2023 Most Well Attended Biopsychology Major in the Far Western US Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Biopsychology Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 183 people earned their degree in biopsychology, making the major the 318th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, biopsychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,067 and had an average of $21,250 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 6 biopsychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Biopsychology Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in biopsychology. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in biopsychology.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Biopsychology Major in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region biopsychology students.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Biopsychology in the Far Western US Region

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Mills College
Oakland, California

$43,897 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,000 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mills College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Biopsychology Major in the Far Western US Region. Located in Oakland, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 degrees to qualified ’s biopsychology students in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 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 impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Biopsychology at Mills College

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Saint Mary's College of California
Moraga, California

$50,025 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,022 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Biopsychology Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Mary’s College of California landed the #2 spot on the list. SMC is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Moraga, California. It awarded 0 ’s biopsychology degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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%.

Read more about Biopsychology at Saint Mary’s College of California

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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.

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