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2023 Best Value Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$17,874 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,435 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Psychology Associate Degree School for You

With 195,678 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, psychology is the #8 most popular major in the United States.

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Plains States Region to see which associate degree 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 Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Psychology

Our 2023 rankings named Central Methodist University - College of Graduate & Extended Studies the best value school in the Plains States Region for psychology students working on their associate degree. CMU CGES is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Fayette.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CMU CGES are $6,720 a year.

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#2

Park University

Parkville, MO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Park University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Park University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Parkville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Park University are $8,853 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Park University is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value psychology schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the midsize city of Springfield, Drury University - CCPS is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Drury University - CCPS undergraduate students pay an average of $7,924 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Waldorf University

Forest City, IA

Out of the 6 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Waldorf University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Waldorf is a small private for-profit school located in the remote town of Forest City.

Waldorf undergraduate students pay an average of $23,666 in tuition and fees each year.

Waldorf not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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#5

Upper Iowa University

Fayette, IA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Upper Iowa University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the remote area of Fayette, UIU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UIU are $33,609 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UIU is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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Central Methodist University - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the distant town of Fayette, CMU CLAS is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

CMU CLAS undergraduate students pay an average of $26,470 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best psychology colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 1,451
Minnesota 6,179
Iowa 1,444
South Dakota 328
Missouri 3,062
Nebraska 994
North Dakota 369

Psychology Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
General Psychology 141,695
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 33,758
Child Development & Psychology 17,542
Other Psychology 2,683

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 327,871
Social Sciences 205,984
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 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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