2025 Best Industrial & Organizational Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Industrial & Organizational Psychology is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #85 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for industrial & organizational psychology students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 34 doctor's degrees in industrial & organizational psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Industrial & Organizational Psychology School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of industrial & organizational psychology for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality industrial and organizational psychology program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to industrial & organizational psychology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other industrial & organizational psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized industrial & organizational psychology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for industrial & organizational psychology students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The industrial and organizational psychology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Industrial & Organizational Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Industrial & Organizational Psychology in the Great Lakes Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in industrial & organizational psychology.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Doctorate in Industrial and Organizational Psychology

1

Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in industrial & organizational psychology has to look into Western Michigan University. WMU is a large public university located in the small city of Kalamazoo.More information about a doctorate in industrial & organizational psychology from Western Michigan University

2

DePaul University
Chicago, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat DePaul University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in industrial & organizational psychology. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago.More information about a doctorate in industrial & organizational psychology from DePaul University

3

Roosevelt University
Chicago, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Roosevelt University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in industrial & organizational psychology. Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago.More information about a doctorate in industrial & organizational psychology from Roosevelt University

Best Industrial & Organizational Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best industrial & organizational psychology colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	273	14
Michigan	257	4
Ohio	253	7

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Rankings in Majors Related to Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Industrial & Organizational Psychology is one of 17 different types of Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical Psychology	368
School Psychology	64
Educational Psychology	53
Counseling Psychology	38
Community Psychology	31
Applied Behavior Analysis	8
Other Psychology & Counseling	6
Applied Psychology	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.