2022 Best Value Other Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region

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Other Psychology is the 231st most popular major in the country with 2,656 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 444 other psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 86 other psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in other psychology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other psychology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other psychology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Other Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Psychology in the Far Western US Region

#1

National University

La Jolla, California

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend National University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Other Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region. National University is a fairly large school located in La Jolla, California that handed out 2 bachelors’s other psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

National University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Other Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Other Psychology at National University

#2

Bastyr University

Kenmore, Washington

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bastyr University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region list. Bastyr University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Kenmore, Washington. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Bastyr University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Other Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Other Psychology at Bastyr University

#3

University of California - San Diego

La Jolla, California

#1 in overall quality

$14,232 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Other Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #3 spot on the list. University of California - San Diego is a large school located in La Jolla, California that handed out 57 bachelors’s other psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

UCSD also made our “Best Other Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for University of California - San Diego is $14,232 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Psychology students.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of California - San Diego Other Psychology Report

#4

Saint Mary's College of California

Moraga, California

#4 in overall quality

$34,392 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Mary’s College of California. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Other Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region list. Moraga, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other psychology degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

SMC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Other Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for SMC is $34,392 for far western us region bachelor’s degree other psychology students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Other Psychology at Saint Mary’s College of California

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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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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