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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 Alabama, there were 1,923 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,439 and $28,969 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 277 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,476 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Alabama” ranking looked at 11 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 colleges and universities below are the best for alabama master’s degree psychology students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Troy University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Alabama list. Located in Troy, Alabama, this fairly large public school awarded 143 degrees to qualified masters’s psychology students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alabama A & M University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Alabama list. This medium-sized school is located in Normal, Alabama, and it awarded 22 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Auburn University at Montgomery. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Alabama. AUM is a public institution located in Montgomery, Alabama. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Alabama. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Alabama. UNA is a medium-sized public school situated in Florence, Alabama. It awarded 16 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Jacksonville State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Jacksonville State University is a public institution located in Jacksonville, Alabama. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Auburn University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Alabama list. Auburn, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s psychology degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
With a ranking of #7, The University of Alabama did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Alabama list. UA is a large school located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama that handed out 32 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. 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%.
University of Alabama in Huntsville ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Alabama list. Huntsville, Alabama is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s psychology degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.
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University of West Alabama ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Alabama list. Located in Livingston, Alabama, this medium-sized public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s psychology students in 2020-2021.
University of South Alabama did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Alabama ranking, coming in at #10. Mobile, Alabama is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s psychology degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
University of Alabama at Birmingham came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Alabama ranking. University of Alabama at Birmingham is a large school located in Birmingham, Alabama that handed out 6 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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