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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Psychology in the Southeast Region

7 Ranked Colleges
540 Degrees Awarded
$13,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 134,326 general psychology students received their degree, making the major the 4th most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, general psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,999 and had an average of $26,247 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 29,481 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,834 and $27,087 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 540 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 7 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general psychology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

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

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Psychology in the Southeast Region

#1

Georgia Military College

Milledgeville, Georgia

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Military College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Milledgeville, Georgia, this medium-sized public school awarded 90 diplomas to qualified associates’s psychology students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree psychology students list, Georgia Military College has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Georgia Military College is $9,792 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Psychology students.

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#2

Holmes Community College

Goodman, Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Holmes Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Located in Goodman, Mississippi, this medium-sized public school awarded 39 degrees to qualified associates’s psychology students in 2019-2020.

Holmes Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Holmes Community College is $4,321 for southeast region associate degree psychology students.

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#3

Itawamba Community College

Fulton, Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Itawamba Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. ICC is a small school located in Fulton, Mississippi that handed out 35 associates’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

ICC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Itawamba Community College is $5,107 for southeast region associate degree psychology students.

Full Itawamba Community College General Psychology Report

#4

University of the Cumberlands

Williamsburg, Kentucky
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the Cumberlands. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Williamsburg, Kentucky, and it awarded 3 associates’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree psychology students list, Cumberlands has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of the Cumberlands is $16,894 for southeast region associate degree psychology students.

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#5

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Liberty University is a large school located in Lynchburg, Virginia that handed out 197 associates’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

Liberty University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $28,903 for southeast region associate degree psychology students per year to attend Liberty University.

Full Liberty University General Psychology Report

#6

Regent University

Virginia Beach, Virginia
#5 in overall quality

Regent University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. Regent is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It awarded 5 associates’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree psychology students list, Regent has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Regent University is $15,267 for southeast region associate degree psychology students.

Full Regent University General Psychology Report

#7

Point University

West Point, Georgia
#7 in overall quality

Point University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. Point is a small school located in West Point, Georgia that handed out 2 associates’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

Point also made our “Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #7. It costs about $16,187 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Psychology students per year to attend Point University.

Full Point 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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