2023 Most Popular Psychology Schools in Georgia
Finding the Best Psychology School for You
In 2020-2021, psychology students earned 495 degrees and certificates from a Georgia school, making the subject the 10th in the state.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Psychology Schools in Georgia ranking. This report analyzed 15 schools in Georgia to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Psychology program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Psychology Schools in Georgia
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Psychology Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Psychology Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Mercer University the most popular school in Georgia for psychology students. Mercer is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Macon.
The excellent programs at University of Georgia helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best psychology schools in Georgia. UGA is a very large public school located in the city of Athens.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Psychology Schools in Georgia list. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Southern University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Psychology Schools in Georgia list. GaSou is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Statesboro.
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The excellent programs at Life University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best psychology schools in Georgia. Life is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Marietta.
Brenau University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Psychology Schools in Georgia ranking. Brenau is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Gainesville.
Emory University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Psychology Schools in Georgia list. Located in the city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
University of West Georgia did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for psychology students. It came in at #8 on the list. University of West Georgia is a large public school located in the town of Carrollton.
Augusta University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Psychology Schools in Georgia ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Augusta, Augusta University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Clayton State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Psychology Schools in Georgia ranking. Clayton State University is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Morrow.
Best Psychology Colleges in the Southeast Region
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Mississippi | 134 |
Florida | 2,049 |
Virginia | 1,767 |
Tennessee | 424 |
North Carolina | 318 |
West Virginia | 195 |
Louisiana | 249 |
South Carolina | 169 |
Kentucky | 819 |
Arkansas | 47 |
Alabama | 355 |
Psychology Related Majors
Psychology Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 29,224 |
General Psychology | 8,051 |
Child Development & Psychology | 2,576 |
Other Psychology | 2,162 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Psychology
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 15 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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