by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Nebraska” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Psychology is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 8th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 195,678 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,611 and had an average of $25,989 in loans still to pay off.
Across Nebraska, there were 994 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,227 and $29,432 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 796 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,581 and $29,351 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Nebraska” ranking looked at 16 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in psychology. That schools that top this list have a program in 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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Nebraska”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend York College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Nebraska. Located in York, Nebraska, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s psychology students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Peru State College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Nebraska list. Peru State is a small school located in Peru, Nebraska that handed out 24 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hastings College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Nebraska. Hastings is a small school located in Hastings, Nebraska that handed out 18 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nebraska Wesleyan University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Nebraska. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 27 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s psychology students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State College landed the #5 spot on the list. Wayne, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s psychology degrees to 40 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #6, Chadron State College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Nebraska list. Chadron State College is a small school located in Chadron, Nebraska that handed out 21 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Nebraska ranking. UNL is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 256 bachelors’s psychology 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 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Nebraska at Omaha landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Nebraska ranking. Omaha, Nebraska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s psychology degrees to 135 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Nebraska at Kearney ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Nebraska list. University of Nebraska at Kearney is located in Kearney, Nebraska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 48 bachelors’s psychology degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Psychology at University of Nebraska at Kearney
Creighton University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Nebraska ranking. Creighton University is a medium-sized school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 93 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #11, Doane University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Nebraska list. Doane University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Crete, Nebraska. It awarded 20 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Union College Nebraska came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Nebraska ranking. This small school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Midland University ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Nebraska list. Midland U is located in Fremont, Nebraska and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s psychology degrees to qualified students.
College of Saint Mary came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Nebraska ranking. College of Saint Mary is a small school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 7 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Bellevue University landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Nebraska ranking. Bellevue University is a fairly large school located in Bellevue, Nebraska that handed out 62 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #16, Concordia University, Nebraska did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Nebraska list. Concordia University, Nebraska is a small school located in Seward, Nebraska that handed out 19 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Psychology at Concordia University, Nebraska
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