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2024 Best Performance and Sport Psychology Schools

8 Colleges in the United States
205 Performance and Sport Psychology Degrees Awarded
You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in performance and sport psychology. It is ranked #1037 out of 1506 major degree programs in terms of popularity. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.

College Factual reviewed 8 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of performance and sport psychology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 205 degrees in performance and sport psychology during the 2021-2022 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Performance and Sport Psychology School

Best Performance and Sport Psychology Schools Your choice of performance and sport psychology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Performance and Sport Psychology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Performance and Sport Psychology Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Performance and Sport Psychology
Master's Degrees in Performance and Sport Psychology
Doctor's Degrees in Performance and Sport Psychology

The performance and sport 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 Performance and Sport Psychology Schools. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Performance and Sport Psychology in the United States

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the performance and sport psychology degree levels they offer.

Top Schools in Performance and Sport Psychology

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In CA
35 Performance and Sport Psychology Degrees Awarded

California Baptist University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in performance and sport psychology. Located in the city of Riverside, Cal Baptist is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #490 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Cal Baptist is a great university overall.

There were about 35 performance and sport psychology students who graduated with this degree at Cal Baptist in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in performance and sport psychology from California Baptist University

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

It is difficult to beat Holy Names University if you want to pursue a degree in performance and sport psychology. Located in the city of Oakland, HNU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 93rd out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.More information about a degree in performance and sport psychology from Holy Names University

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In KY
14.3% Growth in Graduates

University of Kentucky is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in performance and sport psychology. UK is a fairly large public university located in the city of Lexington. A Best Colleges rank of #230 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UK is a great university overall.

There were roughly 7 performance and sport psychology students who graduated with this degree at UK in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in performance and sport psychology from University of Kentucky

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Faulkner University
Montgomery, AL
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Located in the midsize city of Montgomery, Faulkner is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 24th out of 40 schools for overall quality in the state of Alabama.More information about a degree in performance and sport psychology from Faulkner University

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Loras College
Dubuque, IA
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In IA

Located in the small city of Dubuque, Loras is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 16th out of 40 schools for overall quality in the state of Iowa.

There were roughly 3 performance and sport psychology students who graduated with this degree at Loras in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in performance and sport psychology from Loras College

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Located in the midsize city of Green Bay, UW - Green Bay is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 27th out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.More information about a degree in performance and sport psychology from University of Wisconsin - Green Bay

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Located in the city of San Diego, Northcentral University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #318 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Northcentral University is a great university overall.More information about a degree in performance and sport psychology from Northcentral University

Performance and Sport Psychology by Region

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Middle Atlantic
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Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
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Performance and Sport Psychology is one of 17 different types of Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology programs to choose from.

Related MajorAnnual Graduates
Counseling Psychology10,225
Clinical Psychology5,507
Applied Behavior Analysis5,459
School Psychology3,645
Forensic Psychology2,491
Industrial & Organizational Psychology2,488
Applied Psychology2,441
Educational Psychology1,980
Community Psychology697
Other Psychology & Counseling630

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