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2023 Most Popular Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Louisiana

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Finding the Best Psychology Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, psychology students earned 249 degrees and certificates from a Louisiana school, making the subject the 10th in the state.

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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Louisiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in Louisiana to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Psychology program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for psychology majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

#1

University of Holy Cross

New Orleans, LA

Our 2023 rankings named University of Holy Cross the most popular school in Louisiana for psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. UHC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New Orleans.

Women make up 82% of the psychology majors at the school.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular psychology schools in Louisiana. Louisiana State University is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge.

Of the 16 students majoring in psychology at Louisiana State University, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Read full report on Psychology at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Louisiana Tech University is a great place for psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. Louisiana Tech is a large public school located in the town of Ruston.

Women make up 71% of the psychology majors at the school.

Full Psychology at Louisiana Tech University Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Tulane University of Louisiana is a great place for psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

About 83% of the students majoring in psychology at the school are women while 17% are male.

Full Psychology at Tulane University of Louisiana Report

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Xavier University of Louisiana helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular psychology schools in Louisiana. Located in the city of New Orleans, The Chicago School Louisiana Campus is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Full Psychology at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Xavier University of Louisiana Report

#5

University of New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of New Orleans is a great place for psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. UNO is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of New Orleans.

About 50% of the students majoring in psychology at the school are women while 50% are male.

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Best Psychology Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 134
Florida 2,049
Virginia 1,767
Tennessee 424
North Carolina 318
Georgia 495
West Virginia 195
South Carolina 169
Kentucky 819
Arkansas 47
Alabama 355

Psychology Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 29,224
General Psychology 8,051
Child Development & Psychology 2,576
Other Psychology 2,162

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • 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 Nevit Dilmen.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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