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

35 Colleges
$54,329 Avg Salary
$18,750 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Psychology Graduate Certificate 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 35 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 Psychology program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for psychology majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

#1

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, IN

Our analysis found Purdue University Global to be the most popular school for psychology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Indianapolis, Purdue University Global is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 82 students majoring in psychology at Purdue University Global, 10% are male and 90% are female.

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Out of the 35 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Chicago landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Chicago, The Chicago School Chicago Campus is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 91% of the psychology majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Valley State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. GVSU is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Allendale.

Women make up 86% of the psychology majors at the school.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means National Louis University is a great place for psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

About 90% of the students majoring in psychology at the school are women while 10% are male.

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#5

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Out of the 35 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a very large student population.

About 95% of the students majoring in psychology at the school are women while 5% are male.

Full Psychology at Michigan State University Report

Out of the 35 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 19 students majoring in psychology at UC, 5% are male and 95% are female.

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#7

Martin University

Indianapolis, IN

Martin University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Martin University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Indianapolis.

About 65% of the students majoring in psychology at the school are women while 35% are male.

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#8

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

With a ranking of #8, Ball State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Ball State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Muncie.

Women make up 94% of the psychology majors at the school.

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#8

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

With a ranking of #8, Wayne State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public school with a very large student population.

About 88% of the students majoring in psychology at the school are women while 13% are male.

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#10

University of Toledo

Toledo, OH

University of Toledo did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for psychology students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. University of Toledo is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Toledo.

Full Psychology at University of Toledo Report

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

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 27 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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