2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychology in West Virginia

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 Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in West Virginia” 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 West Virginia, there were 967 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,894 and $26,304 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 148 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,814 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in West Virginia” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in psychology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their psychology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in West Virginia

The colleges and universities below are the best for west virginia master’s degree psychology students.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychology in West Virginia

1

Marshall University
Huntington, West Virginia

#5 overall quality in West Virginia

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Marshall University landed the #1 spot on the list. Huntington, West Virginia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s psychology degrees to 42 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Psychology at Marshall University

2

American Public University System
Charles Town, West Virginia

#1 overall quality in West Virginia

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, American Public University System landed the #2 spot on the list. American Public University System is located in Charles Town, West Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 93 masters’s psychology degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%.

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3

West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia

#2 overall quality in West Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in West Virginia list. WVU is a public institution located in Morgantown, West Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Psychology at West Virginia University

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

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