2022 Best Value Experimental Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Experimental Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,144 people earned their degree in experimental psychology, making the major the 215th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 150 experimental psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 experimental psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality experimental psychology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the experimental psychology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Experimental Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Experimental Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Experimental Psychology in the Plains States Region

#1

North Dakota State University - Main Campus

Fargo, North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$11,589 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Experimental Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region. Fargo, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s experimental psychology degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Experimental Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at North Dakota State University - Main Campus are $11,589.

Read full report on Experimental Psychology at North Dakota State University - Main Campus

#2

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$22,074 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Louis University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Experimental Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s experimental psychology degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

SLU also made our “Best Experimental Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at SLU are $22,074, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Experimental Psychology at SLU

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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