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Bremerton, Washington has 3 accredited schools offering behavioral health science programs, with tuition ranging from $4,626 to $16,169 per year for indexed programs. Bremerton has a population of about 44,531. Median household income is $74,399 (Census ACS 2023, 5-year). About 26.9% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree or higher. In the Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA metro area, the top-earning behavioral health science-related role is Social and Community Service Manager at a median $96,470 annually (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer behavioral health science programs near Bremerton, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Bremerton city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
Every school list on this site is ordered by the BOC Score, computed from the most recent school-level data published by the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and IPEDS). To qualify, a school must be currently operating and accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Each eligible school is then scored on five measures, percentile-ranked against schools at the same credential level:
Schools without enough outcome data appear after ranked schools, without a score. On this page, schools are ordered by distance from Bremerton. Advertising never affects these rankings. Read the full methodology.
Source:IPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:IPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:Accreditor: Northwest Commission on Colleges and UniversitiesIPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:IPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:IPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:Accreditor: Northwest Commission on Colleges and UniversitiesIPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:Accreditor: Northwest Commission on Colleges and UniversitiesIPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source: IPEDS / College Scorecard (2023 cohort). Browse all Washington schools on the Washington behavioral health science page.
Bremerton is part of the Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA metro area (BLS area code 14740). Where MSA-level wages are published, the table below shows MSA medians; otherwise it falls back to Washington statewide.
| Occupation | Median Wage | Source | COL-Adjusted (US=100) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselor | $60,070 | Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | $56,884 |
| Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Worker | $65,500 | Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | $62,027 |
| Social and Community Service Manager | $96,470 | Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | $91,354 |
| Social and Human Service Assistant | $49,390 | Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | $46,771 |
Source: BLS, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data at the metro (MSA) and state level – not by individual city.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 44,531 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B01003) |
| Median household income | $74,399 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B19013) |
| Adults 25+ with bachelor’s+ | 26.9% | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B15003) |
| Regional Price Parity (US=100) | 105.6 (above U.S. average) | BEA RPP 2024 |
Our directory has 3 accredited schools offering behavioral health science programs near Bremerton. The closest is Seattle Central College in Seattle, WA (18.9 miles), and the farthest of the schools shown is Lower Columbia College (97.4 miles). 2 of the highlighted schools are flagged as offering distance education.
Based on BLS OEWS May 2025 wage data, the top-paying behavioral health science-related roles near Bremerton are: Social and Community Service Manager ($96,470), Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Worker ($65,500), Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselor ($60,070). These reflect MSA-level medians where published, with Washington statewide fallback for occupations not reported at the metro level.
Bainbridge Island, WA is 10.5 miles from Bremerton and has its own set of local behavioral health science programs – see the city’s page. For online programs, distance matters less; for hybrid or in-person formats, comparing both can help.
Bremerton’s median household income of $74,399 (Census ACS 2023) is one input. Online programs let students stay in Bremerton while attending lower-cost out-of-state schools, and Washington public universities often offer reduced in-state online tuition.
Confirm institutional accreditation via the U.S. Department of Education database (U.S. Dept. of Education database), and check for any program-specific accreditation listed by the school.
Compare every accredited online degree program with city-level data for Bremerton:
Data verified: August 31, 2026. Salary, employment, and tuition figures on this page are sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025; Employment Projections 2024–2034) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.
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