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2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Texas

5 Ranked Colleges
35 Degrees Awarded
$30,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Texas

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Texas” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

With 134,326 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, general psychology is the 4th most popular major in the United States.

Across Texas, there were 8,516 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 35 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Texas” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general psychology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general 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 general 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 Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Texas

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

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Psychology in Texas

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified doctorate’s psychology students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas doctor’s degree psychology students list, UT Austin has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886.

Read more about General Psychology at The University of Texas at Austin

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at El Paso. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Texas. El Paso, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s psychology degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas doctor’s degree psychology students list, UTEP has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UTEP are $16,180, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Psychology at UTEP

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Texas list. Texas A&M College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s psychology degrees to qualified students.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Texas A&M College Station General Psychology Report

#3

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Christian University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Texas. TCU is a fairly large school located in Fort Worth, Texas that handed out 4 doctorate’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

TCU also made our “Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at TCU are $32,268, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Psychology at TCU

#4

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baylor University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Texas list. Baylor is a fairly large school located in Waco, Texas that handed out 4 doctorate’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

Baylor did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Baylor are $36,936, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Psychology at Baylor

#5

Rice University

Houston, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rice University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Texas list. Located in Houston, Texas, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s psychology students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Rice, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Rice are $47,913.

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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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