by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Georgia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Georgia, there were 3,544 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,229 and $28,646 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 126 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,186 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Georgia” ranking, we looked at 9 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Georgia”.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Life University landed the #1 spot on the list. Life is a small school located in Marietta, Georgia that handed out 30 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Augusta University landed the #2 spot on the list. Augusta, Georgia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s psychology degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brenau University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Georgia list. Located in Gainesville, Georgia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified masters’s psychology students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of West Georgia. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Georgia. University of West Georgia is a fairly large school located in Carrollton, Georgia that handed out 14 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Valdosta State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Georgia list. VSU is located in Valdosta, Georgia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s psychology degrees to qualified students.
Georgia Southern University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Georgia ranking. Located in Statesboro, Georgia, this large public school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified masters’s psychology students in 2020-2021.
Georgia State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Georgia ranking. Georgia State University is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 masters’s psychology degrees to qualified students.
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Emory University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Georgia list. Emory is a private not-for-profit institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.
University of Georgia came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Georgia ranking. UGA is a public institution located in Athens, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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