by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Nevada” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 195,678 psychology students received their degree, making the major the 8th most popular in the country. 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 Nevada, there were 997 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,977 and $19,622 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 729 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,298 and $27,287 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Nevada” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Nevada”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for nevada bachelor’s degree psychology students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Nevada that were part of this year’s ranking, Nevada State College landed the #1 spot on the list. NSC is a medium-sized school located in Henderson, Nevada that handed out 105 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sierra Nevada College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Nevada list. Located in Incline Village, Nevada, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 22 degrees to qualified bachelors’s psychology students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Nevada. Located in Las Vegas, Nevada, this large public school awarded 391 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s psychology students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Nevada that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Reno landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Reno, Nevada, and it awarded 211 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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