2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Clinical Psychology in the Plains States Region
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2019-2020, 5,082 people earned their degree in clinical psychology, making the major the 140th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 219 clinical psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 156 clinical psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in clinical psychology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great clinical psychology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the clinical psychology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree clinical psychology students.
Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Clinical Psychology in the Plains States Region
Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the #1 spot on the list. Capella University is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 71 masters’s clinical psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
Capella University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Clinical Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Walden University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s clinical psychology degrees to 25 students in 2019-2020.
Walden University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Clinical Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Walden University are $10,716.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. Minnesota State University - Mankato is a fairly large public school situated in Mankato, Minnesota. It awarded 14 masters’s clinical psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
Minnesota State Mankato also made our “Best Clinical Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Minnesota State Mankato are $8,788, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Louis University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified masters’s clinical psychology students in 2019-2020.
SLU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Clinical Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SLU are $22,074.
Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #5 spot on the list. Missouri State University - Springfield is a public institution located in Springfield, Missouri. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Missouri State, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Clinical Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri State University - Springfield are $12,042, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Evangel University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region ranking. Evangel University is a small school located in Springfield, Missouri that handed out 16 masters’s clinical psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
Evangel did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Clinical Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Evangel University are $8,838, but some majors have different tuition rates.
With a ranking of #7, University of Northern Iowa did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and it awarded 2 masters’s clinical psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
UNI also made our “Best Clinical Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNI are $22,648.
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Emporia State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region ranking. Emporia, Kansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s clinical psychology degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.
ESU also took the #7 spot in our “Best Clinical Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at ESU are $22,058, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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Footnotes
- *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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