2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Experimental Psychology in the Far Western US Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Experimental Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Experimental Psychology is the 215th most popular major in the country with 3,144 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 477 experimental psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28 experimental psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Experimental Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in experimental psychology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent experimental psychology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the experimental psychology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Experimental Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree experimental psychology students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Experimental Psychology in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of California - San Diego

La Jolla, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,631 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Experimental Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region list. University of California - San Diego is a large school located in La Jolla, California that handed out 22 masters’s experimental psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

UCSD also made our “Best Experimental Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCSD are $28,631, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Experimental Psychology at UCSD

#2

University of California - Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, California

#2 in overall quality

$28,670 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Experimental Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Santa Barbara landed the #2 spot on the list. University of California - Santa Barbara is a large school located in Santa Barbara, California that handed out 4 masters’s experimental psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCSB, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Experimental Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Santa Barbara are $28,670, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Experimental Psychology at UCSB

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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