2024 Best Performance and Sport Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in California

Performance and Sport Psychologybachelor's programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #1086 out of the 1232 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 reviewed 2 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of performance and sport psychology.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on performance and sport psychology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other performance and sport psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized performance and sport psychology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for performance and sport psychology students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Performance and Sport Psychology Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Performance and Sport Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in California ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Performance and Sport Psychology in California

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in performance and sport psychology.

Top California Schools for a Bachelor's in Performance and Sport Psychology

1

Holy Names University
Oakland, CA

It's difficult to beat Holy Names University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in performance and sport psychology. Located in the city of Oakland, HNU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in performance and sport psychology from Holy Names University

2

California Baptist University
Riverside, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in performance and sport psychology needs to take a look at California Baptist University. Located in the large city of Riverside, Cal Baptist is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in performance and sport psychology from California Baptist University

Best Performance and Sport Psychology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Performance and Sport Psychology Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

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Rankings in Majors Related to Performance and Sport Psychology

Performance and Sport Psychology is one of 17 different types of Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical Psychology	131
Applied Psychology	83
Health/Medical Psychology	39
Forensic Psychology	33
Industrial & Organizational Psychology	26
Community Psychology	10
Other Psychology & Counseling	10
Applied Behavior Analysis	9

Notes and References

• 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.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.