2025 Best General Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Louisiana

General Psychology is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #3 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 reviewed 16 schools in Louisiana to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of general psychology. Combined, these schools handed out 1,467 bachelor's degrees in general psychology to qualified students.

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

Your choice of general psychology for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality psychology program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 - The number of general psychology students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• 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.
• Student Debt - How much debt general psychology students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• 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 bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 the Best General Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Louisiana.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Psychology in Louisiana

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in general psychology.

10 Top Louisiana Schools for a Bachelor's in Psychology

1

Tulane University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA

14 Annual Graduates

$31,585 Median Starting Salary

$33,600 Median Student Debt

Tulane University of Louisiana is a good decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in general psychology. Located in the city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the general psychology program at Tulane University of Louisiana get $4,181 more than the standard graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

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2

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, LA

219 Annual Graduates

$23,859 Median Starting Salary

$36,000 Median Student Debt

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a great choice for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in general psychology. Louisiana State University is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge.

Soon after graduation, psychology bachelor's recipients typically earn around $23,859 at the beginning of their careers.

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3

Loyola University New Orleans
New Orleans, LA

85 Annual Graduates

$24,241 Median Starting Salary

$43,807 Median Student Debt

Loyola University New Orleans is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in general psychology. Located in the city of New Orleans, Loyola New Orleans is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the psychology program earn an average of $24,241 in their early career salary.

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4

University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, LA

136 Annual Graduates

$22,696 Median Starting Salary

$24,136 Median Student Debt

It's hard to beat University of Louisiana at Lafayette if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in general psychology. UL Lafayette is a fairly large public university located in the city of Lafayette.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the psychology program earn an average of $22,696 in their early career salary.

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5

Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA

70 Annual Graduates

$26,988 Median Starting Salary

$19,571 Median Student Debt

Located in the town of Ruston, Louisiana Tech is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the psychology program report average early career income of $26,988.

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6

University of Louisiana at Monroe
Monroe, LA

146 Annual Graduates

$29,046 Median Starting Salary

$7,500 Median Student Debt

ULM is a medium-sized public university located in the small city of Monroe.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the psychology program earn about $29,046 for their early career.

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7

Southeastern Louisiana University
Hammond, LA

118 Annual Graduates

$20,870 Median Starting Salary

$11,029 Median Student Debt

Southeastern is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Hammond.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the psychology program earn about $20,870 in the first couple years of their career.

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8

Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Natchitoches, LA

113 Annual Graduates

$32,765 Median Starting Salary

$10,103 Median Student Debt

Located in the town of Natchitoches, NSU is a public university with a medium-sized student population.

Those general psychology students who get their bachelor's degree from Northwestern State University of Louisiana make $5,361 more than the typical psychology graduate.

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9

University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA

71 Annual Graduates

$21,243 Median Starting Salary

UNO is a medium-sized public university located in the city of New Orleans.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the psychology program make around $21,243 in their early career salary.

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10

McNeese State University
Lake Charles, LA

58 Annual Graduates

$26,414 Median Starting Salary

Located in the small city of Lake Charles, McNeese is a public university with a medium-sized student population.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the psychology program earn around $26,414 in their early career salary.

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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	225	7,581
Georgia	224	3,190
Tennessee	220	1,615
North Carolina	213	3,225
Virginia	213	4,826
South Carolina	195	1,349
Kentucky	187	1,384
Alabama	184	1,483
Mississippi	169	826
Arkansas	167	953
West Virginia	147	771

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General Psychology Related Rankings by Major

One of 24 majors within the Psychology area of study, General Psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Psychology Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	1,467

Most Popular Majors Related to Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Child Development & Psychology	198
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	8

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.