2024 Best General Psychology Schools in the Great Lakes Region
151Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
14,554Psychology Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in general psychology, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #4 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 151 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for general psychology students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 14,554 degrees in general psychology to qualified students.
Your choice of general psychology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall General Psychology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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Best Schools for General Psychology in the Great Lakes Region
The schools below may not offer all types of psychology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Northwestern University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general psychology. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Evanston. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.
There were approximately 144 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat University of Notre Dame if you want to pursue a degree in general psychology. Located in the large suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #20 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Notre Dame is a great university overall.
There were approximately 97 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Notre Dame in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat University of Wisconsin - Madison if you want to pursue a degree in general psychology. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were about 455 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent data year.
Michigan State University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in general psychology. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #74 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.
There were about 428 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent data year.
Miami University - Oxford is a large public university located in the town of Oxford. A Best Colleges rank of #116 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Miami University - Oxford is a great university overall.
There were approximately 267 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Miami University - Oxford in the most recent year we have data available.
UIC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Chicago. This university ranks 6th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 492 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at UIC in the most recent year we have data available.
Case Western is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Cleveland. A Best Colleges rank of #63 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Case Western is a great university overall.
There were approximately 72 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Case Western in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #130 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Marquette is a great university overall.
There were approximately 119 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Marquette in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #137 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Loyola Chicago is a great university overall.
There were about 306 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Chicago in the most recent data year.
UC is a very large public university located in the large city of Cincinnati. A Best Colleges rank of #166 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 285 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at UC in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population. This school ranks 9th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 28 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Illinois Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
Kenyon is a small private not-for-profit college located in the distant town of Gambier. This college ranks 7th out of 96 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 36 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Kenyon in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 175 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Illinois State in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 19th out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were approximately 260 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at UWM in the most recent data year.
Ohio State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Columbus. A Best Colleges rank of #69 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Ohio State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 635 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent year we have data available.
Wayne State is a very large public university located in the large city of Detroit. This university ranks 7th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 331 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Wayne State in the most recent year we have data available.
NIU is a fairly large public university located in the small suburb of Dekalb. This university ranks 24th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 225 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at NIU in the most recent year we have data available.
Wheaton College Illinois is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Wheaton. This college ranks 11th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 49 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Wheaton College Illinois in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 201 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at DePaul in the most recent year we have data available.
Xavier is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Cincinnati. This university ranks 12th out of 96 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were about 66 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Xavier in the most recent data year.
Located in the small city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 112 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at WMU in the most recent year we have data available.
DePauw is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Greencastle. A Best Colleges rank of #167 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means DePauw is a great university overall.
There were approximately 28 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at DePauw in the most recent year we have data available.
Rest of the Top Best General Psychology Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Additional Noteworthy Schools
Here are some additional great schools for General Psychology students in the Great Lakes Region that almost earned our Best General Psychology Schools in the Great Lakes Region award.
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Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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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Your choice of general psychology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall General Psychology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
