2025 Best General Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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 the Plains States Region 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 220 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 schools for general psychology students working on their doctor'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 General Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Psychology in the Plains States Region

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

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Doctorate in Psychology

1

University of South Dakota
Vermillion, SD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in general psychology has to take a look at University of South Dakota. USD is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Vermillion.More information about a doctorate in general psychology from University of South Dakota

2

University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a wonderful option for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in general psychology. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in general psychology from University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Best General Psychology Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	199	227
Iowa	177	16
Missouri	175	14
Kansas	134	0
Nebraska	99	11
North Dakota	88	8
South Dakota	57	6

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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.