2024 Best General Psychology Schools in the Southwest Region
81Colleges in the Southwest Region
15,370Psychology Degrees Awarded
General Psychology is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #4 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 81 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of general psychology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 15,370 degrees in general psychology during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Your choice of general psychology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall General Psychology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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Best Schools for General Psychology in the Southwest Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the psychology degrees they offer, see the list below. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Texas A&M University - College Station is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general psychology. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Texas A&M College Station is a great university overall.
There were approximately 569 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent year we have data available.
The University of Texas at Austin is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general psychology. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #36 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were about 486 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent year we have data available.
Rice University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general psychology. Rice is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Houston. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Rice is a great university overall.
There were roughly 95 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Rice in the most recent data year.
Southern Methodist University is a great option for students interested in a degree in general psychology. Located in the suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #73 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means SMU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 105 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at SMU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #133 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means University of Arizona is a great university overall.
There were approximately 465 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent data year.
ASU - Tempe is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Tempe. A Best Colleges rank of #119 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were roughly 886 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #80 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means TCU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 103 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at TCU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #211 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UH is a great university overall.
There were approximately 619 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at UH in the most recent data year.
Located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #140 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means University of Oklahoma is a great university overall.
There were about 333 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at University of Oklahoma in the most recent data year.
Baylor is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Waco. A Best Colleges rank of #123 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Baylor is a great university overall.
There were approximately 134 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Baylor in the most recent year we have data available.
Texas Tech is a fairly large public university located in the city of Lubbock. A Best Colleges rank of #168 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Texas Tech is a great university overall.
There were about 311 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Texas Tech in the most recent data year.
OSU is a very large public university located in the distant town of Stillwater. This university ranks 2nd out of 32 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oklahoma.
There were approximately 254 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at OSU in the most recent year we have data available.
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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).
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Your choice of general psychology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall General Psychology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
