General Psychology is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #3 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Mexico ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 700 bachelor's degrees in general psychology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great General Psychology School for Your Bachelor's Degree
The psychology bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general psychology students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other general psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for general psychology to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general psychology related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general psychology students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Mexico ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Psychology in New Mexico
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in general psychology.
Top New Mexico Schools for a Bachelor's in Psychology
University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a wonderful decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in general psychology. UNM is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Albuquerque.
Bachelor's recipients from the general psychology program at University of New Mexico - Main Campus make $3,839 above the average college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
New Mexico State University - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in general psychology. NMSU Main Campus is a large public university located in the midsize suburb of Las Cruces.
Soon after graduation, psychology bachelor's recipients usually make about $20,207 in the first five years of their career.
It's hard to beat New Mexico Highlands University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in general psychology. New Mexico Highlands University is a small public university located in the remote town of Las Vegas.
Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the psychology program earn about $20,674 in the first couple years of their career.
Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in general psychology has to check out Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. Located in the town of Portales, ENMU - Main Campus is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.
Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the psychology program earn an average of $24,074 for their early career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).