2022 Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 North Carolina, there were 147 clinical, counseling and applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,733 and $35,333 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 clinical, counseling and applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,103 and $114,434 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the clinical, counseling and applied 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 Clinical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology in North Carolina

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$20,685 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$50,439 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina. East Carolina University is a large public school situated in Greenville, North Carolina. It awarded 9 doctorate’s clinical psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

ECU also made our “Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at ECU are $20,685, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at ECU

#2

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$30,248 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina list. UNC Chapel Hill is a large school located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina that handed out 6 doctorate’s clinical psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Chapel Hill did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are $30,248.

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#3

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$21,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Charlotte, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s clinical psychology students in 2019-2020.

UNC Charlotte did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Charlotte are $21,055.

Read full report on Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology

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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