2024 Best Applied Psychology Schools in the Plains States Region
3Colleges in the Plains States Region
135Applied Psychology Degrees Awarded
Applied Psychology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #282 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for applied psychology students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 135 degrees in applied psychology to qualified students.
Your choice of applied psychology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Applied Psychology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Applied Psychology Schools in the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Applied Psychology in the Plains States Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the applied psychology degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Plains States Region Schools in Applied Psychology
Capella University is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in applied psychology. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #145 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Capella University is a great university overall.
There were about 63 applied psychology students who graduated with this degree at Capella University in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in applied psychology has to check out Wichita State University. WSU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Wichita. This university ranks 6th out of 47 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were about 4 applied psychology students who graduated with this degree at WSU in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in applied psychology has to look into Cornell College. Cornell College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the fringe town of Mount Vernon. This college ranks 820th out of 2,217 schools for overall quality nationwide.
There were roughly 8 applied psychology students who graduated with this degree at Cornell College in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in applied psychology has to take a look at Adler Graduate School. Adler Graduate School is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Minnetonka.
There were approximately 4 applied psychology students who graduated with this degree at Adler Graduate School in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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Your choice of applied psychology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Applied Psychology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
