2024 Best Performance and Sport Psychology Schools in California

Performance and Sport Psychology degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #1037 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.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for performance and sport psychology students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 20 degrees in performance and sport psychology to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Performance and Sport Psychology Schools List

Pick Your Performance and Sport Psychology Degree Level

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Performance and Sport Psychology Schools in California list, to help you choose the best school for you. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Performance and Sport Psychology in California

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the performance and sport psychology degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top California Schools in Performance and Sport Psychology

1

California Baptist University
Riverside, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

California Baptist University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in performance and sport psychology. Cal Baptist is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Riverside.More information about a degree in performance and sport psychology from California Baptist University

2

Holy Names University
Oakland, CA

Any student who is interested in performance and sport psychology needs to check out Holy Names University. HNU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Oakland.More information about a degree in performance and sport psychology from Holy Names 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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Performance and Sport Psychology Related Rankings by Major

One of 17 majors within the Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology area of study, Performance and Sport Psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical Psychology	1,761
Counseling Psychology	1,391
Applied Behavior Analysis	1,304
School Psychology	486
Industrial & Organizational Psychology	363
Applied Psychology	265
Forensic Psychology	239
Other Psychology & Counseling	166
Educational Psychology	72
Health/Medical Psychology	64

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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.