2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region
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With 134,326 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, general psychology is the 4th most popular major in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 9,001 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 7,908 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 84 colleges that offered 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Psychology in the New England Region
Out of the 84 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Charter Oak State College landed the #1 spot on the list. Charter Oak State College is a small school located in New Britain, Connecticut that handed out 35 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Charter Oak State College is $10,724 for new england region bachelor’s degree psychology students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Psychology at Charter Oak State College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern New Hampshire University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. This large school is located in Manchester, New Hampshire, and it awarded 1,201 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Southern New Hampshire University is $41,095 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Psychology students.
Out of the 84 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, William James College landed the #3 spot on the list. William James College is located in Newton, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s psychology degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.
Out of the 84 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Westfield State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Westfield, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school awarded 118 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s psychology students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $19,167 for new england region bachelor’s degree psychology students per year to attend Westfield State University.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Worcester State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. Worcester State is a medium-sized public school situated in Worcester, Massachusetts. It awarded 133 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Worcester State University is $19,492 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Psychology students.
Bridgewater State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region ranking. Bridgewater State University is a public institution located in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 329 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Bridgewater State is $18,457 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Psychology students.
Fitchburg State University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region ranking. Fitchburg State University is a medium-sized school located in Fitchburg, Massachusetts that handed out 37 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Fitchburg State University is $16,001 for new england region bachelor’s degree psychology students.
Granite State College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. GSC is a small public school situated in Concord, New Hampshire. It awarded 60 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $12,507 for new england region bachelor’s degree psychology students per year to attend Granite State College.
Read full report on General Psychology at Granite State College
Framingham State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region ranking. Framingham State University is a small public school situated in Framingham, Massachusetts. It awarded 118 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Framingham State is $20,001 for new england region bachelor’s degree psychology students.
Read full report on General Psychology at Framingham State University
Salem State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #10. Salem State University is a medium-sized school located in Salem, Massachusetts that handed out 142 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Salem State is $18,399 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Psychology students.
Read more about General Psychology at Salem State University
Cambridge College landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region ranking. This small school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Cambridge College is $26,993 for new england region bachelor’s degree psychology students.
The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Post University landed the #12 spot on the 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region ranking. Located in Waterbury, Connecticut, this fairly large private for-profit school awarded 47 degrees to qualified bachelors’s psychology students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Post University is $15,653 for new england region bachelor’s degree psychology students.
University of Southern Maine came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region ranking. University of Southern Maine is a public institution located in Portland, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 57 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend University of Southern Maine is $12,339 for new england region bachelor’s degree psychology students.
Read full report on General Psychology at University of Southern Maine
University of Maine at Farmington did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #14. This small school is located in Farmington, Maine, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend UMaine Farmington is $14,548 for new england region bachelor’s degree psychology students.
Read full report on General Psychology at University of Maine at Farmington
Central Connecticut State University ranked #15 on this year’s Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. CCSU is located in New Britain, Connecticut and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 151 bachelors’s psychology degrees to qualified students.
It costs about $16,158 for new england region bachelor’s degree psychology students per year to attend Central Connecticut State University.
University of Maine at Presque Isle came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region ranking. This small school is located in Presque Isle, Maine, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for University of Maine at Presque Isle is $10,637 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Psychology students.
Read full report on General Psychology at University of Maine at Presque Isle
Keene State College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #17. Keene, New Hampshire is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s psychology degrees to 75 students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Keene State is $19,394 for new england region bachelor’s degree psychology students.
Rhode Island College ranked #18 on this year’s Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. Rhode Island College is located in Providence, Rhode Island and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 129 bachelors’s psychology degrees to qualified students.
It costs about $10,922 for new england region bachelor’s degree psychology students per year to attend RIC.
Read full report on General Psychology at Rhode Island College
With a ranking of #19, Plymouth State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. Plymouth State is a small public school situated in Plymouth, New Hampshire. It awarded 54 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Plymouth State University is $19,316 for new england region bachelor’s degree psychology students.
Read more about General Psychology at Plymouth State University
Goddard College ranked #20 on this year’s Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. Plainfield, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s psychology degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Goddard College is $23,873 for new england region bachelor’s degree psychology students.
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%.
Western Connecticut State University came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Danbury, Connecticut, and it awarded 86 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend WestConn is $18,215 for new england region bachelor’s degree psychology students.
Eastern Connecticut State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #22. Located in Willimantic, Connecticut, this small public school awarded 93 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s psychology students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend ECSU is $18,618 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Psychology students.
Southern Connecticut State University ranked #23 on this year’s Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. SCSU is a medium-sized school located in New Haven, Connecticut that handed out 147 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for SCSU is $20,763 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Psychology students.
Husson University ranked #24 on this year’s Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. Located in Bangor, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 32 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s psychology students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Husson University is $18,286 for new england region bachelor’s degree psychology students.
University of Rhode Island did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #25. This fairly large school is located in Kingston, Rhode Island, and it awarded 269 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at URI, the school also landed the #13 spot in our “Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend URI is $20,607 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Psychology students.
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 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%.
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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
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- *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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