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2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region

6 Ranked Colleges
1,083 Degrees Awarded
$10,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 29,414 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,741 and $34,665 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,083 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in psychology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent psychology programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region associate degree psychology students.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Psychology in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

LaGuardia Community College

Long Island City, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend LaGuardia Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. LaGuardia Community College is located in Long Island City, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 195 associates’s psychology degrees to qualified students.

LaGuardia not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $6,766 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Psychology students per year to attend LaGuardia Community College.

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#2

Bucks County Community College

Newtown, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bucks County Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Bucks County Community College is a medium-sized school located in Newtown, Pennsylvania that handed out 83 associates’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

Bucks County Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $7,670 for middle atlantic region associate degree psychology students per year to attend Bucks County Community College.

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#3

Harrisburg Area Community College

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harrisburg Area Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Harrisburg Area Community College is a fairly large school located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania that handed out 43 associates’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at HACC, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Harrisburg Area Community College is $11,990 for middle atlantic region associate degree psychology students.

Read more about Psychology at Harrisburg Area Community College

#4

Community College of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Community College of Philadelphia. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region. Community College of Philadelphia is a fairly large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 54 associates’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

Community College of Philadelphia also made our “Best Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Community College of Philadelphia is $7,165 for middle atlantic region associate degree psychology students.

Full Community College of Philadelphia Psychology Report

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delaware County Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Media, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s psychology degrees to 79 students in 2019-2020.

Delaware County Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Delaware County Community College is $11,597 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Psychology students.

Read full report on Psychology at Delaware County Community College

#6

Clarks Summit University

South Abington Township, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

Clarks Summit University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. South Abington Township, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s psychology degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

CSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $16,313 for middle atlantic region associate degree psychology students per year to attend Clarks Summit University.

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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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