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2023 Most Popular Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

27 Colleges
$54,329 Avg Salary
$18,750 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Psychology Graduate Certificate School for You

With 42,013 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, psychology is the #8 most popular major in the United States.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Most Popular Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 27 schools in the Southwest Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Psychology program at each school on the list.

Check out the psychology graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Skysong the most popular school in the Southwest Region for psychology students working on their graduate certificate. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.

Of the 148 students majoring in psychology at ASU - Skysong, 10% are male and 90% are female.

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#2

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Grand Canyon University is a great place for psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 86% of the psychology majors at the school.

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Out of the 27 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 87% of the students majoring in psychology at the school are women while 13% are male.

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Out of the 27 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 30 students majoring in psychology at UNT, 3% are male and 97% are female.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of New Mexico - Main Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular psychology schools in the Southwest Region . UNM is a very large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

Of the 16 students majoring in psychology at UNM, 13% are male and 88% are female.

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#6

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 86% of the psychology majors at the school.

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#7

Angelo State University

San Angelo, TX

Angelo State University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Angelo State is a large public school located in the small city of San Angelo.

Of the 13 students majoring in psychology at Angelo State, 31% are male and 69% are female.

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New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for psychology students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public school with a large student population.

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#9

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Of the 9 students majoring in psychology at Texas Tech, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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Southwestern Oklahoma State University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate psychology programs. Located in the town of Weatherford, SWOSU is a public school with a small student population.

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Best Psychology Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 2,406
Texas 2,011
Oklahoma 390
New Mexico 92

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 27 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.

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