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2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
298 Degrees Awarded
$22,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor's in Vermont For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Psychology is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 4th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 134,326 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across Vermont, there were 311 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 298 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general psychology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general psychology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general psychology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Psychology in Vermont (With Aid)

#1

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Getting Aid list. Burlington, Vermont is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s psychology degrees to 122 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UVM, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Vermont is $18,982 for Vermont Bachelor’s Degree Psychology students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Psychology at UVM

#2

Northern Vermont University

Johnson, Vermont
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Vermont University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Getting Aid. Northern Vermont University is a public institution located in Johnson, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 68 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Northern Vermont University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list. The yearly cost to attend Northern Vermont University is $15,749 for Vermont Bachelor’s Degree Psychology students with aid.

Read full report on General Psychology at Northern Vermont University

#3

Norwich University

Northfield, Vermont
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Norwich University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Getting Aid. Northfield, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s psychology degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.

Norwich did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list. It costs about $24,701 for Vermont Bachelor’s Degree Psychology students with aid per year to attend Norwich University.

Read full report on General Psychology at Norwich University

#4

Saint Michael's College

Colchester, Vermont
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Michael’s College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Getting Aid. Saint Michael’s College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Colchester, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 50 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Saint Michael’s did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list. It costs about $27,927 for Vermont Bachelor’s Degree Psychology students with aid per year to attend Saint Michael’s.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.

Full Saint Michael’s College General Psychology Report

#5

Goddard College

Plainfield, Vermont
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Goddard College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Plainfield, Vermont, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s psychology students in 2019-2020.

Goddard College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list. The yearly cost to attend Goddard College is $23,873 for vermont bachelor’s degree psychology students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.

Read full report on General Psychology at Goddard College

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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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