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2023 Most Popular General Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best General Psychology Master's Degree School for You

With 141,695 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general psychology is the #4 most popular major in the United States.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular General Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 49 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular master's degree 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.

Check out the psychology master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Great Lakes Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for general psychology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the rural area of Marion, IWU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 78% of the psychology majors at the school.

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Out of the 49 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana Institute of Technology landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Fort Wayne, Indiana Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 80% of the students majoring in psychology at the school are women while 20% are male.

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#3

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH

Out of the 49 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cleveland State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Cleveland State University is a large public school located in the large city of Cleveland.

About 78% of the students majoring in psychology at the school are women while 22% are male.

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#4

Tiffin University

Tiffin, OH

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Tiffin University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular general psychology schools in the Great Lakes Region . Tiffin University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Tiffin.

Of the 29 students majoring in psychology at Tiffin University, 14% are male and 86% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. SIUE is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Edwardsville.

Of the 27 students majoring in psychology at SIUE, 30% are male and 70% are female.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for general psychology students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. UC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Cincinnati.

About 71% of the students majoring in psychology at the school are women while 29% are male.

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Northern Illinois University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for general psychology students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. NIU is a large public school located in the small suburb of Dekalb.

Of the 22 students majoring in psychology at NIU, 18% are male and 82% are female.

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#7

Adler University

Chicago, IL

Adler University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Adler is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Of the 22 students majoring in psychology at Adler, 14% are male and 86% are female.

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Illinois State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for general psychology students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Illinois State is a very large public school located in the suburb of Normal.

Women make up 80% of the psychology majors at the school.

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Southern Illinois University Carbondale came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. SIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Carbondale.

Of the 20 students majoring in psychology at SIUC, 35% are male and 65% are female.

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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 2,813
Ohio 3,937
Illinois 3,656
Indiana 1,890
Wisconsin 2,230

One of 3 majors within the area of study, general psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 33,758
Child Development & Psychology 17,542
Other Psychology 2,683

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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