2025 Best School Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Ranked #72 in popularity, school psychology is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of school psychology. Combined, these schools handed out 64 doctor's degrees in school psychology to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Choosing a Great School Psychology School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of school psychology for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality school psychology program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

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 school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of different 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 school psychology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other school 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 school psychology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for school psychology students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best School Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study School Psychology in the Great Lakes Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in school psychology.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Doctorate in School Psychology

1

Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

23 Annual Graduates

Loyola University Chicago is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in school psychology. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago.More information about a doctorate in school psychology from Loyola University Chicago

2

Ball State University
Muncie, IN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

5 Annual Graduates

Ball State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in school psychology. Located in the small city of Muncie, Ball State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in school psychology from Ball State University

3

National Louis University
Chicago, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1 Annual Graduates

National Louis University is a good decision for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in school psychology. NLU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago.More information about a doctorate in school psychology from National Louis University

4

Kent State University at Kent
Kent, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1 Annual Graduates

Kent State University at Kent is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in school psychology. Located in the large suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in school psychology from Kent State University at Kent

Best School Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best school psychology colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	273	40
Michigan	257	9
Ohio	253	9
Indiana	202	7

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Rankings in Majors Related to School Psychology

School 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
Educational Psychology	53
Counseling Psychology	38
Industrial & Organizational Psychology	34
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.