2025 Best Applied Behavior Analysis Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

a doctor's degree in applied behavior analysis is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #114 out of 862 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for applied behavior analysis students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 15 doctor's degrees in applied behavior analysis to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Applied Behavior Analysis School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of applied behavior analysis for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality applied behavior analysis program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to applied behavior analysis students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other applied behavior analysis students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized applied behavior analysis related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for applied behavior analysis students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The applied behavior analysis school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Applied Behavior Analysis Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Applied Behavior Analysis in the Southeast Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in applied behavior analysis.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in Applied Behavior Analysis

1

Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

2 Annual Graduates

Florida Institute of Technology is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in applied behavior analysis. Florida Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Melbourne.More information about a doctorate in applied behavior analysis from Florida Institute of Technology

2

University of South Florida - Main Campus
Tampa, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

2 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of South Florida - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in applied behavior analysis. USF Tampa is a very large public university located in the large city of Tampa.More information about a doctorate in applied behavior analysis from University of South Florida - Main Campus

3

Freed-Hardeman University
Henderson, TN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Freed-Hardeman University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in applied behavior analysis. FHU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Henderson.More information about a doctorate in applied behavior analysis from Freed-Hardeman University

Best Applied Behavior Analysis Colleges by State

Explore the best applied behavior analysis colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	217	7
Tennessee	150	2

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Applied Behavior Analysis Related Rankings by Major

One of 17 majors within the Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology area of study, Applied Behavior Analysis has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Applied Behavior Analysis

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Counseling Psychology	312
Clinical Psychology	288
Educational Psychology	45
School Psychology	41
Health/Medical Psychology	26
Industrial & Organizational Psychology	25
Other Psychology & Counseling	12
Community Psychology	6
Applied Psychology	3

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.