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2022 Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

6 Ranked Colleges
122 Degrees Awarded
$17,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,719 people earned their degree in applied psychology, making the major the 336th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 149 applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 122 applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in applied psychology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent applied psychology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the applied psychology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree applied psychology students.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Applied Psychology in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Franklin University

Columbus, Ohio
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Franklin University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Franklin University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Columbus, Ohio. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Franklin University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Franklin University is $12,895 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Psychology students.

Read more about Applied Psychology at Franklin University

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Miami University - Hamilton. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Miami University - Hamilton is a public institution located in Hamilton, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Miami University - Hamilton also took the #3 spot in our “Best Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $11,559 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree applied psychology students per year to attend Miami University - Hamilton.

Read more about Applied Psychology at Miami University - Hamilton

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Miami University - Middletown. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Middletown, Ohio, this small public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s applied psychology students in 2019-2020.

Miami University - Middletown also made our “Best Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend Miami University - Middletown is $14,630 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree applied psychology students.

Full Miami University - Middletown Applied Psychology Report

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Flint landed the #4 spot on the list. UM Flint is located in Flint, Michigan and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s applied psychology degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UM Flint, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Michigan - Flint is $12,734 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree applied psychology students.

Read more about Applied Psychology at UM Flint

#5

Judson University

Elgin, Illinois
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Judson University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Elgin, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s applied psychology students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Judson, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $18,737 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Psychology students per year to attend Judson University.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Applied Psychology at Judson University

#6

Loyola University Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

Loyola University Chicago came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s applied psychology students in 2019-2020.

Loyola Chicago not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $35,407 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Psychology students per year to attend Loyola Chicago.

The low student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Loyola Chicago Applied Psychology Report

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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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