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2022 Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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101 Degrees Awarded
$25,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology is the 37th most popular major in the country with 31,746 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, clinical, counseling and applied psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $45,872 and had an average of $65,193 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 1,153 clinical, counseling and applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,512 and $74,880 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 101 clinical, counseling and applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,140 and $97,138 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in clinical, counseling and applied psychology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality clinical, counseling and applied 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 clinical, counseling and applied psychology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region doctor’s degree clinical psychology students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 8 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology (Income $75-$110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Provo, Utah, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s clinical psychology students in 2019-2020.

BYU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Brigham Young University - Provo are $7,510.

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#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this large public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s clinical psychology students in 2019-2020.

U of U also took the #4 spot in our “Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Utah are $24,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Colorado. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. University of Northern Colorado is a public institution located in Greeley, Colorado. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 17 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Northern Colorado did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Northern Colorado are $21,708.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s clinical psychology degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus are $23,915, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k. University of Colorado Boulder is a large school located in Boulder, Colorado that handed out 2 doctorate’s clinical psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder also took the #2 spot in our “Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at CU - Boulder are $32,980.

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#6

Adams State University

Alamosa, Colorado
#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Adams State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Adams State University is located in Alamosa, Colorado and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s clinical psychology degrees to qualified students.

Adams State also took the #7 spot in our “Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Adams State are $10,551, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#7

Idaho State University

Pocatello, Idaho

Idaho State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Idaho State University is a public institution located in Pocatello, Idaho. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

ISU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Idaho State University are $26,548.

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#8

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

University of Denver came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. DU is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 41 doctorate’s clinical psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

DU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Denver are $52,899, 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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