Psychology, General

2,447 programs at U.S. colleges award 144,166 credentials a year in this field (CIP 42.01). Bachelor's graduates nationally earn a median of $50,706 four years after graduating.

Highest-paying Undergraduate certificate programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Davidson College Davidson, NC	$31,401	$18,500	—
Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO	$30,134	$25,812	—

Highest-paying Associate's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Rockland Community College Suffern, NY	$38,571	—	—
University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash College Blue Ash, OH	$38,019	$17,500	46
University of Cincinnati-Clermont College Batavia, OH	$38,019	$17,500	20
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	$38,019	$17,500	—
Bunker Hill Community College Boston, MA	$37,256	—	61
Merced College Merced, CA	$34,441	—	328
Salt Lake Community College Salt Lake City, UT	$32,619	$6,985	151
Bucks County Community College Newtown, PA	$31,905	$10,469	61
Austin Community College District Austin, TX	$29,930	$9,000	159
Sinclair Community College Dayton, OH	$29,717	$11,689	102
Liberty University Lynchburg, VA	$29,199	$26,313	177
Oklahoma City Community College Oklahoma City, OK	$28,679	$11,220	109
Community College of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA	$28,034	$11,000	83
Fresno City College Fresno, CA	$27,421	—	185
Tyler Junior College Tyler, TX	$26,982	$15,176	48
Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis, IN	$26,688	$8,536	227
Navarro College Corsicana, TX	$26,236	$12,875	23
San Diego Mesa College San Diego, CA	$26,229	—	119
Modesto Junior College Modesto, CA	$25,832	—	178
College of the Desert Palm Desert, CA	$25,792	—	145
Central New Mexico Community College Albuquerque, NM	$25,675	$6,496	157
Amarillo College Amarillo, TX	$25,076	$18,436	87
Pasadena City College Pasadena, CA	$24,894	—	204
Lemoore College Lemoore, CA	$24,719	—	68
CUNY LaGuardia Community College Long Island City, NY	$24,052	$8,650	139

Highest-paying Bachelor's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Georgetown University Washington, DC	$51,959	$17,500	100
Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	$51,645	$27,000	71
Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA	$50,040	$27,000	0
Trinity College Hartford, CT	$48,406	$21,907	12
CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York, NY	$48,299	$11,500	72
The University of Texas Permian Basin Odessa, TX	$46,009	$17,500	129
Charter Oak State College New Britain, CT	$45,428	$19,795	52
Marian University Fond Du Lac, WI	$45,416	$25,000	24
Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	$44,760	$18,000	111
Virginia Military Institute Lexington, VA	$44,163	$19,250	34
Northwestern University Evanston, IL	$44,088	$13,500	211
Williams College Williamstown, MA	$43,943	$13,416	63
Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	$43,839	$17,256	—
Endicott College Beverly, MA	$43,646	$24,250	38
Excelsior University Albany, NY	$43,574	$18,667	93
New England College Henniker, NH	$42,656	$28,000	23
Lakeland University Plymouth, WI	$42,355	$30,364	33
Upper Iowa University Fayette, IA	$42,183	$25,250	88
Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX	$42,108	$21,375	117
University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi, MD	$42,056	$19,953	630
Rice University Houston, TX	$41,299	$12,505	66
Waldorf University Forest City, IA	$41,193	$20,637	76
Norwich University Northfield, VT	$41,164	$26,877	27
College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA	$41,099	$26,990	125
College of Saint Benedict Saint Joseph, MN	$41,029	$26,816	48

Highest-paying Master's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
George Mason University Fairfax, VA	$80,665	$46,514	77
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	$74,551	$20,500	41
Divine Mercy University Sterling, VA	$72,781	—	37
California State University-Fresno Fresno, CA	$70,238	—	20
The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN	$66,799	$28,500	4
Houston Christian University Houston, TX	$66,467	$47,833	29
California State University-Stanislaus Turlock, CA	$64,812	—	22
San Diego State University San Diego, CA	$62,663	$30,710	23
CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York, NY	$60,494	$18,128	63
National University San Diego, CA	$59,617	$36,048	71
Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	$59,508	$32,458	40
University of Massachusetts Global Aliso Viejo, CA	$59,499	$61,500	—
University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA	$59,191	—	11
Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN	$59,076	$31,136	48
Utah State University Logan, UT	$58,854	$20,934	71
California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA	$58,598	—	6
Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO	$57,706	—	—
McNeese State University Lake Charles, LA	$57,570	$35,378	17
Millersville University of Pennsylvania Millersville, PA	$56,942	—	31
Illinois State University Normal, IL	$55,779	—	9
Iona University New Rochelle, NY	$55,696	$42,878	10
Towson University Towson, MD	$55,694	$35,468	46
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Arcata, CA	$55,522	$38,684	30
Adler University Chicago, IL	$54,426	$29,490	10
Life University Marietta, GA	$54,160	—	40

Highest-paying Doctoral degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
University of Georgia Athens, GA	$138,375	—	0
Claremont Graduate University Claremont, CA	$100,495	$98,030	25
North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	$93,805	$26,317	15
Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ	$90,518	$65,634	141
George Mason University Fairfax, VA	$88,377	—	23
Florida International University Miami, FL	$88,263	—	15
Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL	$86,837	—	12
University of South Florida Tampa, FL	$86,194	—	7
University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS	$85,988	—	19
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	$83,722	—	—
Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	$83,028	—	—
CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York, NY	$80,487	—	27
Northcentral University San Diego, CA	$80,136	$84,513	54
University of Florida Gainesville, FL	$77,375	—	23
Capella University Minneapolis, MN	$77,178	$108,914	53
Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJ	$76,627	$63,346	4
Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	$76,627	$63,346	44
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH	$74,514	—	11
Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	$74,432	—	21
Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL	$74,025	—	12
Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	$73,537	—	9
The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	$69,637	—	22
Walden University Minneapolis, MN	$69,107	$175,633	117
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA	$68,454	$39,000	12
Wayne State University Detroit, MI	$66,929	—	15

Highest-paying Graduate certificate programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	$58,243	—	11
University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA	$56,959	$20,500	29
Albizu University-San Juan San Juan, PR	$35,484	—	—