by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Utah” ranking is part of that endeavor.
With 195,678 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, psychology is the 8th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,611 and had an average of $25,989 in loans still to pay off.
Across Utah, there were 1,974 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,026 and $21,649 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 256 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,685 and $18,758 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Utah” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in psychology. That schools that top this list have a program in psychology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The psychology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Utah”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for utah associate degree psychology students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Salt Lake Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Salt Lake Community College is a large school located in Salt Lake City, Utah that handed out 193 associates’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Snow College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Utah. Located in Ephraim, Utah, this medium-sized public school handed out 32 degrees to qualified associates’s psychology students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah Valley University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Utah list. Located in Orem, Utah, this large public school awarded 31 diplomas to qualified associates’s psychology students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.
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