2022 Best Vallue Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

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Psychology is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 7th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 183,889 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,496 and had an average of $36,227 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 13,510 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,917 and $31,921 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 142 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in psychology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great psychology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the psychology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree psychology students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Psychology (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Park University

Parkville, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$15,579 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Park University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Parkville, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s psychology degrees to 31 students in 2019-2020.

Park University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $15,579 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Psychology students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Park University.

Read full report on Psychology at Park University

#2

Upper Iowa University

Fayette, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$21,624 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Vallue Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Upper Iowa University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Fayette, Iowa, and it awarded 30 associates’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

UIU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $21,624 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Psychology students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend UIU.

Full Upper Iowa University Psychology Report

#3

Waldorf University

Forest City, Iowa

#3 in overall quality

$20,036 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Waldorf University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Vallue Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Forest City, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s psychology degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Waldorf, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Waldorf University is $20,036 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Psychology students whose families make more than $110k.

Read more about Psychology at Waldorf University

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Psychology (Income Over $110k)

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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