2025 Best Performance and Sport Psychology Schools in the Far Western US Region

If you're seeking a degree in performance and sport psychology, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #1037 one in the country in terms of popularity.While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Performance and Sport Psychology Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 127 degrees in performance and sport psychology annually.

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• Best Overall Performance and Sport Psychology Schools List

Pick Your Performance and Sport Psychology Degree Level

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Performance and Sport Psychology Schools in the Far Western US Region list, to help you choose the best school for you. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Performance and Sport Psychology in the Far Western US Region

The schools below may not offer all types of performance and sport psychology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Far Western US Region Schools in Performance and Sport Psychology

1

California Baptist University
Riverside, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

35 Performance and Sport Psychology Degrees Awarded

42.9% Growth in Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in performance and sport psychology needs to look into California Baptist University. Cal Baptist is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Riverside.More information about a degree in performance and sport psychology from California Baptist University

2

Northcentral University
San Diego, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in performance and sport psychology has to check out Northcentral University. Northcentral University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of San Diego.More information about a degree in performance and sport psychology from Northcentral University

Best Performance and Sport Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best performance and sport psychology colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	999	20

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Performance and Sport Psychology Related Rankings by Major

One of 17 majors within the Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology area of study, Performance and Sport Psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Performance and Sport Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical Psychology	2,242
Counseling Psychology	1,901
Applied Behavior Analysis	1,282
School Psychology	839
Applied Psychology	453
Industrial & Organizational Psychology	366
Forensic Psychology	348
Other Psychology & Counseling	194
Health/Medical Psychology	125
Educational Psychology	123

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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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.