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 has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Psychology Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Applied Psychology is the 282nd most popular major in the country with 2,058 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 193 applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 152 applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Psychology Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in applied psychology. That schools that top this list have a program in applied psychology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The applied 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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Psychology Major in the Southwest Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Psychology Major in the Southwest Region”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Psychology Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. UOPX - Arizona is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 136 bachelors’s applied psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Psychology Major in the Southwest Region. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 16 bachelors’s applied psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Arizona State University - Tempe Applied Psychology Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Psychology Major in the Southwest Region list. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott is a small school located in Prescott, Arizona that handed out 0 bachelors’s applied psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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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