by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 the Southwest Region” 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 the Southwest region, there were 14,778 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,745 and $24,039 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 408 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 39 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 the Southwest Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Baptist University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Southwest Region list. HBU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 24 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern Oklahoma State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Southwest Region list. NWOSU is a public institution located in Alva, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Psychology at Northwestern Oklahoma State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston - Clear Lake. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Southwest Region. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s psychology degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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 join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Skysong. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Southwest Region. Scottsdale, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s psychology degrees to 100 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
Read full report on General Psychology at Arizona State University - Skysong
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico Highlands University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Southwest Region. Las Vegas, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s psychology degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Full New Mexico Highlands University General Psychology Report
Texas A&M International University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. This medium-sized school is located in Laredo, Texas, and it awarded 11 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Psychology at Texas A&M International University
MSU Texas came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Southwest Region ranking. MSU Texas is a public institution located in Wichita Falls, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Central Oklahoma came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Central Oklahoma is a fairly large public school situated in Edmond, Oklahoma. It awarded 12 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Psychology at University of Central Oklahoma
Texas A&M University - Commerce came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M University - Commerce is a fairly large school located in Commerce, Texas that handed out 11 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Texas A&M University - Commerce General Psychology Report
University of Dallas landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Dallas is a small school located in Irving, Texas that handed out 2 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Rice University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Rice University is located in Houston, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s psychology degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
With a ranking of #12, Texas A&M University - Texarkana did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M University - Texarkana is a small school located in Texarkana, Texas that handed out 1 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Psychology at Texas A&M Texarkana
With a ranking of #13, University of Houston did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Houston is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 23 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #14, Southern Methodist University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s psychology students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Southwest Region list. Corpus Christi, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s psychology degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Psychology at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
University of North Texas ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Southwest Region list. UNT is located in Denton, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 masters’s psychology degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #17. UT Arlington is a large public school situated in Arlington, Texas. It awarded 21 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #18, Texas Southern University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Southwest Region list. TSU is a medium-sized public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 2 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
Oklahoma State University - Main Campus came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this large public school awarded 9 diplomas 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 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #20, Northern Arizona University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Flagstaff, Arizona, and it awarded 12 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #21, Baylor University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Southwest Region list. Baylor is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Waco, Texas. It awarded 7 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Texas Christian University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #22. Fort Worth, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s psychology degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #23. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 25 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.
Read more about General Psychology at Texas A&M College Station
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Norman, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s psychology degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on General Psychology at University of Oklahoma
With a ranking of #25, University of Arizona did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 masters’s psychology degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on General Psychology at University of Arizona
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