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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Psychology Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 2,683 people earned their degree in other psychology, making the major the 179th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, other psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,731 and had an average of $19,707 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 118 other psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,667 and $23,856 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 45 other psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Psychology Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other psychology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in other psychology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Psychology Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tiffin University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Psychology Major in the Great Lakes Region. This small school is located in Tiffin, Ohio, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s other psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Psychology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Northwestern University is a large school located in Evanston, Illinois that handed out 29 bachelors’s other psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Butler University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Psychology Major in the Great Lakes Region. Butler is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s other psychology degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, 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 Illinois Institute of Technology. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Psychology Major in the Great Lakes Region. This medium-sized school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s other psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate 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. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Psychology Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Quincy University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Quincy, Illinois, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s other psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Psychology Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Shawnee State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Shawnee State University is a small school located in Portsmouth, Ohio that handed out 0 bachelors’s other psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Loyola University Chicago. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Psychology Major in the Great Lakes Region. Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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