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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Social Psychology

9 Ranked Colleges
1,017 Degrees Awarded
$18,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Social Psychology Schools for a Bachelor's

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Social Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Social Psychology is the 369th most popular major in the country with 1,145 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,017 social psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in social psychology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent social psychology programs, but they also cost less that 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 social psychology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Social Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s.

Top 9 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Social Psychology

#1

Park University

Parkville, Missouri
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Park University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Social Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Park University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Parkville, Missouri. It awarded 233 bachelors’s social psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

Park University also made our “Best Social Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $15,579 for Bachelor’s Degree Social Psychology students per year to attend Park University.

Full Park University Social Psychology Report

#7 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Social Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Missouri State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Northwest Missouri State University is a medium-sized school located in Maryville, Missouri that handed out 46 bachelors’s social psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree social psychology students list, Northwest has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Social Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $12,354 for Bachelor’s Degree Social Psychology students per year to attend Northwest Missouri State University.

Full Northwest Social Psychology Report

#3

Clarion University of Pennsylvania

Clarion, Pennsylvania
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Social Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Clarion University of Pennsylvania landed the #3 spot on the list. Clarion University of Pennsylvania is a public institution located in Clarion, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Clarion University, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Social Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Clarion University is $20,011 for bachelor’s degree social psychology students.

Read more about Social Psychology at Clarion University

#4

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan
#9 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Social Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Western Michigan University is a fairly large public school situated in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It awarded 12 bachelors’s social psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

WMU also made our “Best Social Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #9. The estimated yearly cost for WMU is $19,433 for bachelor’s degree social psychology students.

Read more about Social Psychology at Western Michigan University

#5

Maryville University of Saint Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Maryville University of Saint Louis. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Social Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s social psychology students in 2019-2020.

Maryville U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Social Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Maryville U is $29,064 for Bachelor’s Degree Social Psychology students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Social Psychology at Maryville University of Saint Louis

#6

Trinity Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia
#8 in overall quality

Trinity Washington University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Social Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s social psychology degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree social psychology students list, Trinity College has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Social Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Trinity Washington University is $14,396 for bachelor’s degree social psychology students.

Read full report on Social Psychology at Trinity Washington University

#7

Augsburg University

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#3 in overall quality

Augsburg University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Social Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Augsburg University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 5 bachelors’s social psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

Augsburg also took the #3 spot in our “Best Social Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $24,653 for bachelor’s degree social psychology students per year to attend Augsburg University.

Read more about Social Psychology at Augsburg

#1 in overall quality

University of California - Irvine did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Social Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #8. UC Irvine is located in Irvine, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 581 bachelors’s social psychology degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Irvine, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Social Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of California - Irvine is $14,783 for bachelor’s degree social psychology students.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Social Psychology at University of California - Irvine

#2 in overall quality

University of California - San Diego ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Social Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. University of California - San Diego is located in La Jolla, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 28 bachelors’s social psychology degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree social psychology students list, UCSD has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Social Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $14,232 for Bachelor’s Degree Social Psychology students per year to attend University of California - San Diego.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Social Psychology at University of California - San Diego

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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