2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Psychology in Connecticut

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

With 183,889 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, psychology is the 7th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,496 and had an average of $36,227 in loans still to pay off.

Across Connecticut, there were 2,404 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,945 and $32,460 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 65 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $79,570 and $105,639 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in psychology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality 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 psychology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut

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

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Psychology in Connecticut

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut list. University of Connecticut is located in Storrs, Connecticut and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 33 doctorate’s psychology degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCONN, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UCONN are $41,576.

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#2

University of Hartford

West Hartford, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$14,847 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hartford. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut list. West Hartford, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s psychology degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

UHart also made our “Best Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Hartford are $14,847, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$44,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Yale University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut. Yale University is a fairly large school located in New Haven, Connecticut that handed out 11 doctorate’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

Yale did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Yale University are $44,500, 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%.

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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