2025 Best Applied Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Applied Psychology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #233 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for applied psychology students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 194 bachelor's degrees in applied psychology to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on applied psychology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of applied psychology students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized applied psychology related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Applied Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Applied Psychology in the Great Lakes Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in applied psychology.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Applied Psychology

1

Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL

11 Annual Graduates

Loyola University Chicago is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in applied psychology. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago.More information about a bachelor’s in applied psychology from Loyola University Chicago

2

University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL

122 Annual Graduates

University of Illinois at Chicago is a wonderful option for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in applied psychology. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in applied psychology from University of Illinois at Chicago

Best Applied Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best applied psychology schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	629	2
Ohio	612	41
Illinois	558	37
Indiana	535	38

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Rankings in Majors Related to Applied Psychology

Applied Psychology is one of 17 different types of Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Applied Behavior Analysis	422
Health/Medical Psychology	53
Forensic Psychology	50
Counseling Psychology	30
Industrial & Organizational Psychology	20
Other Psychology & Counseling	11
Clinical Psychology	5
Performance and Sport Psychology	5
Family Psychology	1
Transpersonal/Spiritual Psychology	1

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.