2025 Best General Psychology Master's Degree Schools in Texas

If you pursue a master's degree in general psychology, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #34 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 9 schools in Texas to determine which ones were the best for general psychology students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 212 master's degrees in general psychology to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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

The psychology master'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

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 master'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.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for general psychology to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general psychology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general psychology students working on their master'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 Master's Degree Schools in Texas list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study General Psychology in Texas

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in general psychology.

Top Texas Schools for a Master's in Psychology

1

Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX

11 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in general psychology needs to take a look at Texas Tech University. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in general psychology from Texas Tech University

2

University of Houston
Houston, TX

16 Annual Graduates

University of Houston is a great decision for individuals interested in a master's degree in general psychology. UH is a fairly large public university located in the city of Houston.More information about a master’s in general psychology from University of Houston

3

University of North Texas
Denton, TX

14 Annual Graduates

University of North Texas is a good option for individuals pursuing a master's degree in general psychology. UNT is a very large public university located in the city of Denton.More information about a master’s in general psychology from University of North Texas

4

The University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX

10 Annual Graduates

The University of Texas at San Antonio is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in general psychology. UTSA is a fairly large public university located in the city of San Antonio.More information about a master’s in general psychology from The University of Texas at San Antonio

5

University of Houston - Clear Lake
Houston, TX

25 Annual Graduates

$52,139 Median Starting Salary

Located in the midsize city of Houston, UH Clear Lake is a public university with a medium-sized student population.

After graduation, psychology master's recipients usually make about $52,139 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a master’s in general psychology from University of Houston - Clear Lake

6

Texas A&M International University
Laredo, TX

11 Annual Graduates

Texas A&M International University is a moderately-sized public university located in the large city of Laredo.More information about a master’s in general psychology from Texas A&M International University

7

Houston Baptist University
Houston, TX

29 Annual Graduates

$66,467 Median Starting Salary

HBU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Houston.

Master's recipients from the general psychology program at Houston Baptist University earn $11,758 more than the average college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

More information about a master’s in general psychology from Houston Baptist University

8

Texas A&M University - Commerce
Commerce, TX

19 Annual Graduates

Texas A&M Commerce is a fairly large public university located in the distant town of Commerce.More information about a master’s in general psychology from Texas A&M University - Commerce

9

Texas Southern University
Houston, TX

22 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Houston, TSU is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in general psychology from Texas Southern University

Best General Psychology Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best General Psychology Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Arizona	180	142
Oklahoma	153	34
New Mexico	114	10

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General Psychology Related Rankings by Major

One of 24 majors within the Psychology area of study, General Psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Psychology Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	212

Most Popular Majors Related to Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	1,922
Child Development & Psychology	118

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.