by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Utah” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 141,695 general psychology students received their degree, making the major the 4th most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, general psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,326 and had an average of $26,018 in loans still to pay off.
Across Utah, there were 1,424 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,153 and $21,649 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 256 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,685 and $18,758 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Utah” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general psychology. That schools that top this list have a program in general psychology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Utah” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Utah”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Salt Lake Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and it awarded 193 associates’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Snow College landed the #2 spot on the list. Snow College is a medium-sized school located in Ephraim, Utah that handed out 32 associates’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah Valley University landed the #3 spot on the list. UVU is a large public school situated in Orem, Utah. It awarded 31 associates’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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