2025 Best Social Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in social psychology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #277 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Social Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 65 bachelor's degrees in social psychology to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to social psychology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other social psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized social psychology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for social psychology students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Social Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Social Psychology in the Far Western US Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in social psychology.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Social Psychology

1

University of California - Irvine
Irvine, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

27 Annual Graduates

University of California - Irvine is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in social psychology. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in social psychology from University of California - Irvine

2

University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, CA

38 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of California - San Diego if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in social psychology. Located in the city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in social psychology from University of California - San Diego

Best Social Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best social psychology colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	643	390

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Social Psychology Related Rankings by Major

One of 10 majors within the Child Development & Psychology area of study, Social Psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Social Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Research & Experimental Psychology	4,006
Behavioral Neuroscience	584
Experimental Psychology	537
Developmental & Child Psychology	78
Cognitive Psychology & Psycholinguistics	73

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.