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2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

4 Ranked Colleges
381 Degrees Awarded
$7,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 134,326 general psychology students received their degree, making the major the 4th most popular in the country.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 14,346 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 381 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in general psychology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general psychology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general psychology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Psychology in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Lansing Community College

Lansing, Michigan
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lansing Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. LCC is a public institution located in Lansing, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 35 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

LCC also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for LCC is $4,828 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Psychology students.

Full LCC General Psychology Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sinclair Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Dayton, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s psychology degrees to 88 students in 2019-2020.

Sinclair Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $4,208 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Psychology students per year to attend Sinclair Community College.

Read full report on General Psychology at Sinclair Community College

#3

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ferris State University landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Big Rapids, Michigan, and it awarded 8 associates’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

Ferris also made our “Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $12,889 for great lakes region associate degree psychology students per year to attend Ferris State University.

Read more about General Psychology at Ferris State University

#4

Owens Community College

Perrysburg, Ohio
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Owens Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. Owens Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Perrysburg, Ohio. It awarded 34 associates’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Owens State Community College, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $8,323 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Psychology students per year to attend Owens Community College.

Full Owens State Community College General Psychology Report

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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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