2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Psychology in California

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Other Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in California” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across California, there were 435 other psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 77 other psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,907 and $21,546 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in California” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in other psychology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other psychology programs and cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Other Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in California” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Other Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for california bachelor’s degree other psychology students.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Psychology in California

#1

University of California - San Diego

La Jolla, California

#1 in overall quality

$14,232 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Other Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #1 spot on the list. La Jolla, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s other psychology degrees to 57 students in 2019-2020.

UCSD also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of California - San Diego is $14,232 for California Bachelor’s Degree Other Psychology students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%.

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#2

National University

La Jolla, California

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in California list. National University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in La Jolla, California. It awarded 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 California” ranking.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#3

Saint Mary's College of California

Moraga, California

#3 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 #3 on our 2022 Best Value Other Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in California list. Saint Mary’s College of California is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Moraga, California. It awarded 14 bachelors’s other psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

SMC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Other Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. The yearly cost to attend Saint Mary’s College of California is $34,392 for California Bachelor’s Degree Other Psychology students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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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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