2025 Best General Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

General Psychology is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #20 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 75 doctor's degrees in general psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great General Psychology School for Your Doctor's Degree

The psychology doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality psychology program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general psychology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general psychology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general psychology students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Psychology in the Rocky Mountains Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for general psychology students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Doctorate in Psychology

1

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

University of Colorado Boulder is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in general psychology. Located in the midsize city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in general psychology from University of Colorado Boulder

2

The University of Montana
Missoula, MT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

The University of Montana is a wonderful option for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in general psychology. UM is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Missoula.More information about a doctorate in general psychology from The University of Montana

3

University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in general psychology has to check out University of Wyoming. Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in general psychology from University of Wyoming

Best General Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best general psychology colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	182	27
Utah	144	19
Montana	47	10
Wyoming	36	5

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General Psychology Related Rankings by Major

One of 0 majors within the General Psychology area of study, General Psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 BruceBlaus. More about our data sources and methodologies.