2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology in South Dakota

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota” ranking.

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 South Dakota, there were 58 clinical, counseling and applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,700 and $40,483 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 clinical, counseling and applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great clinical, counseling and applied psychology programs and cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The clinical psychology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota”.

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Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota

The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota doctor’s degree clinical psychology students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology in South Dakota

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$12,637 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Dakota. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota list. Located in Vermillion, South Dakota, this medium-sized public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s clinical psychology students in 2019-2020.

USD also took the #1 spot in our “Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Dakota are $12,637, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at University of South Dakota

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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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