
1,085 degrees awarded

This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Behavioral Sciences for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.

View Data

Save Image

Add Data to Cart

Race & Ethnicity by Gender

Most Common Race/Ethnicity and Gender Combination

White Female
1,738 degrees awarded
Black or African American Female
741 degrees awarded
Unknown Female
567 degrees awarded

This chart illustrates the differences by gender for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Behavioral Sciences. White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and gender.

View Data

Save Image

Add Data to Cart

Global Diversity

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Behavioral Sciences is from the 2 Digit Course Interdisciplinary Studies.

Most Common Countries of Origin

India
26,470 degree recipients
Mexico
9,103 degree recipients
Philippines
8,870 degree recipients

High Relative Number of Students

Sri Lanka
3.83 times more than expected
USSR
3.6 times more than expected
Kenya
3.33 times more than expected

There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Sri Lanka that hold Interdisciplinary Studies degrees (3.83 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (26,470 degree recipients).

View Data

Save Image

Add Data to Cart

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Behavioral Sciences field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Behavioral Sciences majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Behavioral Sciences majors need more than the average amount of Science, Systems Evaluation, and Social Perceptiveness.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Behavioral Sciences majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Science is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, and Critical Thinking are the three most important skills for people in the field.