2024 Best Colleges for Biopsychology

SUMMARY

A degree in Biopsychology is a valuable choice and often a requisite first step for pupils trying to enter a career as a bioinformatics psychologist, a biopsychologist, or a psychometrist. In fact, biopsychology is a very rare major ranking as the 355th most popular area of study. In the last year, there were 164 biopsychology graduates. In-state tuition for biopsychology at private schools is, on average, Infinity times more pricey than their public fellows.

With only 27 schools having programs for this degree you could have a smaller selection of institutions which will have a degree program for you. If you are looking to immerse yourself with other biopsychology undergraduates, consider looking at schools in Massachusetts which have the most undergraduates admitted to biopsychology annually. less precisely, the top region to study biopsychology is in the Mid East region with Rider University, Wagner College, and Messiah University best representing the region. Interestingly, our selection for the top conference to study biopsychology is the New England Small College Athletic Conference with Tufts University representing the conference. Based on our comprehensive list of the best colleges, our selection for the best university for biopsychology is Carnegie Mellon University.

The 'best' school is not necessarily the 'best' school for you. There might be lots more facets to weigh when selecting college. External stuff such as campus amenities, transportation services, and food would alter your choice of which college to attend. Here at Authority, we have examined the pros and cons for you. If, as an example, you want to know which biopsychology school boasts the top campus, the answer is Tufts University. If you are mostly interested in which school is home to the top campus, then we have a whole page dedicated to that. We have carefully pored through government databases, student reviews, professor reviews, and more to evaluate every major in an unbiased and informative way. You can find our well researched list for the colleges with the best student life&nbsphere and our pick of the university with the best student life for biopsychology is Tufts University. Are you curious why? Keep scrolling to learn more about our top recommendations. Some of our conclusions will probably shock you.

If price is a major deciding factor in your decisions, you might consider avoiding Tufts University. Tufts University&nbspappears to be the most expensive school for biopsychology, at least regarding out of state attendance. We have an entire page for the most expensive&nbspschools that might put the cost at Tufts University&nbspinto perspective. You may also care to know that biopsychology is the 98th most expensive major in the United States, with an average expense of $39,300. On a broader scale, the most expensive state for biopsychology in the country is Massachusetts with tuition and fees at the primary university, Tufts University, of $57,324. To zoom out even further, the most expensive region of the U.S. for biopsychology is unfortunately unavailable due to missing data.

Our cheapest region for biopsychology is the Southeast region which is represented by Oglethorpe University with a cost of $39,300 and Liberty University with a cost of $15,417. In better news, the most affordable school for biopsychology is Liberty University. Authority.org's full list of the most affordable colleges can be explored here.

In-state students can anticipate paying about $0 for a degree in biopsychology. The price swells substantially to a median of $0 for an out-of-state public-school student. As such, you might be interested in our pick for the school with the best value for biopsychology: Carnegie Mellon University. Here you can find our comprehensive list about the schools we see as being the best value&nbspin general. Do know, this section is based on out-of-state tuition costs. The value proposition changes when it comes to in-state tuition, but we do not know in which states any one student has residency.

Earnings for biopsychology majors can vary, but two-years after finishing the degree graduates will often make around $37,000. While there can be much variation in pay; highest paid earners can bring in up to $78,400. Straight out of university, the lowest earning jobs within the biopsychology space make $17,000, which could be worse. The top earning graduates from biopsychology have come from Carnegie Mellon University&nbspand if you are looking for universities with all of the highest earning graduates, we have that too.

The overall diversity of biopsychology ranks on the higher end, falling in the 63rd percentile of all majors. The university with the highest composite diversity for biopsychology is Carnegie Mellon University&nbspand here you can find our general list of the schools with the most diversity. The financial diversity of Biopsychology sits only in the 13th percentile of all majors. Racial diversity is greater than financial diversity, ranking in the 60th percentile. White students make up the largest share, 59%, of students studying biopsychology. Additionally, 75% of undergrads pursuing a biopsychology major are women.

We have insufficient professors data for biopsychology to make the conclusions we normally would have made in this sentence. As we consider data other than just rankings it becomes clear that the university possessing the overall best instructors for biopsychology is Carnegie Mellon University. You can find more detail on our ever evolving ranking methodology of the best overall professors here, along with many of the finest professors in the country.

Finally, the most difficult university to get into for biopsychology is Tufts University. While we are unsure why you would be interested, we have an extensive list of the hardest colleges to get into. Although, we hope you understand that considering the higher education world with a lens only formed from superlatives can cause problems. We hope you look at some of our other pages on different schools and read some of our background articles on beneficial details to think about as your university search continues.