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2023 Most Popular General Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best General Psychology Graduate Certificate 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular General Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the General Psychology program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular General Psychology Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Our 2023 rankings named Purdue University - Main Campus the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for general psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

Full General Psychology at Purdue University - Main Campus Report

#2

Roosevelt University

Chicago, IL

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Roosevelt University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular general psychology schools in the Great Lakes Region . Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

About 50% of the students majoring in psychology at the school are women while 50% are male.

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#3

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Oakland University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular general psychology schools in the Great Lakes Region . Oakland is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, National Louis University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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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

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 4 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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