by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Psychology is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 4th of all the majors we analyze. In 2021-2022, 143,648 degrees were awarded to students with this major.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 4,661 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 207 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,612 and $39,317 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 13 colleges that offered a degree in general psychology. That schools that top this list have a program in general psychology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The 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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree psychology students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. USU is located in Logan, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 97 masters’s psychology degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University - Billings. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Montana State University - Billings is a public institution located in Billings, Montana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Psychology at Montana State University - Billings
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is a fairly large school located in Colorado Springs, Colorado that handed out 19 masters’s psychology degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Idaho is a fairly large public school situated in Moscow, Idaho. It awarded 13 masters’s psychology degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Idaho State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Pocatello, Idaho, this fairly large public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified masters’s psychology students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Wyoming did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #6. University of Wyoming is a fairly large public school situated in Laramie, Wyoming. It awarded 7 masters’s psychology degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Psychology at University of Wyoming
The University of Montana ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Missoula, Montana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s psychology degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Psychology at The University of Montana
Colorado State University - Fort Collins ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State is a large public school situated in Fort Collins, Colorado. It awarded 11 masters’s psychology degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Psychology at Colorado State University - Fort Collins
With a ranking of #9, University of Colorado Boulder did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This large school is located in Boulder, Colorado, and it awarded 15 masters’s psychology degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of Denver came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. University of Denver is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 14 masters’s psychology degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #11. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is a large public school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 2 masters’s psychology degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus General Psychology Report
Brigham Young University - Provo ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This large school is located in Provo, Utah, and it awarded 8 masters’s psychology degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% 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%.
Montana State University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Montana State University is located in Bozeman, Montana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 masters’s psychology degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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