an associate degree in psychology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #10 out of 38 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of psychology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 490 associate degrees in psychology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Psychology School for Your Associate Degree
Your choice of psychology for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality psychology program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Average Early-Career Salaries
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their associate degree from the school. After all, your associate degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
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 psychology students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a associate 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 much debt psychology students go into to obtain their associate 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 colleges for psychology students working on their associate degree.
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 Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.
Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Psychology in the Great Lakes Region
Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for psychology students seeking a an associate degree.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools for an Associate in Psychology
Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in psychology has to check out Owens Community College. Located in the suburb of Perrysburg, Owens State Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a associate in psychology from Owens Community College
Best Psychology Colleges by State
Explore the best psychology colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .
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).