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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Vermont” 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 Vermont, there were 436 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,145 and $26,107 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 355 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,418 and $24,482 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Vermont” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in psychology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in psychology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Vermont”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Vermont University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Vermont list. Northern Vermont University is located in Johnson, Vermont and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 57 bachelors’s psychology degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Michael’s College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Vermont list. Saint Michael’s College is located in Colchester, Vermont and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 37 bachelors’s psychology degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Vermont that were part of this year’s ranking, Castleton University landed the #3 spot on the list. Castleton is located in Castleton, Vermont and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s psychology degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Vermont that were part of this year’s ranking, Bennington College landed the #4 spot on the list. Bennington College is located in Bennington, Vermont and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s psychology degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, 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 Vermont. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Vermont. Located in Burlington, Vermont, this fairly large public school handed out 141 degrees to qualified bachelors’s psychology students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
Middlebury College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Vermont ranking. This small school is located in Middlebury, Vermont, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
Goddard College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Vermont ranking. Plainfield, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s psychology degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.
With a ranking of #8, Norwich University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Vermont list. This small school is located in Northfield, Vermont, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #9, Landmark College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Vermont list. Landmark College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Putney, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Champlain College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Vermont ranking. Champlain is a small school located in Burlington, Vermont that handed out 12 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
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