2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forensic Psychology Major in the Plains States Region

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Forensic Psychology is the 267th most popular major in the country with 2,290 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 400 forensic psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 332 forensic psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forensic Psychology Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in forensic psychology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their forensic psychology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forensic Psychology Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forensic Psychology Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Forensic Psychology in the Plains States Region

1

Walden University
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Top 15% overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forensic Psychology Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Walden University landed the #1 spot on the list. Walden University is a large private for-profit school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 211 masters’s forensic psychology degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Forensic Psychology at Walden University

2

University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota

Top 20% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Dakota. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forensic Psychology Major in the Plains States Region. University of North Dakota is a fairly large public school situated in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It awarded 47 masters’s forensic psychology degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Forensic Psychology at UND

3

Capella University
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#22 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forensic Psychology Major in the Plains States Region list. Capella University is a large private for-profit school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 74 masters’s forensic psychology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Forensic Psychology at Capella University

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Forensic Psychology

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.