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2023 Best Value General Psychology Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

39 Colleges
$25,973 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,275 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Psychology School for You

General Psychology is the #35 most popular major in the country with 8,051 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value General Psychology Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 39 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for psychology students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value General Psychology Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Psychology Colleges.

Top 10 Best General Psychology Schools

$11,496 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Southern Illinois University Edwardsville to be the best value school for general psychology students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SIUE are $11,496 a year.

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#2

Xavier University

Cincinnati, OH

Out of the 39 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Xavier University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Cincinnati, Xavier is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Xavier are $42,460 per year.

Full General Psychology at Xavier University Report

The excellent programs at Illinois State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general psychology schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Illinois State are $24,172 a year.

Illinois State also claimed a spot on our Best General Psychology Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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#4

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL
$34,310 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 39 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Chicago landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Concordia University, Chicago are $34,310 per year.

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$13,297 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Illinois University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value General Psychology Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. WIU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at WIU are $13,297 a year.

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$14,738 Average Tuition & Fees

Northern Illinois University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for general psychology students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at NIU are $14,738 a year.

Full General Psychology at Northern Illinois University Report

#7

Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI

With a ranking of #7, Marquette University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general psychology students. Located in the city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Marquette are $45,766 per year.

Marquette excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best General Psychology Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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$18,828 Average Tuition & Fees

Northern Michigan University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value General Psychology Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Northern Michigan University is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Marquette.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northern Michigan University are $18,828 per year.

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#9

Tiffin University

Tiffin, OH
$28,480 Average Tuition & Fees

Tiffin University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value general psychology programs. Located in the distant town of Tiffin, Tiffin University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Tiffin University are $28,480 a year.

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$14,169 Average Tuition & Fees

National Louis University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value General Psychology Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NLU are $14,169 per year.

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Best General Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best general psychology schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 85
Illinois 249
Ohio 174
Indiana 137
Wisconsin 64

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General Psychology is one of 3 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 29,224
Child Development & Psychology 2,576
Other Psychology 2,162

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • 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.

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