2022 Best Value Industrial and Organizational Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

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In 2019-2020, 2,199 people earned their degree in industrial and organizational psychology, making the major the 280th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 358 industrial and organizational psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 26 industrial and organizational psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Industrial and Organizational Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in industrial and organizational psychology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent industrial and organizational psychology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the industrial and organizational psychology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Industrial and Organizational Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Industrial and Organizational Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial & Organizational Psychology in the Far Western US Region

#1

Alliant International University

San Diego, California

#1 in overall quality

$24,615 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Alliant International University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Industrial and Organizational Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region. Alliant is located in San Diego, California and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s industrial and organizational psychology degrees to qualified students.

Alliant not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Industrial & Organizational Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Alliant are $24,615.

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#1

The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$23,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Industrial and Organizational Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles landed the #1 spot on the list. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles is a small school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 13 doctorate’s industrial and organizational psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Industrial & Organizational Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles are $23,576, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Seattle Pacific University

Seattle, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$31,896 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seattle Pacific University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial and Organizational Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Seattle, Washington, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s industrial and organizational psychology students in 2019-2020.

SPU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Industrial & Organizational Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Seattle Pacific University are $31,896, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial & Organizational Psychology

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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