2025 Best General Psychology Schools in the Far Western US Region
118Colleges in the Far Western US Region
34,996Psychology Degrees Awarded
General Psychology is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #4 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 118 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Psychology Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 34,996 degrees in general psychology to qualified students.
Your choice of general psychology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall General Psychology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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Best Schools for General Psychology in the Far Western US Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the psychology degrees they offer, see the list below. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
23 Top Far Western US Region Schools in Psychology
It's difficult to beat University of California - Los Angeles if you want to pursue a degree in general psychology. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #28 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UCLA is a great university overall.
There were approximately 720 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in general psychology has to look into University of California - Irvine. UC Irvine is a very large public university located in the large city of Irvine. A Best Colleges rank of #73 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UC Irvine is a great university overall.
There were about 391 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at UC Irvine in the most recent data year.
University of Southern California is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in general psychology. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were about 198 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat University of California - Santa Cruz if you want to pursue a degree in general psychology. UC Santa Cruz is a large public university located in the city of Santa Cruz. A Best Colleges rank of #91 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UC Santa Cruz is a great university overall.
There were approximately 446 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at UC Santa Cruz in the most recent year we have data available.
UCSD is a very large public university located in the large city of La Jolla. A Best Colleges rank of #49 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UCSD is a great university overall.
There were about 320 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at UCSD in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the midsize city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #53 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means SCU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 122 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at SCU in the most recent data year.
SDSU is a very large public university located in the city of San Diego. A Best Colleges rank of #185 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means SDSU is a great university overall.
There were about 724 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at SDSU in the most recent data year.
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Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #55 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UC Davis is a great university overall.
There were approximately 37 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at UC Davis in the most recent data year.
CSULB is a fairly large public university located in the city of Long Beach. This university ranks 36th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 565 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at CSULB in the most recent data year.
Located in the distant town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #182 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Wazzu is a great university overall.
There were about 482 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Wazzu in the most recent year we have data available.
UNLV is a very large public university located in the city of Las Vegas. This university ranks 1st out of 8 colleges for overall quality in the state of Nevada.
There were roughly 422 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at UNLV in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Malibu, Pepperdine is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #63 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Pepperdine is a great university overall.
There were about 297 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Pepperdine in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Fullerton, Cal State Fullerton is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 41st out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 912 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Cal State Fullerton in the most recent data year.
USFCA is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of San Francisco. A Best Colleges rank of #152 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means USFCA is a great university overall.
There were about 150 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at USFCA in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Northridge, CSUN is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 48th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 944 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at CSUN in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the distant town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 6th out of 50 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were approximately 181 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at CWU in the most recent data year.
Azusa Pacific is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Azusa. A Best Colleges rank of #143 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Azusa Pacific is a great university overall.
There were about 171 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Azusa Pacific in the most recent year we have data available.
WWU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Bellingham. This university ranks 5th out of 50 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were approximately 220 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at WWU in the most recent year we have data available.
USD is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of San Diego. This university ranks 35th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 123 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at USD in the most recent data year.
UH Manoa is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Honolulu. This university ranks 2nd out of 10 schools for overall quality in the state of Hawaii.
There were approximately 223 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at UH Manoa in the most recent data year.
CSUSM is a large public university located in the suburb of San Marcos. This university ranks 65th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 334 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at CSUSM in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Sacramento, Sac State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 40th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 611 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Sac State in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Merced, Merced Community College District is a public college with a large student population. This college ranks 39th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 367 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Merced Community College District in the most recent year we have data available.
Rest of the Top Best General Psychology Schools in the Far Western US Region
Additional Noteworthy Schools
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best General Psychology Schools in the Far Western US Region award.
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).
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Your choice of general psychology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall General Psychology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
