2026 Best Value Industrial & Organizational Psychology Schools in District of Columbia
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the industrial & organizational psychology degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Industrial & Organizational Psychology Schools
For return on investment in industrial & organizational psychology, no school beat George Washington University this year. George Washington University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington. The average in-state cost of tuition and fees is $67,710. Typical student debt for industrial & organizational psychology graduates is $22,910. Soon after graduation, industrial & organizational psychology degree recipients from George Washington University generally make around $71,781. Weighed against typical debt, the earnings make a compelling case for value. George Washington University admits about 47% of applicants.
Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 2 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
- 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).
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