2024 Best General Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Mississippi

If you pursue a doctor's degree in general psychology, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #20 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Mississippi to determine which ones were the best for general psychology students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 28 doctor's degrees in general psychology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great General Psychology School for Your Doctor's Degree

The psychology doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality psychology program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

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 general psychology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor'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 general psychology related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Mississippi list, to help you choose the best school for you.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Psychology in Mississippi

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in general psychology.

Top Mississippi Schools for a Doctorate in Psychology

1

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

8 Annual Graduates

Mississippi State University is a great decision for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in general psychology. Mississippi State is a fairly large public university located in the remote town of Mississippi State.More information about a doctorate in general psychology from Mississippi State University

2

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Southern Mississippi if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in general psychology. Southern Miss is a fairly large public university located in the city of Hattiesburg.More information about a doctorate in general psychology from University of Southern Mississippi

3

University of Mississippi
University, MS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

6 Annual Graduates

University of Mississippi is a great option for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in general psychology. Located in the remote town of University, Ole Miss is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in general psychology from University of Mississippi

Best General Psychology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best General Psychology Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	217	112
North Carolina	190	48
Georgia	190	34
Virginia	182	55
Tennessee	150	38
Louisiana	146	22
Alabama	139	31
Arkansas	74	5
West Virginia	61	10

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General Psychology Related Rankings by Major

One of 0 majors within the General Psychology area of study, General Psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to BruceBlaus. More about our data sources and methodologies.