2022 Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region
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In 2019-2020, 9,220 people earned their degree in counseling psychology, making the major the 81st most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 2,004 counseling psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 138 counseling psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 14 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in counseling psychology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent counseling psychology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the counseling psychology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree counseling psychology students.
Top 15 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Counseling Psychology in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Memphis. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. UofM is a large school located in Memphis, Tennessee that handed out 4 doctorate’s counseling psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
UofM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Memphis are $14,202, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. Located in Athens, Georgia, this large public school handed out 20 degrees to qualified doctorate’s counseling psychology students in 2019-2020.
UGA also took the #2 spot in our “Best Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Georgia are $27,476, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana Tech University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. Located in Ruston, Louisiana, this fairly large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s counseling psychology students in 2019-2020.
Louisiana Tech also made our “Best Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #11. Average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana Tech are $12,690, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Out of the 14 schools in the Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Regent University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s counseling psychology students in 2019-2020.
Regent not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Regent University are $17,052.
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Out of the 14 schools in the Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Liberty University landed the #5 spot on the list. Liberty University is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 40 doctorate’s counseling psychology degrees to qualified students.
Liberty University also took the #13 spot in our “Best Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Liberty University are $8,349.
With a ranking of #6, Mercer University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. Mercer University is a medium-sized school located in Macon, Georgia that handed out 7 doctorate’s counseling psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mercer, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mercer are $15,264, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
University of Florida ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s counseling psychology degrees to qualified students.
UF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Florida are $30,130, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Barry University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region ranking. Miami, Florida is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s counseling psychology degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.
Barry University also made our “Best Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #8. Average graduate tuition and fees at Barry University are $17,910, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Mississippi College landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region ranking. Mississippi College is located in Clinton, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 doctorate’s counseling psychology degrees to qualified students.
MC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #14 on our “Best Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mississippi College are $12,322, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Virginia Commonwealth University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. Richmond, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s counseling psychology degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.
VCU also took the #5 spot in our “Best Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Commonwealth University are $29,228, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Radford University landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region ranking. Radford is a fairly large school located in Radford, Virginia that handed out 4 doctorate’s counseling psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
Radford also made our “Best Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #12. Average graduate tuition and fees at Radford are $21,382, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Auburn University ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. Auburn, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s counseling psychology degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Auburn, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn are $31,956, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
With a ranking of #12, West Virginia University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. West Virginia University is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s counseling psychology degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree counseling psychology students list, WVU has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at WVU are $26,154, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
University of Kentucky landed the #13 spot on the 2022 Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Lexington, Kentucky, this large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s counseling psychology students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UK, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UK are $33,216, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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University of Miami landed the #14 spot on the 2022 Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Coral Gables, Florida, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s counseling psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
U Miami also made our “Best Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at U Miami are $40,220, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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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