Family Psychology degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #1060 out of the 1506 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Family Psychology Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 70 degrees in family psychology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Best Schools for Family Psychology in the United States
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the family psychology degree levels they offer.
Capella University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in family psychology. Capella University is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the city of Minneapolis. A Best Colleges rank of #145 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Capella University is a great university overall.
There were approximately 12 family psychology students who graduated with this degree at Capella University in the most recent year we have data available.
Our Lady of the Lake University is a good option for students pursuing a degree in family psychology. Located in the large city of San Antonio, OLLU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 61st out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 18 family psychology students who graduated with this degree at OLLU in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in family psychology has to check out Texas Wesleyan University. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, Texas Wesleyan is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 97th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 18 family psychology students who graduated with this degree at Texas Wesleyan in the most recent year we have data available.
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The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest of our data about colleges.
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