2025 Best Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan

a doctor's degree in psychology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #6 out of 36 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for psychology students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 134 doctor's degrees in psychology to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Psychology School for Your Doctor's Degree

The psychology doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on psychology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt psychology students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized psychology related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Psychology Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Psychology in Michigan

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

Top Michigan Schools for a Doctorate in Psychology

1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

28 Annual Graduates

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a good option for students interested in a doctor's degree in psychology. U-M is a fairly large public university located in the city of Ann Arbor.More information about a doctorate in psychology from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

2

Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Western Michigan University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in psychology. Located in the city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in psychology from Western Michigan University

3

Wayne State University
Detroit, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

Wayne State University is a great decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in psychology. Wayne State is a very large public university located in the large city of Detroit.More information about a doctorate in psychology from Wayne State University

4

University of Detroit Mercy
Detroit, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

University of Detroit Mercy is a great decision for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in psychology. Detroit Mercy is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Detroit.More information about a doctorate in psychology from University of Detroit Mercy

Best Psychology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Psychology Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Indiana	29	100
Ohio	29	146
Illinois	29	429
Wisconsin	27	87

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Psychology Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	75
Child Development & Psychology	32
General Psychology	26
Other 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nevit Dilmen. More about our data sources and methodologies.