2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

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In 2019-2020, 183,889 psychology students received their degree, making the major the 7th most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,496 and had an average of $36,227 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 12,753 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,858 and $30,656 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 272 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the New England Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in psychology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality psychology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the psychology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region associate degree psychology students.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Psychology in the New England Region

#1

Northern Vermont University

Johnson, Vermont

#3 in overall quality

$15,749 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Vermont University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the New England Region. Johnson, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s psychology degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Northern Vermont University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Northern Vermont University is $15,749 for New England Region Associate Degree Psychology students.

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#2

New England College

Henniker, New Hampshire

#2 in overall quality

$29,082 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New England College landed the #2 spot on the list. New England College is located in Henniker, New Hampshire and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 associates’s psychology degrees to qualified students.

NEC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend New England College is $29,082 for New England Region Associate Degree Psychology students.

Read more about Psychology at NEC

#3

Dean College

Franklin, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$31,337 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dean College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in the New England Region. Dean College is located in Franklin, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 associates’s psychology degrees to qualified students.

Dean College also made our “Best Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Dean College is $31,337 for New England Region Associate Degree Psychology students.

Read more about Psychology at Dean College

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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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