2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Psychology in Montana

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With 141,695 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, general psychology is the 4th most popular major in the United States. 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 Montana, there were 315 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,279 and $26,333 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,873 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Montana” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general psychology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general psychology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Montana

The colleges and universities below are the best for montana master’s degree psychology students.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Psychology in Montana

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Montana State University - Billings
Billings, Montana

#8 overall quality in Montana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University - Billings. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Montana list. Montana State University - Billings is a public institution located in Billings, Montana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Montana State University - Billings General Psychology Report

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The University of Montana
Missoula, Montana

#2 overall quality in Montana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Montana. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Montana. UM is a public institution located in Missoula, Montana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Psychology at The University of Montana

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Montana State University
Bozeman, Montana

#1 overall quality in Montana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Montana. MSU Bozeman is located in Bozeman, Montana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s psychology degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Psychology at MSU Bozeman

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Psychology in the Rocky Mountains Region
• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Psychology

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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