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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Psychology (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
36 Degrees Awarded
$22,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Health/Medical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Health/Medical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 212 people earned their degree in health/medical psychology, making the major the 913th most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 36 health/medical psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health/Medical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health/medical psychology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent health/medical 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 health/medical psychology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Health/Medical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Health/Medical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health/Medical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Psychology (With Aid)

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Health/Medical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s health/medical psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz also made our “Best Health/Medical Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus are $23,915.

Full CU Anschutz Health/Medical Psychology Report

#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Health/Medical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid. East Carolina University is a large school located in Greenville, North Carolina that handed out 9 doctorate’s health/medical psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

ECU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Health/Medical 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 East Carolina University are $20,685.

Read more about Health/Medical Psychology at East Carolina University

#3

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Health/Medical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s health/medical psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Charlotte not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Health/Medical Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Charlotte are $21,055.

Read more about Health/Medical Psychology at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Commonwealth University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Health/Medical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid. Located in Richmond, Virginia, this large public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s health/medical psychology students in 2019-2020.

VCU also made our “Best Health/Medical Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Commonwealth University are $29,228, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full VCU Health/Medical Psychology Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Alabama. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Health/Medical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid. Located in Mobile, Alabama, this fairly large public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s health/medical psychology students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USA, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Health/Medical Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Alabama are $16,112, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Health/Medical Psychology at USA

#6

Virginia State University

Petersburg, Virginia
#6 in overall quality

Virginia State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Petersburg, Virginia, this small public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s health/medical psychology students in 2019-2020.

Virginia State also took the #6 spot in our “Best Health/Medical 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 Virginia State University are $22,994.

Read full report on Health/Medical Psychology at Virginia State

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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