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Best Value Colleges for Behavioral Sciences

Schools ranked by payback period — how quickly you recoup your investment through higher earnings.

13

Schools Ranked

$31,495

Avg. Earnings

30.1 yrs

Best Payback

11,264

Graduates

How we calculate value: Payback = (4 years of net price) / (major earnings - $35k baseline). A 2-year payback means you recoup your investment in 2 years through higher earnings vs. not attending college.

#	School	Net Price/yr	Major Earnings	Payback
1	George Fox University Newberg, OR · Private	$24,749	$38,289	30.1 yrs
2	Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver, CO · Public	$14,679	$36,041	56.4 yrs
3	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS · Public	$18,586	$29,685	N/A
4	University of Houston-Clear Lake Houston, TX · Public	$14,952	$32,284	N/A
5	York College of Pennsylvania York, PA · Private	$20,717	$30,047	N/A
6	California Baptist University Riverside, CA · Private	$25,553	$33,281	N/A
7	Concordia University-Nebraska Seward, NE · Private	$21,221	$27,476	N/A
8	University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Green Bay, WI · Public	$13,258	$29,771	N/A
9	Concordia University-Irvine Irvine, CA · Private	$25,579	$31,848	N/A
10	Columbia College Columbia, SC · Private	$20,077	$25,194	N/A
11	Purdue University Northwest Hammond, IN · Public	$12,829	$33,987	N/A
12	East-West University Chicago, IL · Private	$17,341	$32,925	N/A
13	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD · Private	$8,457	$30,771	N/A

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Payback uses earnings by major from the College Scorecard's field-of-study file, last updated June 2026, against net price from the June 2026 release. Scorecard publishes the two separately, so they are different vintages.