2025 Best General Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan

If you pursue a doctor's degree in general psychology, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #20 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for general psychology students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 26 doctor's degrees in general psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’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 many resources a school devotes to general psychology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• 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 general psychology related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

The psychology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Psychology in Michigan

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in general psychology.

Top Michigan Schools for a Doctorate in Psychology

1

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in general psychology needs to look into Michigan State University. Michigan State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of East Lansing.More information about a doctorate in general psychology from Michigan State University

2

Wayne State University
Detroit, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Wayne State University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in general psychology. Located in the large city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in general psychology from Wayne State University

Best General Psychology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best General Psychology Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	273	63
Ohio	253	40
Indiana	202	0
Wisconsin	163	28

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General Psychology Related Rankings by Major

One of 0 majors within the General Psychology area of study, General Psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to BruceBlaus. More about our data sources and methodologies.