2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for General Psychology in Kentucky

If you plan on getting your master's degree in general psychology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #34 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Kentucky to determine which ones were the most popular for general psychology students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 26 master's degrees in general psychology during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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

Your choice of school for getting your master's degree in psychology matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for General Psychology in Kentucky ranking.

A high popularity ranking isn't always a sign that a school has a great overall quality ranking for general psychology, but it does mean that many students are choosing the school for some reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

More Ways to Rank General Psychology Schools

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for general psychology.

 

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study General Psychology in Kentucky

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

Most Well Attended Schools for Psychology Students Working on Their Master's

1

Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY

18 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In KY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in general psychology has to take a look at Western Kentucky University. Located in the city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public university with a large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in general psychology in Kentucky.

There were approximately 18 general psychology individuals who graduated with this degree at WKU in the most recent data year.

Students who graduate with their master's from the psychology program report average early career earnings of $36,800.

More information about a master’s in general psychology from Western Kentucky University

2

Union College Kentucky
Barbourville, KY

5 Annual Master's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In KY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Union College Kentucky is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a master's degree in general psychology. Union College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the town of Barbourville. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for master's degrees in general psychology in Kentucky.

There were approximately 5 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Union College in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a master’s in general psychology from Union College Kentucky

3

Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY

3 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In KY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Eastern Kentucky University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in general psychology. Eastern is a large public university located in the distant town of Richmond. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for master's degrees in general psychology in Kentucky.

There were approximately 3 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Eastern in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a master’s in general psychology from Eastern Kentucky University

4

Brescia University
Owensboro, KY

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in general psychology needs to take a look at Brescia University. Brescia University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Owensboro. More information about a master’s in general psychology from Brescia University

 

Best General Psychology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular General Psychology Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	206	265
Georgia	186	102
Virginia	175	224
North Carolina	167	161
Tennessee	156	112
Alabama	147	54
South Carolina	141	24
Louisiana	140	89
Mississippi	120	40
Arkansas	119	11
West Virginia	108	121

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Rankings in Majors Related to Psychology

General Psychology is one of 3 different types of Psychology programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	600
Child Development & 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.