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2022 Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
122 Degrees Awarded
$17,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 Great Lakes region, there were 149 applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 122 applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the applied psychology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree applied psychology students with aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Applied Psychology in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

Franklin University

Columbus, Ohio
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Franklin University landed the #1 spot on the list. Franklin University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Columbus, Ohio. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Franklin University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $12,895 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Psychology students with aid per year to attend Franklin University.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Miami University - Hamilton landed the #2 spot on the list. Miami University - Hamilton is a small school located in Hamilton, Ohio that handed out 9 bachelors’s applied psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

Miami University - Hamilton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Miami University - Hamilton is $11,559 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree applied psychology students with aid.

Read full report on Applied Psychology at Miami University - Hamilton

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Miami University - Middletown. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Miami University - Middletown is a public institution located in Middletown, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Miami University - Middletown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $14,630 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree applied psychology students with aid per year to attend Miami University - Middletown.

Read full report on Applied Psychology at Miami University - Middletown

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Flint landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Flint, Michigan, this medium-sized public school handed out 16 degrees to qualified bachelors’s applied psychology students in 2019-2020.

UM Flint also made our “Best Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for University of Michigan - Flint is $12,734 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree applied psychology students with aid.

Read more about Applied Psychology at UM Flint

#5

Judson University

Elgin, Illinois
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Judson University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Judson is located in Elgin, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s applied psychology degrees to qualified students.

Judson also made our “Best Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $18,737 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree applied psychology students with aid per year to attend Judson.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Applied Psychology at Judson

#6

Loyola University Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

Loyola University Chicago came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Loyola University Chicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s applied psychology degrees to qualified students.

Loyola Chicago also made our “Best Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $35,407 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Psychology students with aid per year to attend Loyola Chicago.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.

Read more about Applied Psychology at Loyola University Chicago

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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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