by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in District of Columbia” ranking - to help you make that decision.
General Psychology is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 4th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 141,695 degrees were awarded to students with this major.
Across District of Columbia, there were 437 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 48 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,645 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in general psychology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general psychology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in District of Columbia”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gallaudet University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in District of Columbia list. Gallaudet is a small school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 7 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Catholic University of America. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in District of Columbia. This medium-sized school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 16 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in District of Columbia list. American University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 22 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Howard University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in District of Columbia. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified masters’s psychology students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 2 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
George Washington University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in District of Columbia list. This large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 3 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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