2022 Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Minnesota

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Minnesota” 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 Minnesota, there were 396 counseling psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 counseling psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,467 and $103,128 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality counseling psychology programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Minnesota

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Minnesota.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Counseling Psychology in Minnesota

#1

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

Winona, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$10,260 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Winona, Minnesota, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 12 degrees to qualified doctorate’s counseling psychology students in 2019-2020.

SMU MN also made our “Best Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota are $10,260, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Counseling Psychology at SMU MN

#2

University of St Thomas Minnesota

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$24,814 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St Thomas Minnesota. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Minnesota list. Saint Paul, Minnesota 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 9 students in 2019-2020.

UST MN not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UST MN are $24,814.

Read more about Counseling Psychology at University of St Thomas Minnesota

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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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