by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Applied Psychology Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Applied Psychology is the 282nd most popular major in the country with 2,058 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 193 applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 152 applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Applied Psychology Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in applied psychology. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in applied psychology.
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The applied psychology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Applied Psychology Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Applied Psychology Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Applied Psychology Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 136 bachelors’s applied psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Applied Psychology Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s applied psychology students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Applied Psychology at Arizona State University - Tempe
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Applied Psychology Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott landed the #3 spot on the list. Embry-Riddle Prescott is a small school located in Prescott, Arizona that handed out 0 bachelors’s applied psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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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