2022 Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Florida

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Florida” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Counseling Psychology is the 81st most popular major in the country with 9,220 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Florida, there were 316 counseling psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 counseling psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,671 and $120,169 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Florida” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in counseling psychology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality counseling psychology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the counseling psychology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The counseling psychology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Florida”.

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Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Florida

The colleges and universities below are the best for florida doctor’s degree counseling psychology students.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Counseling Psychology in Florida

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$30,130 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Florida is a large school located in Gainesville, Florida that handed out 5 doctorate’s counseling psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

UF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UF are $30,130, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Barry University

Miami, Florida

#3 in overall quality

$17,910 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Barry University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Florida. 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 took the #3 spot in our “Best Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Barry University are $17,910, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$40,220 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Miami. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Florida. U Miami is a fairly large school located in Coral Gables, Florida that handed out 8 doctorate’s counseling psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

U Miami did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Miami are $40,220, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Counseling Psychology at U Miami

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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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

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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