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

Ranked #20 in popularity, general psychology is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

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

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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.
• Student Debt - How much debt general psychology students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general psychology related body.

Our complete 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

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for general psychology students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Doctorate in Psychology

1

University of South Dakota
Vermillion, SD

10 Annual Graduates

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

2

University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE

13 Annual Graduates

$53,925 Median Starting Salary

University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a wonderful option for students interested in a doctor's degree in general psychology. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public university with a very large student population.

Doctorate graduates who receive their degree from the psychology program earn around $53,925 for their early career.

More information about a doctorate in general psychology from University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Best General Psychology Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	122	14
Minnesota	120	227
Iowa	110	16
Kansas	97	0
Nebraska	70	11
North Dakota	68	8
South Dakota	45	6

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General Psychology Related Rankings by Major

General Psychology is one of 24 different types of Psychology programs to choose from.

Psychology Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	220

Most Popular Majors Related to Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	322
Child Development & Psychology	109

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.