by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Psychology Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Social Psychology is the 438th most popular major in the country with 982 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 819 social psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Psychology Major” ranking looked at 12 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in social psychology. That schools that top this list have a program in social psychology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Psychology Major”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Park University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Psychology Major. This medium-sized school is located in Parkville, Missouri, and it awarded 223 bachelors’s social psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Psychology Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. Trinity College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Irvine. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Psychology Major. UC Irvine is a public institution located in Irvine, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 364 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of California - Irvine Social Psychology Report
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Psychology Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Missouri State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Maryville, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social psychology degrees to 49 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Social Psychology at Northwest Missouri State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clarion University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Psychology Major. Clarion University of Pennsylvania is a public institution located in Clarion, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Massachusetts - Boston landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Psychology Major ranking. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this fairly large public school awarded 29 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s social psychology students in 2020-2021.
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Maryville University of Saint Louis came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Psychology Major ranking. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s social psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #8, Augsburg University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Psychology Major list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s social psychology students in 2020-2021.
University of California - San Diego came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Psychology Major ranking. This large school is located in La Jolla, California, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s social psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Western Michigan University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Psychology Major ranking. WMU is a public institution located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Psychology Major ranking, coming in at #11. University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is located in Cincinnati, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s social psychology degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Social Psychology at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus
Bennington College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Psychology Major ranking. Bennington is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bennington, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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