2025 Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in Iowa

General Psychology is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #8 most popular major in the country. 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 Iowa to determine which ones were the best for general psychology students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 158 associate degrees in general psychology to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Associate Degree Schools List

Early-Career Earnings

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 associate 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 associate 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 colleges for general psychology students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in Iowa list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study General Psychology in Iowa

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for general psychology students seeking a an associate degree.

Top Iowa Schools for an Associate in Psychology

1

Upper Iowa University
Fayette, IA

10 Annual Graduates

Upper Iowa University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in general psychology. UIU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the remote area of Fayette.More information about a associate in general psychology from Upper Iowa University

2

Waldorf University
Forest City, IA

15 Annual Graduates

Waldorf University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in general psychology. Waldorf is a small private for-profit university located in the remote area of Forest City.More information about a associate in general psychology from Waldorf University

Best General Psychology Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	151	0
Kansas	146	32
Missouri	117	8
Nebraska	98	19

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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	158

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).
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