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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 Georgia, there were 4,367 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,591 and $29,036 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 365 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,186 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Georgia” ranking, we looked at 15 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 colleges and universities below are the best for georgia master’s degree psychology students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Life University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Georgia. Life is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Marietta, Georgia. It awarded 30 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Brenau University landed the #2 spot on the list. Brenau is located in Gainesville, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 masters’s psychology degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mercer University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Georgia list. Macon, Georgia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s psychology degrees to 81 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wesleyan College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Georgia list. Macon, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s psychology degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Truett McConnell University landed the #5 spot on the list. Truett McConnell University is located in Cleveland, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s psychology degrees to qualified students.
Clayton State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Georgia ranking. Morrow, Georgia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s psychology degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
Augusta University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Georgia ranking, coming in at #7. This medium-sized school is located in Augusta, Georgia, and it awarded 17 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #8, Georgia Southern University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Georgia list. Georgia Southern University is a large school located in Statesboro, Georgia that handed out 38 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
Georgia State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Georgia ranking, coming in at #9. Georgia State is a large public school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 40 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #10, University of West Georgia did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Georgia list. University of West Georgia is a fairly large public school situated in Carrollton, Georgia. It awarded 14 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Georgia landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Georgia ranking. University of Georgia is a public institution located in Athens, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 60 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Valdosta State University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Georgia list. This fairly large school is located in Valdosta, Georgia, and it awarded 11 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #13, University of North Georgia did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Georgia list. University of North Georgia is located in Dahlonega, Georgia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 masters’s psychology degrees to qualified students.
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Emory University landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Georgia ranking. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s psychology degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Georgia list. Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 8 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus Psychology Report
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