2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Applied Psychology in the Southwest Region

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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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 34 applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Psychology Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 4 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.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Psychology Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree applied psychology students.

Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Applied Psychology in the Southwest Region

1

Angelo State University
San Angelo, Texas

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Psychology Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Angelo State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in San Angelo, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 23 degrees to qualified masters’s applied psychology students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Applied Psychology at Angelo State

2

Tarleton State University
Stephenville, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tarleton State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Psychology Major in the Southwest Region list. Tarleton State University is a public institution located in Stephenville, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Applied Psychology at Tarleton

3

Lamar University
Beaumont, Texas

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Psychology Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lamar University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Beaumont, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified masters’s applied psychology students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Applied Psychology at Lamar University

4

Arizona State University - Skysong
Scottsdale, Arizona

Top 20% overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Skysong. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Psychology Major in the Southwest Region. ASU - Skysong is a large public school situated in Scottsdale, Arizona. It awarded 0 masters’s applied psychology degrees in 2020-2021.

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 - Skysong Applied Psychology Report

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.