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

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in psychology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #5 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 33 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 5,299 bachelor's degrees in psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Psychology School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The psychology bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. 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 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 bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor'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 - How many other psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• 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 easy is it for psychology to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• 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 bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Psychology Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

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

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

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

1

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

585 Annual Graduates

University of Colorado Boulder is a great choice for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in psychology. CU - Boulder is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Boulder.More information about a bachelor’s in psychology from University of Colorado Boulder

2

University of Denver
Denver, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

163 Annual Graduates

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

3

Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

284 Annual Graduates

Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a good choice for students interested in a bachelor's degree in psychology. Colorado State is a very large public university located in the city of Fort Collins.More information about a bachelor’s in psychology from Colorado State University - Fort Collins

4

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

442 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Utah if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in psychology. U of U is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.More information about a bachelor’s in psychology from University of Utah

5

Montana State University
Bozeman, MT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

140 Annual Graduates

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

6

University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

221 Annual Graduates

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

7

Brigham Young University - Provo
Provo, UT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

339 Annual Graduates

BYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Provo.More information about a bachelor’s in psychology from Brigham Young University - Provo

8

University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

159 Annual Graduates

UW is a fairly large public university located in the remote town of Laramie.More information about a bachelor’s in psychology from University of Wyoming

9

University of Idaho
Moscow, ID

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

133 Annual Graduates

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

10

The University of Montana
Missoula, MT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

99 Annual Graduates

Located in the small city of Missoula, UM is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in psychology from The University of Montana

Best Psychology Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Idaho	34	598
Utah	33	1,490
Colorado	32	2,237
Montana	31	298
Wyoming	25	147

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Psychology Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	4,095
Child Development & Psychology	1,044
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	156
Other Psychology	4

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.