by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 2,386 people earned their degree in industrial and organizational psychology, making the major the 265th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 222 industrial and organizational psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 industrial and organizational psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in industrial and organizational psychology. To top this list, a school must have a successful industrial and organizational psychology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree industrial and organizational psychology students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate. University of Phoenix - Arizona is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 10 doctorate’s industrial and organizational psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate list. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s industrial and organizational psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Industrial & Organizational Psychology at University of Houston
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Tulsa landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s industrial and organizational psychology students 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. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Industrial & Organizational Psychology at University of Tulsa
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #4 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 18 doctorate’s industrial and organizational psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, 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 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Industrial & Organizational Psychology at Texas A&M University - College Station
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