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2022 Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 “Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,719 people earned their degree in applied psychology, making the major the 336th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 119 applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 44 applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in applied psychology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great applied 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 applied psychology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Applied Psychology (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Bellevue University

Bellevue, Nebraska
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bellevue University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Bellevue, Nebraska, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 19 degrees to qualified bachelors’s applied psychology students in 2019-2020.

Bellevue University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bellevue University is $16,615 for plains states region bachelor’s degree applied psychology students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Applied Psychology at Bellevue University

#2

Cornell College

Mount Vernon, Iowa
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell College landed the #2 spot on the list. Mount Vernon, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s applied psychology degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Cornell College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $23,700 for plains states region bachelor’s degree applied psychology students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Cornell College.

The low student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.

Full Cornell College Applied Psychology Report

#3

University of Saint Mary

Leavenworth, Kansas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Saint Mary. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. University of St. Mary is located in Leavenworth, Kansas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s applied psychology degrees to qualified students.

University of St. Mary also made our “Best Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend University of St. Mary is $20,192 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Psychology students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Applied Psychology at University of St. Mary

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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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