2024 Best Health/Medical Psychology Schools in the Far Western US Region
3Colleges in the Far Western US Region
125Health/Medical Psychology Degrees Awarded
Health/Medical Psychology isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #792 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for health/medical psychology students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 125 degrees in health/medical psychology during the 2021-2022 academic year.
The health/medical psychology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Health/Medical Psychology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for health/medical psychology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The health/medical psychology 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 Health/Medical Psychology Schools in the Far Western US Region.
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Best Schools for Health/Medical Psychology in the Far Western US Region
The schools below may not offer all types of health/medical psychology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Far Western US Region Schools in Health/Medical Psychology
It's hard to beat University of California - San Diego if you wish to pursue a degree in health/medical psychology. UCSD is a very large public university located in the large city of La Jolla. A Best Colleges rank of #38 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UCSD is a great university overall.
There were roughly 49 health/medical psychology students who graduated with this degree at UCSD in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in health/medical psychology has to look into Eastern Washington University. Located in the town of Cheney, EWU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 14th out of 51 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were approximately 45 health/medical psychology students who graduated with this degree at EWU in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in health/medical psychology has to take a look at Northcentral University. Located in the large city of San Diego, Northcentral University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 53rd out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 31 health/medical psychology students who graduated with this degree at Northcentral University in the most recent data year.
Our Master of Science in Psychology program is designed to extend your knowledge and discipline in psychology, preparing you for a wide variety of professions and contexts.
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).
The health/medical psychology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Health/Medical Psychology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for health/medical psychology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
