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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Industrial & Organizational Psychology is the 265th most popular major in the country with 2,386 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 347 industrial and organizational psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major” ranking analyzed 34 colleges that offered a degree in industrial and organizational psychology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their industrial and organizational psychology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Puerto Rico - Arecibo. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major. Located in Arecibo, , this small public school awarded 37 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s industrial and organizational psychology students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Albright College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major. Located in Reading, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 22 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s industrial and organizational psychology students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Palo Alto University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major list. Palo Alto University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Palo Alto, California. It awarded 15 bachelors’s industrial and organizational psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
Full Pacific Graduate School of Psychology Industrial & Organizational Psychology Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend United States Military Academy. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major. This small school is located in West Point, New York, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s industrial and organizational psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Multnomah University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major. Portland, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s industrial and organizational psychology degrees to 3 students 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%.
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With a ranking of #6, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major list. Located in Prescott, Arizona, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s industrial and organizational psychology students 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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With a ranking of #7, Ithaca College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major list. Ithaca is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Ithaca, New York. It awarded 15 bachelors’s industrial and organizational psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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Keystone College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major ranking. Keystone College is located in La Plume, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s industrial and organizational psychology degrees to qualified students.
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Christian Brothers University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major ranking. Christian Brothers is a small school located in Memphis, Tennessee that handed out 4 bachelors’s industrial and organizational psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
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Concordia University, Irvine came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major ranking. Concordia University, Irvine is a private not-for-profit institution located in Irvine, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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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With a ranking of #11, Goldey - Beacom College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major list. Goldey - Beacom College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Wilmington, Delaware. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Goldey - Beacom College Industrial & Organizational Psychology Report
Rider University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major ranking, coming in at #12. Rider University is a small school located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey that handed out 9 bachelors’s industrial and organizational psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Baruch College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major ranking, coming in at #13. Baruch is located in New York, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 28 bachelors’s industrial and organizational psychology degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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University of Phoenix - Arizona came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major ranking. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s industrial and organizational psychology degrees to 119 students in 2020-2021.
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Middle Tennessee State University ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major list. Located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, this large public school handed out 18 degrees to qualified bachelors’s industrial and organizational psychology students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #16, University of St Francis did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major list. University of Saint Francis is a private not-for-profit institution located in Joliet, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.
Full University of Saint Francis Industrial & Organizational Psychology Report
Baldwin Wallace University landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major ranking. This small school is located in Berea, Ohio, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s industrial and organizational psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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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Maryville University of Saint Louis landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major ranking. Maryville University of Saint Louis is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 7 bachelors’s industrial and organizational psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Nebraska Wesleyan University ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major list. NWU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 1 bachelors’s industrial and organizational psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.
Full Nebraska Wesleyan University Industrial & Organizational Psychology Report
With a ranking of #20, University of Detroit Mercy did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major list. Located in Detroit, Michigan, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s industrial and organizational psychology students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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MidAmerica Nazarene University landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major ranking. This small school is located in Olathe, Kansas, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s industrial and organizational 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.
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Southern Adventist University came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major ranking. Southern Adventist University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Collegedale, Tennessee. It awarded 1 bachelors’s industrial and organizational 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%.
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Faulkner University landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major ranking. Faulkner University is located in Montgomery, Alabama and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s industrial and organizational psychology degrees to qualified students.
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Central Michigan University came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major ranking. Central Michigan is a fairly large public school situated in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. It awarded 3 bachelors’s industrial and organizational psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #25, Washington University in St Louis did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s industrial and organizational psychology degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Washington University in St Louis Industrial & Organizational Psychology Report
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