2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Forensic Psychology in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Forensic Psychology is the 304th most popular major in the country with 2,098 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 187 forensic psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 173 forensic psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Forensic Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the forensic 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 Forensic Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Forensic Psychology in the Southwest Region

#1

Arizona State University - Skysong

Scottsdale, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$6,724 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Forensic Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Scottsdale, Arizona, and it awarded 166 masters’s forensic psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Skysong did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Forensic Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Skysong are $6,724, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Forensic Psychology at ASU - Skysong

#2

University of Houston - Victoria

Victoria, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$15,466 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston - Victoria. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Forensic Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. University of Houston - Victoria is located in Victoria, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s forensic psychology degrees to qualified students.

UH Victoria not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Forensic Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Houston - Victoria are $15,466, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Forensic Psychology at UH Victoria

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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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