Best Value / By Major

Best Value Colleges for Psychology, Other

Schools ranked by payback period — how quickly you recoup your investment through higher earnings.

8

Schools Ranked

$33,808

Avg. Earnings

13.7 yrs

Best Payback

413

Graduates

How we calculate value: Payback = (4 years of net price) / (major earnings - $35k baseline). A 2-year payback means you recoup your investment in 2 years through higher earnings vs. not attending college.

#	School	Net Price/yr	Major Earnings	Payback
1	Marist University Poughkeepsie, NY · Private	$30,498	$43,928	13.7 yrs
2	Saint Mary's College of California Moraga, CA · Private	$28,773	$36,674	68.8 yrs
3	Northwestern University Evanston, IL · Private	$5,849	$31,305	N/A
4	University of California-Davis Davis, CA · Public	$14,193	$31,205	N/A
5	California State University-Dominguez Hills Carson, CA · Public	$6,333	$30,409	N/A
6	Kean University Union, NJ · Public	$20,486	$33,993	N/A
7	Montreat College Montreat, NC · Private	$22,098	$28,960	N/A
8	San Jose State University San Jose, CA · Public	$17,338	$33,993	N/A

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Payback uses earnings by major from the College Scorecard's field-of-study file, last updated June 2026, against net price from the June 2026 release. Scorecard publishes the two separately, so they are different vintages.