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2023 Most Popular Online Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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

In 2020-2021, 195,678 psychology students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #8 most popular in the country.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 11 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Psychology Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Skysong the most popular online school in the Southwest Region for psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 90% of the students majoring in psychology at the school are women while 10% are male.

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#2

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Grand Canyon University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Phoenix.

Of the 127 students majoring in psychology at Grand Canyon University, 14% are male and 86% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the city of College Station.

Women make up 87% of the psychology majors at the school.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at University of North Texas helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best psychology schools in the Southwest Region . UNT is a fairly large public school located in the city of Denton.

About 97% of the students majoring in psychology at the school are women while 3% are male.

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#5

Angelo State University

San Angelo, TX

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Angelo State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best psychology schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of San Angelo, Angelo State is a public school with a large student population.

About 69% of the students majoring in psychology at the school are women while 31% are male.

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#6

Mid-America Christian University

Oklahoma City, OK

With a ranking of #6, Mid-America Christian University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for psychology students working on their online graduate certificate. MACU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Oklahoma City.

About 71% of the students majoring in psychology at the school are women while 29% are male.

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#7

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, TX

With a ranking of #7, St. Mary’s University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for psychology students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the large city of San Antonio, St. Mary's is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #8, Ottawa University - Phoenix did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for psychology students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the city of Phoenix, Ottawa University - Phoenix is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate psychology programs. Located in the town of Stillwater, OSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#8

Prescott College

Prescott, AZ

Prescott College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate psychology programs. Located in the small city of Prescott, Prescot College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Explore the most popular online psychology schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 5,406
Texas 11,577
New Mexico 1,062
Oklahoma 1,792

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Psychology Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
General Psychology 141,695
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 33,758
Child Development & Psychology 17,542
Other Psychology 2,683

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 327,871
Social Sciences 205,984
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 11 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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