2023 Best Value Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Psychology Master's 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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 87 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for psychology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
Top 15% Best Psychology Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Marian University to be the best value school for psychology students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Marian is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Fond Du Lac.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Marian are $11,286 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public school with a fairly large student population.
SIUE graduate students pay an average of $9,316 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Aurora University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Aurora, Aurora is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Aurora are $14,100 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Spring Arbor University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Spring Arbor is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Spring Arbor.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Spring Arbor are $8,383 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Xavier University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, Xavier is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Xavier are $12,076 a year.
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Youngstown State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Youngstown State University is a large public school located in the city of Youngstown.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Youngstown State University are $6,931 a year.
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Alverno College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for psychology students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Alverno is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Milwaukee.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Alverno are $10,402 a year.
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Illinois State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for psychology students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Illinois State graduate students pay an average of $11,773 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Illinois State also is in the top 20% of our Best Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
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With a ranking of #9, Trinity Christian College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for psychology students working on their master’s degree. Trinity Christian is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Palos Heights.
Trinity Christian graduate students pay an average of $10,708 in tuition and fees each year.
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Valparaiso University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Valparaiso, Valpo is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Valpo are $12,220 per year.
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University of Wisconsin - Stout ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the distant town of Menomonie, UW - Stout is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UW - Stout are $17,213 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UW - Stout also did well on our Best Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Northern Illinois University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
NIU graduate students pay an average of $11,390 in tuition and fees each year.
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Concordia University, Wisconsin ranked #13 on this year’s Best Value Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Concordia University, Wisconsin is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Mequon.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Concordia University, Wisconsin are $11,760 per year.
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Here are some additional great value schools for Psychology students in the Great Lakes Region seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Huntington University | Huntington, IN |
| 15 | Concordia University, Chicago | River Forest, IL |
| 16 | Ottawa University - Milwaukee | Brookfield, WI |
| 16 | Western Illinois University | Macomb, IL |
Best Psychology Colleges by State
Explore the best psychology colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Indiana | 3,548 |
| Michigan | 4,292 |
| Ohio | 4,871 |
| Illinois | 6,520 |
| Wisconsin | 2,695 |
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Majors Related to Psychology
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 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Psychology
| 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 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.
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