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

If you plan on getting your master's degree in psychology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #7 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual reviewed 13 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of psychology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,178 master's degrees in psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Psychology School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of psychology for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on psychology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of psychology students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt psychology students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized psychology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for psychology students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Psychology Schools

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 Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Psychology in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

10 Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Master's in Psychology

1

University of Denver
Denver, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

186 Annual Graduates

University of Denver is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a master's degree in psychology. Located in the large city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in psychology from University of Denver

2

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Colorado Boulder if you want to pursue a master's degree in psychology. CU - Boulder is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Boulder.More information about a master’s in psychology from University of Colorado Boulder

3

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

91 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in psychology needs to check out University of Utah. U of U is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.More information about a master’s in psychology from University of Utah

4

Utah State University
Logan, UT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

71 Annual Graduates

Utah State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in psychology. Located in the small city of Logan, USU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in psychology from Utah State University

5

University of Idaho
Moscow, ID

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

U of I is a large public university located in the town of Moscow.More information about a master’s in psychology from University of Idaho

6

University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

95 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in psychology from University of Northern Colorado

7

Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

32 Annual Graduates

Colorado State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Fort Collins.More information about a master’s in psychology from Colorado State University - Fort Collins

8

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Colorado Springs, UCCS is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in psychology from University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

9

Adams State University
Alamosa, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

321 Annual Graduates

Adams State is a small public university located in the town of Alamosa.More information about a master’s in psychology from Adams State University

10

Montana State University
Bozeman, MT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

20 Annual Graduates

Located in the small city of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in psychology from Montana State University

Best Psychology Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	30	980
Utah	30	156
Montana	26	39
Idaho	25	24
Wyoming	23	7

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Psychology Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	928
General Psychology	170
Other Psychology	70
Child Development & Psychology	10

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 Nevit Dilmen. More about our data sources and methodologies.