by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Psychology Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Applied Psychology is the 282nd most popular major in the country with 2,058 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 401 applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 167 applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Psychology Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in applied psychology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in applied psychology.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Psychology Major in the Far Western US Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree applied psychology students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Warner Pacific College Adult Degree Program. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Psychology Major in the Far Western US Region. Warner Pacific College ADP is a small school located in Portland, Oregon that handed out 21 bachelors’s applied psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Saint Katherine. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Psychology Major in the Far Western US Region. This small school is located in San Marcos, California, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s applied psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Applied Psychology at University of Saint Katherine
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Azusa Pacific University College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Psychology Major in the Far Western US Region list. Azusa Pacific’s University College is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Dimas, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 45 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Azusa Pacific’s University College Applied Psychology Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oregon Institute of Technology. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Psychology Major in the Far Western US Region. Oregon Institute of Technology is a public institution located in Klamath Falls, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Psychology Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Multnomah University landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s applied psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #6, City University of Seattle did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Psychology Major in the Far Western US Region list. City University of Seattle is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 15 bachelors’s applied psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
With a ranking of #7, Mount Saint Mary’s University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Psychology Major in the Far Western US Region list. MSMU is a small school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 13 bachelors’s applied psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Biola University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Psychology Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #8. Biola University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in La Mirada, California. It awarded 19 bachelors’s applied psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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