2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for School Psychology in California
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value School Psychology Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
School Psychology is the 262nd most popular major in the country with 3,329 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across California, there were 541 school psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 514 school psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value School Psychology Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer a degree in school psychology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent school psychology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the school 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 School Psychology Schools for a Master’s in California
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value School Psychology Schools for a Master’s in California.
Top 12 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for School Psychology in California
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California Baptist University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value School Psychology Schools for a Master’s in California. California Baptist University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Riverside, California. It awarded 23 masters’s school psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
Cal Baptist not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best School Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at California Baptist University are $14,140.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brandman University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value School Psychology Schools for a Master’s in California. Irvine, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s school psychology degrees to 90 students in 2019-2020.
Brandman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best School Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brandman are $12,540, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Long Beach. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value School Psychology Schools for a Master’s in California. CSULB is located in Long Beach, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 23 masters’s school psychology degrees to qualified students.
CSULB not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best School Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at California State University - Long Beach are $17,784, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Fresno. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value School Psychology Schools for a Master’s in California. Fresno State is located in Fresno, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s school psychology degrees to qualified students.
Fresno State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best School Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Fresno State are $17,581.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Diego State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value School Psychology Schools for a Master’s in California list. SDSU is a public institution located in San Diego, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
SDSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best School Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SDSU are $18,658.
University of La Verne did quite well in the 2022 Best Value School Psychology Schools for a Master’s in California ranking, coming in at #6. Located in La Verne, California, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified masters’s school psychology students in 2019-2020.
ULV did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best School Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of La Verne are $14,526.
With a ranking of #7, National University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value School Psychology Schools for a Master’s in California list. This fairly large school is located in La Jolla, California, and it awarded 147 masters’s school psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
National University also took the #4 spot in our “Best School Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at National University are $15,480.
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California State University - Monterey Bay ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value School Psychology Schools for a Master’s in California list. This medium-sized school is located in Seaside, California, and it awarded 14 masters’s school psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at CSUMB, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best School Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CSUMB are $18,081, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
California State University - San Bernardino ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value School Psychology Schools for a Master’s in California list. CSUSB is a fairly large school located in San Bernardino, California that handed out 17 masters’s school psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
CSUSB also took the #12 spot in our “Best School Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at California State University - San Bernardino are $17,936, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Fresno Pacific University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value School Psychology Schools for a Master’s in California ranking. Fresno Pacific University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fresno, California. It awarded 53 masters’s school psychology degrees in 2019-2020.
Fresno Pacific also took the #11 spot in our “Best School Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Fresno Pacific University are $15,000.
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Alliant International University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value School Psychology Schools for a Master’s in California ranking, coming in at #11. Located in San Diego, California, this small private for-profit school awarded 62 degrees to qualified masters’s school psychology students in 2019-2020.
Alliant also made our “Best School Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Alliant are $24,615, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Chapman University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value School Psychology Schools for a Master’s in California ranking. Orange, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s school psychology degrees to 44 students in 2019-2020.
Chapman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best School Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Chapman are $35,105, 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%.
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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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