2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Psychology in Colorado (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Psychology is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 4th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 134,326 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, general psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,999 and had an average of $26,247 in loans still to pay off.

Across Colorado, there were 1,942 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,568 and $25,349 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,513 and $111,874 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general psychology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general psychology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general psychology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Psychology in Colorado (With Aid)

#1

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$32,980 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Getting Aid. University of Colorado Boulder is a public institution located in Boulder, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 13 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. 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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#2

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, Colorado

#4 in overall quality

$25,774 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Getting Aid list. Colorado Springs, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s psychology degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

UCCS did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs are $25,774.

Read more about General Psychology at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

#3

Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Fort Collins, Colorado

#3 in overall quality

$28,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$59,124 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Getting Aid list. Colorado State is a large school located in Fort Collins, Colorado that handed out 10 doctorate’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State also made our “Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State University - Fort Collins are $28,055, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Psychology at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

#4

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$52,899 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Denver. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Getting Aid. University of Denver is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 9 doctorate’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

DU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at DU are $52,899, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Psychology at DU

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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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