2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Community Psychology in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Community Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Community Psychology is the 531st most popular major in the country with 576 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 74 community psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 community psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Community Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in community psychology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent community 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 community psychology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Community Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Community Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Community Psychology in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

National Louis University

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$12,096 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Community Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, National Louis University landed the #1 spot on the list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s community psychology degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NLU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Community Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at National Louis University are $12,096.

Full NLU Community Psychology Report

#2

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$19,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Community Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s community psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

DePaul did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Community Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul are $19,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Community Psychology at DePaul University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Community Psychology (With Aid)

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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