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2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
1,007 Degrees Awarded
$8,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Psychology is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 4th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 134,326 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 21,659 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,007 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general psychology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general psychology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general psychology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region associate degree psychology students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Psychology (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

LaGuardia Community College

Long Island City, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend LaGuardia Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Long Island City, New York, this fairly large public school awarded 195 diplomas to qualified associates’s psychology students in 2019-2020.

LaGuardia also made our “Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $7,276 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Psychology students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend LaGuardia.

Read full report on General Psychology at LaGuardia

#2

Bucks County Community College

Newtown, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bucks County Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Bucks County Community College is a public institution located in Newtown, Pennsylvania. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 83 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Bucks County Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Bucks County Community College is $6,296 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Psychology students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Bucks County Community College General Psychology Report

#3

Harrisburg Area Community College

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harrisburg Area Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Harrisburg Area Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It awarded 43 associates’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

HACC also made our “Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $10,648 for middle atlantic region associate degree psychology students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Harrisburg Area Community College.

Read full report on General Psychology at HACC

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Delaware County Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Delaware County Community College is a public institution located in Media, Pennsylvania. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 79 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region associate degree psychology students whose families make $30-$48k list, Delaware County Community College has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Delaware County Community College is $10,584 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Psychology students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Delaware County Community College General Psychology Report

#5

Community College of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Community College of Philadelphia landed the #5 spot on the list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s psychology degrees to 54 students in 2019-2020.

Community College of Philadelphia not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $7,111 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Psychology students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Community College of Philadelphia.

Read more about General Psychology at Community College of Philadelphia

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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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