2023 Most Popular Psychology Schools in the Plains States Region
Finding the Best Psychology School for You
With 42,013 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, psychology is the #8 most popular major in the United States.
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To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Psychology Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 62 schools in the Plains States Region to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Psychology program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Psychology Schools in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for psychology majors pursuing a .
Top 10 Most Popular Psychology Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Capella University the most popular school in the Plains States Region for psychology students. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.
The excellent programs at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best psychology schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the distant town of Winona, SMU MN is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
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The excellent programs at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best psychology schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a fairly large student population.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Webster University is a great place for psychology students. Webster is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.
Bellevue University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Psychology Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Bellevue, Bellevue University is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
Adler Graduate School ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Psychology Schools in the Plains States Region list. Adler Graduate School is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Richfield.
University of North Dakota landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular psychology programs. UND is a large public school located in the city of Grand Forks.
Emporia State University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Psychology Schools in the Plains States Region list. ESU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Emporia.
Wichita State University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Psychology Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Wichita, WSU is a public college with a large student population.
Honorable Mentions
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Psychology Schools in the Plains States Region award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | MidAmerica Nazarene University | Olathe, KS |
| 12 | Avila University | Kansas City, MO |
Best Psychology Colleges by State
Explore the best psychology schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 375 |
| Missouri | 518 |
| Minnesota | 3,279 |
| Iowa | 89 |
| North Dakota | 79 |
| Nebraska | 179 |
| South Dakota | 71 |
Majors Related to Psychology
Psychology Majors to Study
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 29,224 |
| General Psychology | 8,051 |
| Child Development & Psychology | 2,576 |
| Other Psychology | 2,162 |
Majors Similar to Psychology
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Education | 199,724 |
| Social Sciences | 22,292 |
| Communication & Journalism | 12,242 |
| Library Science | 5,929 |
| History | 4,391 |
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 Nevit Dilmen.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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