If you pursue a degree in general psychology, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #4 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Nevada to determine which ones were the best for general psychology students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,015 degrees in general psychology annually.
Your choice of general psychology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall General Psychology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Psychology Schools in Nevada ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of psychology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Nevada - Las Vegas is a great decision for students interested in a degree in general psychology. UNLV is a very large public university located in the city of Las Vegas. A Best Colleges rank of #371 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UNLV is a great university overall.
There were roughly 422 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at UNLV in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in general psychology needs to check out University of Nevada - Reno. UNR is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Reno. A Best Colleges rank of #427 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UNR is a great university overall.
There were about 223 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at UNR in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in general psychology needs to check out College of Southern Nevada. CSN is a fairly large public college located in the city of Las Vegas. This college ranks 3rd out of 8 colleges for overall quality in the state of Nevada.
There were roughly 197 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at CSN in the most recent year we have data available.
Nevada State College is a good option for students pursuing a degree in general psychology. Located in the rural area of Henderson, NSC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 7th out of 8 schools for overall quality in the state of Nevada.
There were approximately 89 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at NSC in the most recent year we have data available.
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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. We derive our Best Overall General Psychology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
