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2022 Best Value Forensic Psychology Schools for a Doctorate

6 Ranked Colleges
35 Degrees Awarded
$21,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Forensic Psychology Schools for a Doctorate

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Forensic Psychology Schools for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,098 people earned their degree in forensic psychology, making the major the 304th most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 35 forensic psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Forensic Psychology Schools for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in forensic psychology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent forensic psychology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Forensic Psychology Schools for a Doctorate

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

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Forensic Psychology

#1

Walden University

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Walden University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Forensic Psychology Schools for a Doctorate list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large private for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s forensic psychology students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree forensic psychology students list, Walden University has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Forensic Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Walden University are $10,716, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Chicago. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Forensic Psychology Schools for a Doctorate. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s forensic psychology degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

The Chicago School Chicago Campus also took the #1 spot in our “Best Forensic Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The Chicago School Chicago Campus are $23,576, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

The Graduate Center, CUNY

New York, New York
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Graduate Center, CUNY. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Forensic Psychology Schools for a Doctorate list. The Graduate Center, CUNY is a medium-sized public school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 6 doctorate’s forensic psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

The Graduate Center also took the #4 spot in our “Best Forensic Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The Graduate Center, CUNY are $23,640.

Read more about Forensic Psychology at The Graduate Center, CUNY

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Forensic Psychology Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Irvine landed the #4 spot on the list. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Irvine is a private not-for-profit institution located in Irvine, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

The Chicago School Irvine Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Forensic Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Irvine are $23,576, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5

Alliant International University

San Diego, California
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Alliant International University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Forensic Psychology Schools for a Doctorate. San Diego, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out doctorate’s forensic psychology degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Alliant did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Forensic Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Alliant are $24,615, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Forensic Psychology Schools for a Doctorate list. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 9 doctorate’s forensic psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Forensic Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus are $23,576, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Forensic Psychology at The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus

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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