2024 Best Social Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

a bachelor's degree in social psychology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #277 out of 1232 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for social psychology students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 287 bachelor's degrees in social psychology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Social Psychology School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The social psychology bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality social psychology program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on social psychology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of social psychology students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• 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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized social psychology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for social psychology students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Social Psychology Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Social Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Social Psychology in the Plains States Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for social psychology students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Social Psychology

1

Park University
Parkville, MO

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

223 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in social psychology needs to check out Park University. Located in the suburb of Parkville, Park University is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in social psychology from Park University

2

Northwest Missouri State University
Maryville, MO

49 Annual Graduates

Northwest Missouri State University is a good option for students interested in a bachelor's degree in social psychology. Located in the town of Maryville, Northwest is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in social psychology from Northwest Missouri State University

3

Maryville University of Saint Louis
Saint Louis, MO

13 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Maryville University of Saint Louis if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in social psychology. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, Maryville U is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in social psychology from Maryville University of Saint Louis

Best Social Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best social psychology schools for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	475	285
Minnesota	446	2

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Rankings in Majors Related to Social Psychology

Social Psychology is one of 10 different types of Child Development & Psychology programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Social Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Research & Experimental Psychology	536
Developmental & Child Psychology	145
Experimental Psychology	142
Cognitive Psychology & Psycholinguistics	43
Behavioral Neuroscience	21
Psychometrics & Quantitative Psychology	2

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.