by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Michigan” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 141,695 general psychology students received their degree, making the major the 4th most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, general psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,326 and had an average of $26,018 in loans still to pay off.
Across Michigan, there were 2,813 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,633 and $28,451 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 64 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,121 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Michigan” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in general psychology. That schools that top this list have a program in general psychology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Michigan”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Dearborn. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Michigan list. Dearborn, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s psychology degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oakland University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Michigan list. Located in Rochester Hills, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 13 degrees to qualified masters’s psychology students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Michigan University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Michigan. Northern Michigan University is a medium-sized school located in Marquette, Michigan that handed out 3 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Michigan. Michigan State University is a large school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 17 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wayne State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Michigan. Located in Detroit, Michigan, this large public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s psychology students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #6, Eastern Michigan University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Michigan list. Eastern Michigan University is a public institution located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #7, Western Michigan University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Michigan list. Western Michigan University is a fairly large public school situated in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It awarded 4 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
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