by our College Data Analytics Team
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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 Colorado, there were 3,423 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,143 and $29,213 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 980 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,172 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Colorado” ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered 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 colleges and universities below are the best for colorado master’s degree psychology students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Naropa University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Colorado list. Naropa is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Boulder, Colorado. It awarded 105 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Denver Seminary landed the #2 spot on the list. Denver Seminary is a small school located in Littleton, Colorado that handed out 73 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Adams State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Colorado. This small school is located in Alamosa, Colorado, and it awarded 231 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado Christian University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Colorado. Located in Lakewood, Colorado, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 141 degrees to qualified masters’s psychology students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Regis University landed the #5 spot on the list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s psychology degrees to 83 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Denver landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Colorado ranking. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 165 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Northern Colorado came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Colorado ranking. This fairly large school is located in Greeley, Colorado, and it awarded 89 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #8, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Colorado list. Colorado Springs, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s psychology degrees to 10 students 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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University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Colorado list. CU Anschutz is a large public school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 19 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Colorado State University - Fort Collins did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Colorado ranking, coming in at #10. This large school is located in Fort Collins, Colorado, and it awarded 26 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
With a ranking of #11, University of Colorado Boulder did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Colorado list. Located in Boulder, Colorado, this large public school awarded 18 degrees to qualified masters’s psychology students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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