2021 Best General Psychology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
95Colleges
12,920Bachelor's Degrees
$29,752Avg Cost*
Finding the Best General Psychology Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best General Psychology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking, we looked at 95 colleges that offer a bachelor's in psychology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general psychology programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the general psychology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best General Psychology Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
Check out the psychology programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Top 15% Best General Psychology Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Illinois at Chicago has taken the #1 spot in this year's general psychology ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIC, the school also landed the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for General Psychology in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
About 0.7% of UIC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 19,768 students at UIC that take at least one class online. 5,712 students are part time.
University of Wisconsin - Madison comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison. UW - Madison not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #2 on our Best Colleges for General Psychology in the Great Lakes Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.2%. There are approximately 11,375 students at UW - Madison that take at least one class online. 4,683 of UW - Madison students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Michigan State University as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a fairly large student population. Michigan State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for General Psychology in the Great Lakes Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 33,526 students take at least one class online at Michigan State. There are roughly 6,517 part time students in attendance at Michigan State.
The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a fairly large student population. UC not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #8 on our Best Colleges for General Psychology in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 1.7% of UC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 17,465 students at UC that take at least one class online. There are roughly 10,255 part time students in attendance at UC.
Marquette University comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Marquette, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for General Psychology in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
About 0.5% of Marquette students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 2,535 students at Marquette that take at least one class online. There are roughly 1,342 part time students in attendance at Marquette.
Lewis University earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large suburb of Romeoville, Lewis is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population. Lewis excels when it comes to major quality. It's ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Colleges for General Psychology in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 1.4% of Lewis students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 2,947 students take at least one class online at Lewis. 2,022 of Lewis students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Miami University - Oxford as the #7 school in this year's rankings. Miami University - Oxford is a large public school located in the fringe town of Oxford. Miami University - Oxford not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #7 on our Best Colleges for General Psychology in the Great Lakes Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 5,388 students take at least one class online at Miami University - Oxford. 1,700 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize Illinois State University as the #8 school in this year's rankings. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a fairly large student population. Illinois State excels when it comes to major quality. It's ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Colleges for General Psychology in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 1.7% of Illinois State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 7,464 students at Illinois State that take at least one class online. 2,500 students are part time.
Wayne State University landed the #9 spot in our 2021 best general psychology schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public college with a very large student population. Wayne State also claimed a spot on our Best Colleges for General Psychology in the Great Lakes Region list. It's in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
About 1.5% of Wayne State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 13,128 students take at least one class online at Wayne State. There are roughly 6,948 part time students in attendance at Wayne State.
Rochester University comes in at #10 in this year's ranking. Located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills, RU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The student loan default rate at RU is lower than is typical, just 3.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 629 students take at least one class online at RU. About 397 of the students at RU are attending part time.
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College landed the #11 spot in our 2021 best general psychology schools for non-traditional students. SMWC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Saint Mary of the Woods.
The student loan default rate at SMWC is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. 311 students at SMWC are exclusively online. About 352 of the students at SMWC are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Bowling Green State University - Main Campus as the #12 school in this year's rankings. Located in the fringe town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public school with a large student population.
The student loan default rate at BGSU is lower than is typical, just 2.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 4,353 students at BGSU that take at least one class online. 4,329 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis as the #13 school in this year's rankings. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.
The student loan default rate at IUPUI is lower than is typical, just 1.3% of students default in three years. There are approximately 11,579 students at IUPUI that take at least one class online. About 6,671 of the students at IUPUI are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Wisconsin - Whitewater as the #14 school in this year's rankings. Located in the town of Whitewater, UW - Whitewater is a public school with a large student population.
About 1.0% of UW - Whitewater students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 5,785 students at UW - Whitewater that take at least one class online. There are roughly 2,457 part time students in attendance at UW - Whitewater.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best General Psychology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region award.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Psychology
General Psychology is one of 24 different types of Psychology programs to choose from.
Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 25 schools only.
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 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).
