2022 Best Value Other Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Other Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,656 people earned their degree in other psychology, making the major the 231st most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,389 other psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1,206 other psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in other psychology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other psychology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other psychology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Other Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree other psychology students.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Psychology in the Southwest Region

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$11,436 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Phoenix, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s other psychology degrees to 655 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree other psychology students list, Grand Canyon University has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Other Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Grand Canyon University are $11,436.

Read more about Other Psychology at Grand Canyon University

#2

University of Phoenix - Arizona

Tempe, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$17,096 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Other Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the #2 spot on the list. UOPX - Arizona is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 538 masters’s other psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree other psychology students list, UOPX - Arizona has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Other Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Phoenix - Arizona are $17,096, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UOPX - Arizona Other Psychology Report

#3

East Central University

Ada, Oklahoma

#3 in overall quality

$11,568 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Central University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Other Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. This small school is located in Ada, Oklahoma, and it awarded 13 masters’s other psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ECU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Other Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at East Central University are $11,568.

Read more about Other Psychology at ECU

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Psychology

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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