2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region
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 “Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2019-2020, 134,326 general psychology students received their degree, making the major the 4th most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, general psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,999 and had an average of $26,247 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 13,139 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,116 and $23,287 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,402 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 13 colleges that offered a degree in general psychology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general psychology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general psychology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region.
Top 13 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Psychology in the Southwest Region
Out of the 13 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, South Texas College landed the #1 spot on the list. South Texas College is a public institution located in McAllen, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 148 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
South Texas College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for South Texas College is $1,174 for southwest region associate degree psychology students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin Community College District. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s psychology degrees to 104 students in 2019-2020.
Austin Community College District not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $6,861 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Psychology students per year to attend Austin Community College District.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma City Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, this fairly large public school awarded 109 degrees to qualified associates’s psychology students in 2019-2020.
OCCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend OCCC is $6,842 for southwest region associate degree psychology students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tyler Junior College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Tyler Junior College is a fairly large public school situated in Tyler, Texas. It awarded 63 associates’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
Tyler Junior College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Tyler Junior College is $9,277 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Psychology students.
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Out of the 13 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, El Paso Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. El Paso Community College is a large public school situated in El Paso, Texas. It awarded 177 associates’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
El Paso Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend El Paso Community College is $4,594 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Psychology students.
Central New Mexico Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Central New Mexico Community College is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a large population, and it awarded 170 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
CNM also made our “Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $3,429 for southwest region associate degree psychology students per year to attend CNM.
Navarro College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. Navarro College is a medium-sized school located in Corsicana, Texas that handed out 27 associates’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Navarro College, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Navarro College is $14,349 for southwest region associate degree psychology students.
Rose State College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Midwest City, Oklahoma, this medium-sized public school awarded 40 diplomas to qualified associates’s psychology students in 2019-2020.
RSC also made our “Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #7. The estimated yearly cost for Rose State College is $8,632 for southwest region associate degree psychology students.
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With a ranking of #9, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. ENMU - Main Campus is a medium-sized school located in Portales, New Mexico that handed out 3 associates’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
ENMU - Main Campus also made our “Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #12. It costs about $9,516 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Psychology students per year to attend ENMU - Main Campus.
Northwest Vista College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #10. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s psychology degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.
Northwest Vista College also took the #10 spot in our “Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northwest Vista College is $5,413 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Psychology students.
San Antonio College landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking. San Antonio College is a fairly large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 17 associates’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
San Antonio College also took the #11 spot in our “Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $5,882 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Psychology students per year to attend San Antonio College.
Southwestern Assemblies of God University landed the #12 spot on the 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking. This small school is located in Waxahachie, Texas, and it awarded 7 associates’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
Southwestern Assemblies of God University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Southwestern Assemblies of God University is $24,982 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Psychology students.
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Palo Alto College came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 14 associates’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
Palo Alto College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #13 on our “Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $4,986 for southwest region associate degree psychology students per year to attend Palo Alto College.
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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Footnotes
- *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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