When it comes to popularity, a bachelor's degree in other psychology sits in the middle of the road, ranking #215 out of 363 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Other Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 45 bachelor's degrees in other psychology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to other psychology students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other other psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for other psychology to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized other psychology related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for other psychology students working on their bachelor's degree.
The other psychology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Other Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Other Psychology in the Great Lakes Region
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in other psychology.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Other Psychology
Northwestern University is a great decision for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in other psychology. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Evanston.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the other psychology program report average early career wages of $37,353.
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).