2022 Best Value Industrial and Organizational Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in California

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Industrial and Organizational Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in California” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Industrial & Organizational Psychology is the 280th most popular major in the country with 2,199 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across California, there were 322 industrial and organizational psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 industrial and organizational psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality industrial and organizational 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 industrial and organizational 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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Best Value Industrial and Organizational Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Industrial and Organizational Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in California.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial & Organizational Psychology in California

#1

The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$23,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Industrial and Organizational Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in California. The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 doctorate’s industrial and organizational psychology degrees to qualified students.

The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus also took the #1 spot in our “Best Industrial & Organizational Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus are $23,576, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Industrial & Organizational Psychology at The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus

#1

Alliant International University

San Diego, California

#1 in overall quality

$24,615 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alliant International University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial and Organizational Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in California list. Alliant International University is a private for-profit institution located in San Diego, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Alliant did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Industrial & Organizational Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Alliant International University are $24,615, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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